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Rights group warns McCain torture ban may be undercut by Graham amendment
New York-based human rights Human Rights Watch warned Friday that the McCain Amendment prohibiting the cruel and inhumane treatment of US-held detainees that was finally endorsed Thursday by a reluctant Bush administration could yet be undercut by (More) |
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UK to appeal Hicks citizenship ruling as Pentagon proceeds with trial preparations
The British government has announced that it will appeal a High Court ruling earlier this week that found Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks [JURIST news archive; advocacy website] eligible for British citizenship. Hicks, whose mother is Br (More) |
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Hicks UK citizenship ruling [UK HC]
Hicks v. Secretary of State for the Home Department, High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court, Mr. Justice Collins, December 13, 2005 . Read the full text of the judgment. Reported in JURIST's P (More) |
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Federal judge may call Chinese Gitmo detainees to appear before him
US District Judge James Robertson said Monday that he will consider allowing two Chinese Uighur Guantanamo Bay detainees to appear in federal court to challenge their ongoing confinement. The two men have been determined not to be enemy combatant (More) |
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UK court says Australian Gitmo detainee should receive UK citizenship
The UK High Court on Tuesday ruled that David Hicks [advocacy website; JURIST news archive], the Australian detained at Guantanamo Bay for over three years, should be registered as a British citizen. Hicks, whose mother was born in Britain, has pe (More) |
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US denies Red Cross access to secret detainees
The US said Friday that it would not allow the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) access to a limited number of detainees who are held in secret locations around the world. It is the first time the US has admitted that it has not give (More) |
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Pentagon invites OSCE representative to visit Guantanamo
The US Department of Defense announced Friday that it has extended an invitation to special representative Anne-Marie Lizin of the 55-nation Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to visit the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay , (More) |
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Red Cross in talks for full access to US detainees
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Friday that it is in “intense dialogue” with US authorities to visit all detainees held by the US in the war on terror. The US State Department confirmed Thursday that the ICRC (More) |
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Retired US judges urge Congress not to limit court review of Gitmo detentions
A group of 12 retired federal judges on Thursday urged US lawmakers not to pass legislation that would strip federal courts of the power to hear habeas corpus claims brought by detainees held at the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay . In a letter to (More) |
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ICRC not visiting all US detainees, official confirms
The US State Department confirmed Thursday that the International Committee of the Red Cross does not have access to all US detainees, but said that ICRC had access to "absolutely everybody" held at Guantanamo Bay . John Bellinger, top l (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.
