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Pentagon releases names of Guantanamo detainees
The US Department of Defense late Friday released the names of Guantanamo Bay detainees pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act [text; summary] request filed by the Associated Press and later pressed in a lawsuit . The names appear in transcripts (More) |
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Suspected '20th hijacker' recants evidence on Gitmo detainees obtained by torture
Mohammed al-Qahtani, the so-called "20th hijacker" from the Sept. 11 attacks, has disclaimed information he provided about 30 Guantanamo Bay detainees, alleging that the statements were coerced by torture, TIME magazine reported Friday. Q (More) |
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Judge considers Gitmo force-feeding in first test of Detainee Treatment Act
At a hearing in Washington Thursday US District Judge Gladys Kessler questioned the treatment of Mohammed Bawazir, a former hunger striker at Guantanamo Bay eventually force-fed in treatment his lawyers say was torture contrary to the terms of the (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee continues tribunal boycott, protests 'enemy' defense lawyer
Ali Hamza Ahmad Sulayman al Bahlul , a Guantanamo detainee from Yemen charged with conspiring to commit murder, to attack civilians and civilian objects, and terrorism, boycotted his military commission hearing again Thursday, this time on the gro (More) |
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Pentagon defends denying UN investigators access to Gitmo detainees
A US Department of Defense official Wednesday defended the government's decision in October to refuse access by UN investigators to detainees being held at the US prison base in Guantanamo Bay , and reiterated that the operation of the facilit (More) |
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Blair 'hopes' for Guantanamo closure
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair told the British House of Commons Wednesday that he hopes the US will close its much-criticized detention camp at Guantanamo Bay , but measured his words by adding that the US had justifiably opened it in response to th (More) |
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Guantanamo tribunal to review whether evidence obtained by torture
For the first time since the Guantanamo Bay war crimes tribunals convened in August 2004, a presiding military judge has said that he will examine potential evidence to determine if it was obtained through torture before ruling on admissibility. Pre (More) |
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Gitmo military commission hearings resume for alleged bin Laden bodyguard
Military commission [JURIST news archive; DOD materials] hearings for two Guantanamo Bay detainees scheduled to begin Wednesday have been delayed, but a third detainee will face a pre-trial hearing as scheduled. Ali Hamza al Bahlul [charge sheet, (More) |
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Detainee lawyer wants court to prohibit Guantanamo force-feedings
A lawyer for a Yemeni prisoner held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp has filed a motion in DC federal court asking that the use of a restraint chair and large nasal feeding tubes to force-feed his client be prohibited if he resumes his hunger s (More) |
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US holding Afghanistan detainees in cages without charge: report
Inmates at the main US base in Afghanistan are being held in "primitive conditions, indefinitely and without charges" according to a Sunday New York Times report . Over 500 terror suspects are held at Bagram Air Base , located north of Ka (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.
