| Posts |
|
Canadian Guantanamo detainee boycotts military commission hearings
Nineteen-year-old Canadian Omar Khadr refused to take part in military commission proceedings during a pretrial hearing at Guantanamo Bay Wednesday, claiming that he was mistreated and sent to solitary confinement for no reason. Khadr currently (More) |
|
Guantanamo military judge unsure of what laws govern detainee trial
A US military judge presiding over one of the military commission proceedings [US DOD backgrounder; JURIST news archive] that resumed at Guantanamo Bay Tuesday appeared unsure of exactly what body of law would be applied in the case against Abdul Z (More) |
|
Guantanamo Bay military tribunals resume pre-trial hearings
The US military commissions [DOD backgrounder; JURIST news archive] at Guantanamo Bay are scheduled to resume proceedings Tuesday, with pre-trial hearings scheduled for four prisoners facing terrorism-related charges. Among those scheduled to appear (More) |
|
Defense Department releases remainder of Guantanamo names
The US Department of Defense Monday released 2,600 pages of case review documents pertaining to Guantanamo Bay prisoners, finally making public the names of all 490 prisoners currently held at the facility after disclosing the identities of more t (More) |
|
Rice defends Guantanamo detentions at end of UK visit
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice defended the US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in a news conference Saturday with British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw at the end of a UK visit. In response to questions on when Guantanamo might be clo (More) |
|
Two British residents held at Guantanamo say UK assisted capture
Lawyers for two long-time British residents seized by the US and detained at Guantanamo Bay claim to have documents that indicate British officials prompted their arrests while withholding information that would have aided the two men. Bisher al-Ra (More) |
|
Speaking Truth to Power: US International Lawyers at a Crossroads
JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law says that at its 100th annual meeting this week in Washington, DC, the American Society of International Law is being called upon to take a stand on the laws of war and (More) |
|
Supreme Court skeptical of military commissions in oral arguments
Most of the eight US Supreme Court justices hearing oral arguments Tuesday in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld [Duke Law backgrounder; merit briefs] appeared skeptical of the Bush administration's contention that special military tribunals established by the (More) |
|
Guantanamo Algerians complained to visiting delegation about treatment: report
A delegation of Algerian officials made the country's first visit to the US military prison camp at Guantanamo Bay in mid-March to evaluate the conditions of 26 Algerian citizens being held there, according to a report published Tuesday in Alg (More) |
|
Scalia remarks spark furor as high court prepares to hear military tribunals case
Newly-disclosed comments by US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia made after a speech at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland earlier this month have touched off a furor in the lead-up to Tuesday's oral arguments in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld [D (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.
