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First Guantanamo tribunal tapes released under FOIA
Audio recordings of proceedings from several US Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) hearings conducted at Guantanamo Bay in 2004 were made public for the first time Tuesday by National Public Radio after being released to lawyers for two Guant (More) |
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Federal judge rejects Guantanamo detainee transfer bid for heart operation
US District Judge Paul L. Friedman Monday rejected a Guantanamo Bay detainee's petition to have his heart operation transferred to a civilian facility. Saifullah Paracha [advocacy website; Wikipedia profile], a multimillionaire businessman an (More) |
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US frees last Guantanamo detainees deemed not enemy combatants
The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced Friday that it had released three detainees from Guantanamo Bay who Combatant Status Review Tribunals had determined not to be enemy combatants . The US Department of State said later that the gove (More) |
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New Guantanamo Bay legal compound planned
The US military has preliminary plans to build a new legal compound at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba , where trials of detainees may begin to take place as early as June, the Miami Herald reported Friday. According to a federal solicitation notice seeking (More) |
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Federal judge denies detainee access to civilian legal counsel
US District Judge Reggie B. Walton ruled Friday in support of a bid by the US Department of Justice to bar terrorism suspect Majid Khan from access to a civilian lawyer unless and until the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit resolves the iss (More) |
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Guantanamo combatant status reviews 'show trials': report
US military Combatant Status Review Tribunals do not offer detainees at Guantanamo Bay an adequate opportunity to contest the accusations against them or to object to their status as enemy combatants , according to a report released Friday. Seton (More) |
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US senator proposes amendments to Military Commissions Act restoring habeas
US Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) introduced legislation Thursday that would restore habeas corpus rights to military detainees and make other amendments to the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA) . A key provision in the MCA, which President Bush sig (More) |
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Bush tells Australia PM Hicks to be tried
US President George W. Bush assured Australian Prime Minister John Howard Friday that Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks would be brought to trial, but refused to give a timetable for the trial. Referring to Hicks' legal team's (More) |
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Guantanamo military commissions chief resigns
John Altenburg , appointed in 2003 by US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to oversee the military commissions [official website; JURIST news archive] trying terror detainees at Guantanamo Bay , has resigned his post as Appointing Authority and re (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee asks court to block medical procedure
Lawyers for Saifullah Paracha [advocacy website; Wikipedia profile], a multimillionaire from Pakistan in US custody at Guantanamo Bay , petitioned a federal court Wednesday to enjoin the US military from performing a cardiac catheterization because (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.
