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Pentagon rejects expert testimony for Australian Guantanamo prisoner
The Pentagon has refused to allow expert witnesses to testify at the upcoming military commission hearing for Australian terror suspect David Hicks [BBC profile; advocacy website; JURIST news archive], a decision that his US military lawyer says in (More) |
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Justice at Guantanamo? The Paradox of David Hicks
JURIST Guest Columnist Devika Hovell of the University of New South Wales Faculty of Law in Sydney, Australia, says that the trial of Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks by US military commission highlights his transformation from an alleged p (More) |
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Graham amendment on detainee judicial review [US Senate]
Text of Senate Amendment 2516 to S. 1042 (the 2006 defense appropriations bill), US Senate, November 10, 2005 . Full text from the Congressional Record:REVIEW OF STATUS OF DETAINEES. (a) Submittal of Procedures for Status Review of Detainees at G (More) |
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Senate passes amendment to block Gitmo prisoners from court challenges
The US Senate voted 49-42 late Thursday to block Guantanamo Bay detainees from challenging their imprisonment in US federal courts. The legislation, proposed by GOP Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) , conflicts with the 2004 US Supreme Court ruling i (More) |
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Graham proposes barring foreign terror suspects from US courts
US Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has proposed legislation that would block suspected foreign terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay from using US courts to challenge their detentions. The amendment to the 2006 defense appropriations bill currently befor (More) |
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US will not seek death penalty against any charged Gitmo detainees
The US Department of Defense said Wednesday that it will not seek the death penalty in the cases of any of the five newly charged Guantanamo Bay detainees or the four previously charged, including David Hicks and Salim Ahmed Hamdan . The Pentagon h (More) |
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Rice says US treatment of terror suspects meets international standards
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday reaffirmed that the US meets international standards in its treatment of terror suspects, despite rising debate over the issue. Rice told an American Bar Association international law gathering (More) |
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Pentagon says no death penalty for Canadian Guantanamo detainee
The Pentagon has said it will not seek the death penalty against Omar Ahmed Khadr , an 18-year-old Canadian citizen detained at Guantanamo Bay who admitted throwing a grenade that killed a US medic while fighting with the Taliban in 2002. The deci (More) |
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Senate rejects amendment to create independent commission on detainee abuse
The US Senate on has rejected a proposal to create an independent commission patterned after the Sept. 11 Commission to investigate US treatment of detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay. With a 55-43 party-line vote, senators on Tuesda (More) |
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US to proceed with Hicks military trial despite Supreme Court case
The Pentagon has said that it is committed to proceeding with a preliminary military commission hearing for Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] despite the US Supreme Court's announcement Monday tha (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.
