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UK to challenge Europe rights court ban on deportation to abusive regimes
UK Attorney General Lord Goldsmith said Saturday that the British government will ask the European Court of Human Rights to review a long-standing ban against EU countries deporting individuals to countries where they would be at risk of torture or (More) |
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US prison inmates need more protection from rape, brutality: UN
The UN Committee against Torture report released Friday on US compliance with the Convention Against Torture urged the US to do more to protect domestic prisoners and suspects from violence and threats of violence, in addition to calling on it t (More) |
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White House to UN: Guantanamo 'fully within the boundaries of American law'
The White House Friday responded to a report [PDF text; JURIST report] by the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) calling on the US to shut down its Guantanamo Bay detention facility by reinterating President Bush's statement that he hopes to (More) |
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UN report on US compliance with torture treaty [UN CAT]
Conclusions and recommendations of the Committee against Torture: United States of America, UN Committee Against Torture, May 18, 2006 . Excerpt:The State party should cease to detain any person at Guantanamo Bay and close this detention facility, pe (More) |
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US should shut Guantanamo, stop renditions, reveal secret prisons: UN panel
The United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) said Friday in a report on its annual review of US compliance with the Convention Against Torture that the United States should shut down its prison for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay . The r (More) |
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Guantanamo prisoners attack guards trying to stop suicide attempt
Four detainees at Guantanamo Bay attempted to commit suicide on Thursday, and several other prisoners attacked US soldiers who tried to intervene, according to a US military spokesman. Three of the detainees ingested a large amount of prescription (More) |
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Transferred Saudi detainees arrive home from Guantanamo
Fifteen Saudi detainees who were being held at Guantanamo Bay arrived in Saudi Arabia on Friday. The US transferred the detainees to Saudi custody after the transfers were approved by a Guantanamo Administrative Review Board . Saudi Foreign Minist (More) |
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Going Native at Guantanamo: When Government Lawyers Lose Their Way
JURIST Guest Columnist Victor Hansen of New England School of Law says that the development of US detainee policy at Guantanamo demonstrates what can happen when government lawyers forget that their duty is not to a governmental official or a politic (More) |
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US to transfer 16 Guantanamo detainees to Saudi custody: Saudi foreign minister
Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal has said that 16 Saudi detainees now held by the US at Guantanamo Bay will be returned to Saudi Arabia in the next few days. During an interview with US media Wednesday, al-Faisal said that after their return (More) |
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Rumsfeld says no agreement yet on revised Army interrogation manual
US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld confirmed Wednesday that military officials are conflicted about the specific guidelines on interrogation techniques to be included in a new Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation during a hearing (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.
