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Gitmo prosecutor defends war crimes case against Canadian teen
One day before hearings resume before military commissions at Guantanamo Bay in the cases of two alleged terrorists, chief US prosecutor Col. Moe Davis Tuesday characterized defendant Omar Khadr [US DOD chargesheet, PDF; DOD press release; JURIST (More) |
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Alito Day 1: The Shape of Things to Come
JURIST Guest Columnist Nora Demleitner, former law clerk to Judge Samuel Alito and currently professor of law at Hofstra University School of Law, says that comments by senators on the first day of Judge Samuel Alito's Supreme Court confirmation (More) |
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Playing With Fire: Congress and Executive Power
JURIST Guest Columnist Brian Foley of Florida Coastal School of Law says that while senators are likely to query Judge Samuel Alito this week about his views on executive power, they themselves have dangerously indulged it without setting clear limit (More) |
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Guantanamo military commission hearings to resume
US military commission proceedings against two of a handful of charged prisoners at Guantanamo Bay , originally scheduled to restart Tuesday, have been pushed back to Wednesday in recognition of the the Feast of the Sacrifice, a Muslim holy day. Ca (More) |
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Guantanamo doctor facing ethics hearing over force-feeding of hunger strikers
Attorneys for a number of hunger strikers at Guantanamo Bay have filed a petition in a California court to force the state medical ethics board to investigate Dr. John S. Edmondson, chief medical officer at the prison, for alleged unprofessional c (More) |
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Pentagon says number of Gitmo hunger strikers down, but criticism continues
The number of hunger strike participants at the Guantanamo detention facility has decreased from 84 to 40 since a late-December spike US military authorities announced Friday. Thirty-two of the remaining 40 hunger strikers are currently being for (More) |
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Some Guantanamo Bay detainees to be transferred to Afghan prison
An Afghanistan prison is undergoing improvements to accommodate about 100 Afghan Guantanamo Bay detainees who are expected to be transferred to Afghanistan in the near future, according to Afghan officials. Construction, being paid for by the US, (More) |
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Levin disputes Bush administration move to dismiss Guantanamo cases
US Sen. Carl M. Levin (D-MI) has said that the Bush administration cannot use recent legislation in an attempt to dismiss already filed habeas corpus petitions of Guantanamo Bay detainees . The 2006 defense spending bill , signed into law last wee (More) |
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Federal judge rejects DOD argument that releasing detainee names violates privacy
A federal judge Wednesday rejected the US government's argument that revealing the names of hundreds of Guantanamo Bay detainees violates their privacy, and remanded the case for further consideration on whether to actually release the names. T (More) |
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DOJ to request dismissal of Gitmo lawsuits
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday filed notice with federal judges overseeing the habeas corpus petitions of Guantanamo Bay detainees informing them that a provision in Title X of the defense spending bill signed into law last week s (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.
