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Guantanamo prosecutor denies torture, stresses transparency of trials
The chief prosecutor for the military commissions at Guantanamo Bay denied Tuesday that detainees at the facility were tortured, but acknowledged the vagueness of the definition of torture itself. USAF Col. Morris Davis of the Pentagon's Offi (More) |
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UK foreign minister urges closure of Guantanamo detention camp
UK Foreign Office Minister Kim Howells has warned that operations at the US detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba threaten democracy and has urged the closing of the facility in order to restore faith in the "shared values" of Brita (More) |
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Gonzales questions relevance of Geneva protections, defends Gitmo policies
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales insisted Tuesday that US treatment of detainees is consistent with the Geneva Conventions , but questioned the relevance of some Geneva provisions in the context of "this new kind of war, against this new k (More) |
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Gitmo better than Belgian prisons, Europe detentions expert says after visit
An expert for Europe's largest security organization said Monday that prisoners held at the US detention camp at Guantanamo Bay are treated better than inmates in Belgian jails, after he returned from a visit to the prison last week. Alain Grig (More) |
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Five former Guantanamo detainees freed on bail in Kuwait
Five Kuwait citizens, previously held captive by the US at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, were released on bail from police custody in Kuwait on Sunday. The five were released on bail after denying the charges against them, which include jo (More) |
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No Habeas at Guantanamo? The Executive Branch and the Dubious Tale of the DTA
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Ian Wallach, habeas counsel for several Guantanamo Bay detainees, says that the US Executive Branch may have engaged in questionable acts and disseminated inaccurate information to encourage Senate passage of provisions (More) |
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No Habeas at Guantanamo? The Executive and the Dubious Tale of the DTA
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Ian Wallach, habeas counsel for several Guantanamo Bay detainees, says that the US Executive Branch may have engaged in questionable acts and disseminated inaccurate information to encourage Senate passage of provisions (More) |
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World Christian leaders criticize Guantanamo detentions
Leaders of the both the Anglican and Roman Catholic churches have sharply criticized the US prison at Guantanamo Bay as international pressure builds to close down the controversial facility that currently contains almost 500 individuals the US gov (More) |
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Guantanamo transcripts show US suspicions but little proof
Parts of a broader, more human picture of the Guantanamo detainees, their frustrations and the cases against them have begun to emerge from the depths of over 5000 pages of documentation on over 300 specific detainees released by the Pentagon late (More) |
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Guantanamo transcripts naming detainees [US DOD]
Reprocessed Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) and Administrative Review Board (ARB) Documents, US Department of Defense, released March 3, 2006 . Review the full text of the documents (60 PDF files amounting to over 5000 printed pages). Reporte (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.
