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Hamdan MCA habeas dismissal [US DC]
Hamdan. Rumsfeld, US District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge James Robertson, December 13, 2006 . Read the full text of the memorandum ruling . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Federal judge invokes Military Commissions Act to reject Gitmo habeas petition
A federal judge Wednesday dismissed a habeas corpus petition brought by Guantanamo detainee Salim Hamdan , finding it was clearly barred under the controversial habeas-stripping language of the new Military Commissions Act (MCA) even though it wa (More) |
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The Military Commissions Act of 2006: 'Play it Again, [Uncle] Sam'
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Kathleen Duignan, Executive Director of the National Institute of Military Justice, says that the Military Commissions Act of 2006 again puts US JAG officers in the awkward position of litigating the shortfalls of a mil (More) |
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DOD postpones plans for Guantanamo Bay legal compound
The US Department of Defense (DOD) has indicated that it will seek congressional approval for its planned $100 million Guantanamo Bay legal facility rather than expedite construction by declaring it an emergency expense. US Deputy Secretary of Def (More) |
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Guantanamo detainees relocated to new maximum security prison
A first group of more than 40 detainees held at the US Naval Base Guantanamo Bay were transferred Thursday to a new $37 million dollar maximum-security prison built by Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root designed to minimize detainee (More) |
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Senate Judiciary leaders introduce bill to restore habeas rights for detainees
US Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) [official website; JURIST news archive], outgoing chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee , and current ranking member of the committee Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) have introduced a bill which would restore habeas corp (More) |
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Hicks lawyers seek to force Australia to negotiate for Guantanamo release
Australia's Federal Court has agreed to hold a hearing next week to consider a petition filed Wednesday by lawyers for Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks . Hicks' lawyers have asked the court to direct the federal government, i (More) |
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Chinese Guantanamo detainees file lawsuit seeking release
Lawyers for several Chinese detainees still held at Guantanamo Bay have filed a lawsuit in US federal court seeking their release due to the flawed process by which they were determined to be enemy combatants. The group of seven ethnic Uighurs wer (More) |
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Former Guantanamo detainee acquitted of terror charges by Kuwait high court
The Court of Cassation in Kuwait on Tuesday reversed former Guantanamo Bay detainee Nasser al-Mutairi's conviction on terrorism charges, including endangering Kuwait's foreign relations by taking up arms against a foreign nation. Mutairi, (More) |
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Australian AGs demand return of Hicks
Australian state and territory attorneys general demanded action Tuesday in the case of David Hicks , an Australian detainee held at Guantanamo Bay since 2002. Upset that the US has failed to charge Hicks under revised military commission rules, th (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.
