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Saudi Arabia releases three former Guantanamo detainees
Saudi Arabia has freed three former Guantanamo Bay detainees who were repatriated there last year. According to an Interior Ministry source, the three "admitted to have been present in troubled areas without obtaining the consent of their pare (More) |
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US reports 75 Guantanamo prisoners on revived hunger strike
The US military said Monday that the number of Guantanamo Bay detainees participating in a hunger strike has increased from 3 to about 75. Navy Cmdr. Robert Durand described the strike as an effort to attract attention. He speculated that it may (More) |
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Over 60 Guantanamo detainees were juveniles when captured: UK rights group
The British prisoners rights group Reprieve has claimed that over 60 of the foreign detainees imprisoned by the US at Guantanamo Bay were juveniles under 18 years of age when captured, and that some were as young as 14. Reprieve told the Independe (More) |
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Army general denies recommending use of dogs in Abu Ghraib interrogations
A high-ranking US Army officer testified Wednesday in the court-martial of Sgt. Santos Cardona, the second of two soldiers accused of using unmuzzled dogs to terrify detainees during interrogations at the Abu Ghraib detention center in Iraq. Maj. (More) |
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Guantanamo detainees who attempted suicide recovering
A US military spokesperson said Tuesday that the condition of two of the Guantanamo Bay detainees who attempted suicide last week is improving and both are expected to make full recoveries. The two men, neither of whom were prescribed antidepressa (More) |
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Bin Laden tape claims Moussaoui, Guantanamo prisoners had no role in Sept.11
In a newly released five minute audio tape found on an Islamist website Tuesday, a man claiming to be Osama bin Laden said that convicted September 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui was not intended to be one of September 11 hijackers as he had (More) |
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Australia High Court justice calls Guantanamo a legal black hole
The US detention center in Guantanamo Bay is a legal black hole, an Australian High Court judge has said. Justice Michael Kirby made the statement Monday in a speech to the Sydney Peace Foundation . David Hicks , an Australian who is awaiting tri (More) |
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Security agenda has thwarted rights progess worldwide: Amnesty annual report
Amnesty International Tuesday condemned what it termed the continuing "sacrifice" of rights to expediency in the war on terror, denounced the US and its allies for turning a blind-eye on human rights abuses or dodging responsibility for v (More) |
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Second Abu Ghraib dog handler faces court-martial
Court-martial proceedings against US Army Sgt. Santos A. Cardona began Monday on charges of maltreatment of prisoners, dereliction of duty and assault connected to Cardona's alleged use of unmuzzled dogs when questioning detainees at Iraq's (More) |
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Five former Guantanamo detainees found not guilty in Kuwait
A group of former Guantanamo Bay detainees were found not guilty by a Kuwaiti court Sunday of belonging to al Qaeda and fighting a friendly state. The five detainees, arrested in Afghanistan after Sept. 11, were released from Guantanamo in Novemb (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.
