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Apologizing to Maher Arar: A Beginning, Not an End
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Faisal Kutty, vice-chair and counsel to the Canadian Council on American Islamic Relations and a doctoral candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School York University in Toronto where he also practices law, says that Canadian P (More) |
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Guantanamo guards taunted detainees with Saddam hanging photos: Hicks lawyer
US soldiers taunted detainees at Guantanamo Bay with pictures of Saddam Hussein's hanging in "an attempt to intimidate and compel submission under a threat of death and mentally torture," according to comments made Thursday by a defe (More) |
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Federal judge halts Guantanamo habeas cases pending appeals ruling
US District Judge Reggie Walton on Wednesday denied several motions challenging the ongoing detentions of 16 Guantanamo Bay detainees, ruling that until the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit decides whether civilian judges may hear cases under (More) |
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First new Guantanamo detainee charges expected by Friday: chief prosecutor
New war crimes charges will be filed against Guantanamo Bay detainees beginning as early as Friday, chief prosecutor Col. Moe Davis (USAF) said Tuesday. Davis said, however, that charges are only expected to be filed against a few of the 10 detain (More) |
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Australia AG calls for Hicks update after reports of harsh Gitmo treatment
Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said Tuesday that he has requested an assessment of the condition of Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks after Hicks' lawyer described Hicks in an interview [transcript; recorded audio] on (More) |
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Guantanamo military trials face further delays
Fewer Guantanamo Bay prisoners will be charged with war crimes this week than originally expected, chief prosecutor USAF Col. Moe Davis told Reuters Monday. Revised charges were expected to be filed against up to 20 suspected members of al Qaeda a (More) |
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Guantanamo defense lawyer says 160 detainees moved to solitary
Guantanamo defense lawyer and Reprieve senior counsel Zachary Katznelson told Reuters in an interview published Friday that since December at least 160 Guantanamo Bay detainees have been moved to solitary confinement in the new part of the facili (More) |
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German Foreign Minister denies refusing to accept German-Turk Gitmo detainee
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Tuesday that he was unaware of a US offer to release Guantanamo Bay detainee Murat Kurnaz , a German-born Turk, to Germany in 2002 notwithstanding a finding by a committee of the European parliam (More) |
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Hicks could face reduced charges in new Guantanamo military trial
Australian officials said Monday that Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks could face reduced charges when he goes to trial before new US military commissions, the procedural rules for which were promulgated last week. Hicks' origina (More) |
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Probe into Guantanamo detention of German Turk focuses on foreign minister
Growing criticism of the circumstances behind the Guantanamo detention of German-born Turk Murat Kurnaz has focused on German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier following German media reports over the weekend. Kurnaz, arrested by US offici (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.
