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Military drops case against US Marine paralegal who alleged Guantanamo abuse
Military officials announced Wednesday that the US Navy admiral overseeing US Southern Command has endorsed six of the seven recommendations made by US Army Col. Richard Bassett in a probe of alleged detainee abuse at Guantanamo Bay but has rejecte (More) |
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German-Turk ex-Gitmo detainee pressing Pentagon to release secret documents
Murat Kurnaz [Amnesty International case sheet; JURIST news archive], a Turkish citizen born in Germany and formerly held at Guantanamo Bay , plans to request the release of secret military documents pertaining to his detention, according to his law (More) |
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Guantanamo charges show flaws of new military commissions
Emi MacLean [attorney, Guantanamo Global Justice Initiative, Center for Constitutional Rights]: "On Friday, the Department of Defense announced charges against three detainees in Guantánamo - Omar Khadr, Salim Hamdan, and David Hicks. The (More) |
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Australia PM to press US for speedy Hicks trial following new charges
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Monday that the Australian government will do more to pressure the US to expedite the trial of David Hicks . In a cabinet meeting on Monday, officials informed Howard of the growing public concern about th (More) |
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Portugal to conduct probe of CIA extraordinary rendition flights
Portugal is the latest country to open an investigation into alleged stopovers of secret CIA rendition flights transporting terror suspects, according to a report from state-owned news agency Lusa Monday. Last month, a report adopted by a Europea (More) |
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Australia PM supports US re-charging sole Australian Guantanamo detainee
Australian Prime Minister John Howard spoke out Sunday in support of the Pentagon's decision to recharge 31-year-old David Hicks , the single Australian terror suspect at Guantanamo Bay , notwithstanding US inclusion of a criminal count - provi (More) |
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US Marine paralegal accused of false statement after Guantanamo abuse claim
Lt. Col. Colby Vokey, the US Marine defense coordinator for the western US, told the Associated Press Friday that his paralegal, Sgt. Heather Cerveny, has been accused of having made a false statement by Army Col. Richard Basset. Bassett was ordered (More) |
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US re-charging Guantanamo detainees Hicks, Khadr, Hamdan
The US military announced Friday it has drafted new charges against three high-profile Guantanamo Bay detainees. Col. Morris Davis (USAF) , chief prosecutor for the Department of Defense Office of Military Commissions, said that the new charges aga (More) |
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Stimson resigns in aftermath of Guantanamo representation slurs
US Defense Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for Detainee Affairs Charles "Cully" Stimson resigned Friday in the aftermath of a backlash to remarks he made in a radio interview last month criticizing lawyers at top US law firms for (More) |
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Australia justice minister calls Hicks detention 'totally inappropriate'
Australian Minister of Justice Chris Ellison Friday offered the Australian government's strongest criticism yet of the US government's 5-year detention without charge of Australian citizen David Hicks at Guantanamo Bay , calling it "t (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.
