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Coming Up Short on Habeas for Detainees
JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law, president of the National Lawyers Guild, says that the Supreme Court's failure to marshall enough votes to review the habeas-stripping provisions of the Military Commissi (More) |
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Guantanamo habeas certiorari ruling [US SC]
Boumedienne v. Bush, Al Odah v. United States, US Supreme Court, April 2, 2007 [denying petitions for certiorari in two cases brought by Guantanamo detainees seeking habeas corpus reviews of their detentions]. Read the denial per Chief Justice Robert (More) |
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Supreme Court declines to hear Guantanamo detainee habeas appeals
A divided US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] Monday denied petitions for certiorari in two cases brought by Guantanamo Bay detainees seeking habeas corpus review of their detentions. The petitions for certiorari came in the ca (More) |
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Hicks applies for transfer to Australia prison
Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] has submitted an application to be transferred to a prison near his home in South Australia to serve the remainder of his nine-month sentence after pleading guilty t (More) |
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Hicks could face Australian control order after Guantanamo release
The Australian Federal Police will determine whether Guantanamo Bay military prison detainee David Hicks will be subject to a control order when released from prison later this year, members of the Australian government said Sunday. On Friday a (More) |
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UK resident released from Guantanamo
British resident and Iraqi citizen Bisher al-Rawi was released this weekend from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay after nearly five years in custody as an enemy combatant. Officials have not confirmed the exact time of al-Rawi's releas (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee Hicks to serve most of 9-month sentence in Australia
A US military commission at Guantanamo Bay recommended sentencing Australian detainee David Hicks to seven years in prison late Friday but all but nine months of that were effectively suspended by a military judge under the terms of a plea agreeme (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee says torture prompted confession to USS Cole bombing
Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri [DOD profile, PDF page 7; JURIST news archive], the suspected mastermind of the 2000 USS Cole bombing [DOD inquiry report; JURIST news archive] and a Guantanamo Bay detainee, said his confession to the attacks was coerced th (More) |
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DOD head seeks help transferring dangerous Guantanamo detainees
New US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that the White House and Congress should collaborate to close the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay by transferring the more dangerous detainees elsewhere. Gates told the US House Defense Appropri (More) |
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Guantanamo military commission judge says maximum Hicks sentence 7 years
The judge presiding over the military commission for Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks said Friday that Hicks would be be subject to a maximum seven-year prison sentence under the terms of his plea bargain. The judge's comments ca (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.
