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FBI releases reports of harsh interrogations at Guantanamo Bay
US FBI agents reported numerous instances of military personnel and contractors using harsh interrogation practices at the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay , including wrapping a detainee's head in duct tape and a female guard wiping menstr (More) |
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Hicks charges coming soon: Australia AG
Australian Attorney General Phillip Ruddock said Tuesday that Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks will be among the first of the Guantanamo detainees to be brought to trial before new US military commissions. In a news conference , Rudd (More) |
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Australia military prosecutor slams treatment of Guantanamo detainee Hicks
Australia's new independent military prosecutor has called the treatment of Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks "abominable" in an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald. Brigadier Lyn McDade told the Herald, "Quite fra (More) |
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Appeals court rejects former judges' detainee rights brief on naming technicality
A three-judge panel of the US DC Circuit Court of Appeals Friday rejected an amicus brief filed by seven retired judges who argued that portions of the new Military Commissions Act affecting Guantanamo detainees were unconstitutional on the grou (More) |
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Saudi government frees 18 ex-Guantanamo detainees
The Saudi Arabia Interior Ministry announced Tuesday that the government has freed eighteen former Guantanamo Bay detainees "after meeting necessary legal conditions." A spokesperson for the ministry stated that the government will conti (More) |
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US review boards cleared 46 Guantanamo detainees for transfer home in 2006
US Defense Department Administrative Review Boards (ARB) reviewing the status of prisoners held by the US at Guantanamo Bay cleared 46 detainees for transfer to the custody of their home countries, according to new figures posted on the DOD websi (More) |
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Former Guantanamo prisoners held by home governments after latest transfers
Sixteen Saudis and a Bangladeshi man repatriated from Guantanamo Bay earlier this week to their home countries are being detained by their governments. Saudi Arabian authorities say they are holding their nationals in order to investigate whether t (More) |
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US releases 17 more Guantanamo detainees
The US Department of Defense announced Sunday that it has transferred 17 more Guantanamo Bay detainees to their home countries for detention or release, bringing the number of detainees released from Guantanamo this year to 114. Seven of the newly (More) |
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Guantanamo detainees to be held indefinitely even without charges: US official
US Legal Adviser to the Secretary of State John Bellinger told the Daily Telegraph on Friday that Guantanamo Bay detainees considered an ongoing threat to security will remain in custody indefinitely, regardless of whether there is sufficient evid (More) |
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US returns 16 Guantanamo detainees to Saudi Arabia
The US Defense Department Thursday announced the release of 16 Saudi Arabian detainees from Guantanamo Bay . Saudi Arabian Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul said that the detainees would now be "subject to the Saudi system." Over (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.
