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British PM asked to intervene as Gitmo hunger strike continues
Human rights groups Amnesty International and Reprieve have sent a joint letter to British Prime Minister Tony Blair , asking him to pressure the US government to consider the demands of hunger strikers at Guantanamo Bay . Over 200 detainees are (More) |
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BREAKING NEWS ~ US Senate approves detainee treatment restrictions
AP is reporting that the US Senate has overwhelmingly approved legislation that sets restrictions on the detention, interrogation and prosecution of terror suspects. The Senate approved the measure by a 90-9 vote margin despite the threat of a Wh (More) |
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Ex-Gitmo detainee convicted, sentenced in Spain for al Qaeda involvement
A Spanish court convicted a former Guantanamo Bay detainee Wednesday and sentenced him to six years in Spanish jail for his involvement in the al Qaeda terror organization. Hamed Abderrahman Ahmed, who hails from the Spanish region of Ceuta in nort (More) |
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US military personnel detail Gitmo, Iraq detainee abuse in new book, meeting
Amid efforts to pass legislation that would impose restrictions on the detention and interrogation of terror suspects, more allegations have been made of detainee mistreatment at US facilities in Guantanamo Bay and Iraq. Army Capt. James Yee , fo (More) |
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McCain, Graham push US detainee treatment legislation despite Bush veto threat
US Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has resurrected proposed legislation that would impose restrictions on the detention, interrogation and prosecution of terror suspects. McCain's proposal, to be added as an amendment to the military spending bill (More) |
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Egypt promises to treat released Gitmo detainee humanely
Egypt reassured the US Monday that Sami Al Laithi, an Egyptian man who was released from Guantanamo Bay last week and tranferred to Egypt, would be "treated humanely, in accordance with Egyptian and international legal obligations." A Pe (More) |
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Sound and Fury: Katrina and the 'Refugees' Debate
JURIST Guest Columnist Donna Arzt of Syracuse University College of Law says that for all the furor over whether the Hurricane Katrina evacuees should or should not be called "refugees", that legal label doesn't apply in circumstances o (More) |
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Egyptian detainee freed from Guantanamo Bay
The US Department of Defense announced Saturday the release of one Egyptian detainee from the prison at Guantanamo Bay after a military Combatant Status Review Tribunal determined he was no longer an enemy combatant. The unnamed detainee will be (More) |
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Former Abu Ghraib commander says little done to prevent detainee abuse
US Army Reserve Colonel Janis Karpinski , former US commander of Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison , said Friday that the US military has done little to ensure that abuses first exposed by the Abu Ghraib photos are not continuing in US-run facilities in (More) |
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Chavez slams US ruling against extradition of Cuban terror suspect
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Wednesday strongly criticized a ruling from a US immigration judge earlier this week that Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles [Wikipedia profile; JURIST news archive] would not be handed over to Venezuela or Cuba for (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.
