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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) |
Supreme Court upheld discriminatory districting
On June 10, 1946, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld uneven congressional districting plans in Colegrove v. Green. The case challenged an Illinois districting plan that concentrated voters into large districts in the center of the state and did not balance for population. The Court reasoned that districting was a political question for the states to decide without judicial interference. This opinion was overturned less than 20 years later in Baker v. Carr, which set judicial standards for invoking political question doctrine.
Learn more about political question doctrine from the University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Law.
