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US releases list of Guantanamo Bay detainees
The US Department of Defense on Wednesday released the first official list of prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay , including the names of people who were the earliest detainees at the detention facility. The Pentagon released the list of 558 detaine (More) |
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UN torture committee questions US practices at Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib
The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) said Tuesday that the panel has submitted a lengthy interrogatory to the US seeking information on the treatment of prisoners detained at Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib and in Afghanistan . The CAT also demanded i (More) |
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Judge rules US Army general can testify in second Abu Ghraib dog handler case
A military judge Tuesday said that US Army Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller , the former commander of military intelligence at the Guantanamo Bay prison facility, can be called to testify at the upcoming trial of a sergeant accused of using dogs to abuse (More) |
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Supreme Court refuses to hear Chinese Gitmo detainee case before appeals court
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday refused to hear the appeal of two Chinese Uighur detainees who continue to be held at Guantanamo Bay despite a determination that they are not enemy combatants. In December, US (More) |
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Rumsfeld linked to alleged Guantanamo abuse: report
US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld kept tabs on the 2002 interrogations of Mohamed al-Qahtani , the so-called "20th hijacker" from the Sept. 11 attacks, every week at Guantanamo Bay , according to a report from Salon.com. The online m (More) |
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US asks Germany to take Chinese Guantanamo detainees: report
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been asked by the US government to accept a group of Chinese Uighur detainees currently being held at Guantanamo Bay , according to a report in Friday's Die Welt newspaper. The US asked Germany to take the (More) |
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Australian Guantanamo detainee UK citizenship appeal [UK CA]
Secretary of State for the Home Department v. Hicks, Supreme Court of Judicature Court of Appeal (Civil Division), April 12, 2006 . Read the full text of the decision. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Australia Guantanamo detainee Hicks wins appeal in UK citizenship case
The UK Court of Appeal on Wednesday upheld a lower court decision [text; JURIST report] holding that Australian terror suspect David Hicks should be granted British citizenship, dismissing an appeal from Britain's Home Office . Hicks has been (More) |
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Pentagon rules thwart fair trials for Guantanamo detainees: US military lawyer
A US military lawyer acting as defense counsel for a Yemeni prisoner on trial for terrorism-related offenses before a military commission [DOD backgrounder; JURIST news archive] at Guantanamo Bay on Friday challenged a US Department of Defense regu (More) |
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Gitmo detainee alleges torture in Moroccan prison, denounces military commissions
Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Muhammad said Thursday that he had been tortured after United States authorities transported him to a Moroccan prison for interrogation. Muhammad is a suspected al Qaeda member and is charged with conspiring with al (More) |
US Supreme Court mandated "Miranda warnings"
On June 13, 1966, the Supreme Court required that a suspect be warned of certain rights before police questioning.
Learn more about Miranda v. Arizona.
