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Beyond Orwell: the existential threat of Guantanamo detainees
Ben Davis : "Taking together the report of the Justice Department filing to reduce access of lawyers to GITMO detainee clients, the medical establishment's approach to those detainees, and snippets of George Tenet's interview on 60 Minut (More) |
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Two more Guantanamo detainees transferred: DOD
The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced the transfer of two more Guantanamo Bay detainees Thursday - one to Afghanistan and another to Morocco, reducing to approximately 380 the number of detainees remaining at Guantanamo. According to a DOD (More) |
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Guantanamo detainees ask Roberts to suspend habeas-stripping case rejection
Lawyers representing Guantanamo Bay detainees urged US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Wednesday to suspend the Court's order denying certiorari and allow detainees 120 days to petition the court for a rehearing in two cases challengi (More) |
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DOJ seeking additional restrictions on Guantanamo lawyer-detainee contact
Lawyers visiting Afghan detainee Haji Bismullah at Guantanamo Bay should be subject to tightened restrictions , including limited access to their client and evidence, the US Justice Department has urged in court papers [motion, PDF; brief, PDF] fi (More) |
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Canadian Guantanamo detainee Khadr formally charged with murder
US military authorities Tuesday formally referred to a military commission charges of murder, supporting terrorism, conspiracy and spying in "violation of the law of war" against Omar Khadr [Trial Watch profile; JURIST news archive], a Ca (More) |
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DOJ seeks dismissal of Guantanamo habeas cases
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday sought the dismissal of all pending Guantanamo Bay detainee habeas corpus cases in the US District Court for the District of Columbia . The motion to dismiss was filed in response to the US Supreme C (More) |
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More Guantanamo hunger strikes: the silence is deafening
David Nicholl : "The legal black-hole of Guantanamo is well recognised, however it is less well realised how the ongoing breaches of medical ethics in Guantanamo are damaging the normally high standards of US medicine. In June 2006, I and over 2 (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee's father says son tortured in secret CIA prison
The father of a Guantanamo Bay detainee accused CIA officials of torturing his son - Pakistani terror suspect Majid Khan - after arresting him in Pakistan in March 2003, according to an affidavit [PDF text; press release] released Monday. Khan was (More) |
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'High value' Guantanamo detainee denies al-Qaeda connection, alleges torture
Guantanamo Bay military prison detainee Abu Zubaydah denied accusations of al-Qaeda involvement and made allegations of torture, according to a transcript released Monday of his March 27 testimony before a US Combatant Status Review Tribunal . Zu (More) |
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US now detaining 18,000 prisoners in Iraq
The United States currently holds some 18,000 detainees in two US-run Iraqi detention facilities, Camp Bucca and Camp Cropper , the Washington Post reported Sunday, citing US military sources. In the past month, the US has increased security in Bag (More) |
France resumes nuclear testing in Polynesia
On June 13, 1995, France announced that it would resume nuclear testing in French Polynesia. France signed in 1996 signed the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty, after widespread protests ensued following the resumed tests.
