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Bush administration opposes Gitmo commissions appeal to Supreme Court
The Bush administration has asked the US Supreme Court to reject an appeal from a US DC Circuit Court of Appeals decision supporting the administration's use of military commissions to try detainees at Guantanamo Bay . Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a Yem (More) |
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Russia releases two former Gitmo detainees
Russia on Friday released two former Guantanamo Bay detainees from a Moscow detention center. Airat Vakhitov and Rustam Akhmyarov, who were extradited to Russia by the US in 2004, were arrested earlier this week on suspicion of plotting terror at (More) |
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Bush announces recess appointment for stalled DOJ opening
President Bush has used a recess appointment to fill an opening at the Justice Department that was stalled in the Senate, naming attorney Alice S. Fisher to the top post in the DOJ's criminal division. Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) had blocked Fis (More) |
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Gitmo detainees begin new hunger strike
Detainees at the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay have started another hunger strike in an effort to "receive a fair hearing and humane treatment," according to human rights lawyers with the Center for Constitutional Rights . The detainee (More) |
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Military commission procedure changes [US DOD]
Changes to Military Commission Procedures, US Department of Defense Fact Sheet, August 31, 2005 . Read the full list of changes here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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DOD announces changes to military commission procedures
US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld [official profile; JURIST news archive] on Wednesday approved changes to procedures for military commissions used for trying certain detainees held at Guantanamo Bay . The changes to Military Commission Order (More) |
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Former Gitmo prisoners arrested in Russia, rights group says
Human rights group Amnesty International reported Tuesday that two men who were formerly held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp have been detained in Russia by men claiming to be security force officials. Airat Vakhitov and Rustam Akhmyarov were (More) |
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Judge says Gitmo detainees must be asked for permission to release names
A federal judge has said that detainees held in the US terror suspect prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, must be asked for permission to have their names released before the government can release them to the Associated Press under a Freedom of In (More) |
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Senate Democrats to question Roberts on DOJ torture memo
US Senator Patrick Leahy , ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Monday that the committee's Democrats intend to question Supreme Court nominee John Roberts about a Justice Department memo that some say led to torture at Iraq&# (More) |
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US lawyers seek longer sentence for 'Millennium bomber'
The US government has said that it will appeal a 22-year sentence given to Ahmed Ressam , an Algerian convicted of planning to kill travelers at Los Angeles International Airport on New Year’s eve in 1999. In delivering Ressam’s sentenc (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.
