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Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 [White House]
Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, as included in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006 and agreed to by the US House and Senate and signed by President Bush, December 30, 2005 . Full text from THOMAS:TITLE X--MATTERS RELATING TO DETAINEESS (More) |
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Bush signs anti-torture legislation, Patriot Act extension
President George W. Bush on Friday signed a $453.3 billion defense spending bill [text; JURIST report] which contains provisions banning the cruel and inhumane treatment of detainees in US custody, but also eliminates the ability of Guantanamo Bay (More) |
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Number of Guantanamo hunger strikers spikes
US military authorities at the Guantanamo detention facility announced Thursday that the number of participants in the ongoing hunger strike at the prison has surged, reaching an acknowledged total of 84, including 48 who have joined the action si (More) |
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UK government files appeal against Hicks citizenship ruling
The British government Tuesday filed an anticipated appeal challenging a recent High Court decision [JURIST report; JURIST document] that Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks is entitled to British citizenship. Hick's lawyers want citize (More) |
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Chinese Uighurs Guantanamo detention ruling [US DC]
Abu Bakker Qassim et al. v. George W. Bush et al., United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge James Robertson, December 22, 2005 . Excerpt:These petitioners are Chinese nationals who received military training in Afghanistan und (More) |
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Federal judge rules Chinese Gitmo detainees can be held indefinitely
A federal judge ruled Thursday that two Chinese Uighur detainees held by the US at Guantanamo Bay could be detained there indefinitely even though their imprisonment was unlawful. US District Judge James Robertson said that the courts simply had no (More) |
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Senate passes defense bill banning torture but limiting detainee court access
The US Senate on Wednesday approved a defense policy bill banning the cruel and inhumane treatment of detainees in US custody but also limiting the ability of Guantanamo Bay prisoners to challenge their detention in federal court, effectively all (More) |
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The McCain Amendment: Shifting US Policy on Torture
JURIST Guest Columnist Michael Scharf, Director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, says White House support of the McCain Amendment signals to the world that the US will no longer condon (More) |
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US House passes detainee torture ban
The US House of Representatives early Monday morning passed legislation that would ban the torture of terror detainees and would require that detainees in US custody be treated humanely. The military spending bills also contain provisions that wou (More) |
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Gitmo detainees allege torture in Afghan prison
Eight detainees held at Guantanamo Bay have told their lawyers that they were tortured at a secret prison in Afghanistan, according to report released Sunday by the New York-based Human Rights Watch . The detainees separately provided "consist (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.
