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Guantanamo Bay detainees file motion for religious prayer
Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainees on Thursday filed an emergency application in the US District Court for the District of Columbia for a temporary restraining order prohibiting the government from depriving the inmates of the right to pray comm (More) |
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What the Bowe Bergdahl-Taliban Exchange Teaches Us about Closing Guantanamo
JURIST Guest Columnist Jonathan Hafetz of the Seton Hall University School of Law discusses some of the lessons offered by the Bergdahl exchange as they relate to US policy on Guantanamo ... The Obama administration has confirmed that it will continu (More) |
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UK appeals court allows partial secrecy in terrorism trial
The criminal division of the UK Court of Appeal on Thursday declared that some coverage of the trial of two terrorism suspects from London will be held in open court, but core aspects of the trial will remain confidential. The case is Guardian New (More) |
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Federal appeals court dismisses Guantanamo detainee lawsuit
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Colombia Circuit on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by a former Guantanamo detainee against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld . According to the original complaint the plaintiff, Sami Abdulaz (More) |
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ACLU report cites violations in privately run Texas prisons
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Texas released a report Tuesday exposing the results of a multi-year investigation into conditions at five Criminal Alien Requirement (CAR) prisons in Texas. There are 13 CAR prisons in th (More) |
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Pentagon approves war crimes trial for al Qaeda leader
The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Monday approved the war crimes trial of Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi , a former leader of al Qaeda's army between 2002 and 2004. The former CIA captive has been held at Guantanamo Bay since 2007. The official charge (More) |
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Final known US prisoner of war released in exchange for Guantanamo detainees
US President Barack Obama announced Saturday that prisoner of war Bowe Bergdahl had been released into US custody in exchange for five detainees held at Guantanamo Bay. Bergdahl was the only confirmed US prisoner of war from the conflict in Afghan (More) |
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US judge allows force feeding of Guantanamo prisoner to continue
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia issued an order late Thursday allowing the military to resume force feeding a Syrian prisoner at Guantanamo Bay, stating that "the court is in no position to make the complex medical d (More) |
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Federal judge orders halt in force feeding at Guantanamo Bay
The US District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday ordered officials in Guantanamo Bay to temporarily suspend forced feedings of a Syrian prisoner kept at the detention facility on Guantanamo Bay. Syrian national Abu Wa'el Dhiab has bee (More) |
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Guantanamo prosecutor fights release of classified information to defense
Chief Prosecutor Brig. Gen. Mark S. Martins of the war crimes court at Guantanamo Bay filed a motion , which was made public on Monday, asking the court to reconsider an order from last month that released classified information to defense attorn (More) |
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying
On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death after a treason trial in which they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
Learn more about the Rosenberg trial.
