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US bans cruel treatment of detainees by worldwide personnel in policy shift
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced Wednesday that the US has changed its policy on the interrogations of detainees, and will impose a worldwide ban on US personnel subjecting prisoners to cruelty, citing obligations under the Convent (More) |
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Military trials set for Canadian, Yemeni Guantanamo detainees
The Pentagon announced Tuesday that military commission trials for two foreign Guantanamo prisoners will begin with plea hearings on January 10 at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility without waiting for the US Supreme Court to decide the legality (More) |
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Secret CIA flights stopped in France, newspaper reports
French newspaper Le Figaro reported Friday that two CIA-chartered flights made secret stops in France in 2002 and 2005 [Le Figaro report], bolstering allegations that the intelligence agency used the flights to transport Islamist terror suspects to (More) |
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Pentagon moves forward with military trial of Canadian teenage terror suspect
The US Department of Defense said Thursday that it plans to move forward in the trial against a 19-year old Canadian citizen who was charged [charge sheet, PDF; JURIST report] last month with murdering a US Army medic, despite the judicial stays is (More) |
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US denies secret Kosovo detention camp
A US military spokesman has said there is no secret detainee camp run by the US in Kosovo, although the US military there does share a well-known detention facility with NATO as part of the latter's KFOR operation. Major Michael Wunn spoke to A (More) |
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Large CIA secret prisons unlikely, but post-9/11 Kosovo camp "shocking": Europe council
The head of the Council of Europe investigation into possible secret CIA prisons in Eastern Europe said Friday that the existence of large detention centers for US terror detainees in the region was unlikely. In a statement before the Parliamentary (More) |
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Ex-UN human rights chief says US record on detainees weakening influence on rights
Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson said in an interview with Reuters reported Monday that the US has lost international influence due to its position on the Iraq war and the its record on the rights of Guantanamo detainees (More) |
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US defends treatment of suicidal Guantanamo detainee
Government lawyers have defended US treatment of a suicidal Guantanamo Bay detainee in court papers filed this week, claiming that he is receiving appropriate mental health care and otherwise being treated humanely. Jumah Dossari has made nine sui (More) |
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UN human rights representatives call off visit to Guantanamo
United Nations human rights representatives Friday rejected an offer to visit the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay after US officials formally refused their demand for unconditional access to the detainees earlier this week. The envoys from the U (More) |
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Three former Gitmo detainees announce plans to sue US government
Three Bahraini citizens, released from Guantanamo Bay earlier this month, announced Thursday their intention to sue the United States government for detaining them for over four years without a trial at the prison facility. Additionally, the three (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.
