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Guantanamo 'high value' detainee denies involvement in 9/11 attacks
Ali Abd al-Aziz , one of 14 "high value" Guantanamo Bay detainees and the nephew of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , has denied allegations that he transferred funds to the 9/11 hijackers and has insisted he had no prior knowledge (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee hunger strikes up over new prison facility
More than a dozen prisoners at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay are being subjected to daily force-feedings as a result of a long-term hunger strike, the New York Times reported Monday, the largest such number since the beginning of 2006. L (More) |
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David Hicks' Guilty Plea: Another Blow to US Moral Authority
JURIST Guest Columnist Victor Hansen of New England School of Law says that the overbearing terms imposed on Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks in his recent military commission plea agreement are the product of an overly and unfairly coerciv (More) |
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Australia AG says Guantanamo detainee Hicks can't sell story after transfer home
Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] will not be permitted to sell his story to the media, Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said Sunday. Though he has not been found to have violated any Austr (More) |
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Guantanamo detainees face increasing isolation: Amnesty
Amnesty International decried worsening conditions at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay in a report [text; press release] released Thursday, claiming detainees have "suffered harsh treatment throughout their detention, confined to mesh (More) |
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'American Taliban' Lindh seeks commuted sentence for third time
The family of John Walker Lindh [CNN profile; JURIST news archive] said Wednesday that a clemency petition has been filed on their son's behalf, seeking to reduce his 20-year sentence in light of the nine-month sentence handed down to Australian (More) |
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Hicks won't violate gag order: lawyer
Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] will not speak to the media in violation of a court order, Hicks' lawyer said Wednesday. Despite statements by Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock that Aus (More) |
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Hicks Guantanamo plea agreement [US OMC]
US v. David Matthew Hicks, Offer for a Pretrial Agreement, US Office of Military Commissions, March 26, 2007 . Read the full text of the plea agreement]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Supreme Court action sentences Gitmo detainees to another year without habeas review
Shane Kadidal [Managing Attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights Guantanamo Global Justice Initiative]: "On April 2, 2007, the US Supreme Court denied cert in our appeal of the D.C. Circuit's decision denying federal court jurisdiction ove (More) |
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Australia AG says Hicks gag order cannot be enforced
Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock said Tuesday that the gag order placed on Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] as part of his plea agreement cannot be enforced once he returns to Australia, and that Hic (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.
