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Canada may take in former Guantanamo Bay detainees
A lawyer for a Guantanamo Bay detainee who was formally cleared of terror charges said Wednesday that the US State Department is speaking with the Canadian government to secure his client's release to that country. Canada would have to issue a (More) |
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UN rights experts call for US to close Guantanamo after suicides
The United Nations on Wednesday renewed its calls for the US to immediately close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay in the wake of three detainee suicides last weekend, saying the suicides were predictable because of the conditions there. In (More) |
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Pentagon says no need for independent probe into Guantanamo suicides
The US Department of Defense has rejected a demand by Amnesty International for an independent investigation into last weekend's three detainee suicides at the Guantanamo Bay detention center. A Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday that no inde (More) |
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AMA clarifies medical ethics standards for MDs supervising prisoner interrogations
The American Medical Association has passed a measure clarifying its ethical guidelines , which prohibit doctors from participating in torture or coercive interrogations. The AMA on Monday reiterated its contention that a doctor's duty is to h (More) |
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Red Cross to visit Guantanamo Bay after suicides
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will visit the US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in the coming days, in an effort to assess the overall mood of the camp in the wake of three detainee suicides last weekend. Though the un (More) |
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Guantanamo and Medical Ethics
JURIST Special Guest Columnist and British human and medical rights activist Dr. David Nicholl, a neurologist at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, says that the recent hunger strike and now suicides by prisoners held by the US at Guantanamo Bay h (More) |
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EU panel says CIA 'directly responsible' for illegal detentions, rendition in Europe
A European Parliament committee approved a report Monday that supports allegations that the US Central Intelligence Agency was "directly responsible for the illegal seizure, removal, abduction and detention of terrorist suspects" in Eur (More) |
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Military officials say Guantanamo detainees concealed suicides
Military officials said Sunday that the three Guantanamo Bay detainees who committed suicide Saturday by hanging themselves with bedsheets and clothing - identified as Saudis Mani Shaman Turki al-Habardi Al-Utaybi and Yasser Talal Al-Zahrani, and (More) |
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Guantanamo suicides spark renewed calls for release of Saudi detainees
The suicides of three detainees , two Saudis and a Yemeni, at Guantanamo Bay on Saturday prompted Saudi Interior Ministry officials to renew calls on Sunday for all Saudi prisoners to be released from the military camp and returned to Saudi Arabia (More) |
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BREAKING NEWS ~ Three Guantanamo detainees dead in apparent suicide pact
The US Army has announced that three as-yet-unidentified Guantanamo detainees died early this morning local time in apparent multiple suicides. An official investigation is already underway. These are the first suicides confirmed among prisoners at (More) |
Reign of Terror begins in French Revolution
On April 6, 1793, the Committee of Public Safety takes power as the executive agency of France during the French Revolution, starting the Reign of Terror. During this period, the Committee sought to eliminate "enemies of the Revolution" by summary trials of noblemen, clergy, merchants, and peasants alike. The Reign of Terror ended with the overthrow the Committee's last and most prominent member, Maximilien Robespierre. By this time, 20,000 to 40,000 Frenchman and women had been executed by guillotine.
Learn more about the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
