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UN source says US admits torture in Iraq, Afghanistan, Gitmo
A member of the UN Committee against Torture , speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP Friday that the US has acknowledged to the United Nations for the first time that instances of prisoner torture have occured in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guanta (More) |
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Medical records used in Guantanamo interrogations
Military interrogators at Guantanamo had access to detainees' medical records until early 2003 and possibly later, and exploited information from the records during questioning, according to a new article in the New England Journal of Medicine (More) |
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UN torture investigator complains of US delays in approving Gitmo visit
Manfred Nowak , the UN special investigator on torture, complained Thursday that the US was stalling on his request to visit detainees at Guantanamo . A US spokeswoman denied any delay, however, and put the lack of response to the mid-April request (More) |
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Lawyer says Kuwait has no jurisdiction to try former Gitmo inmate
A lawyer for the first Kuwaiti inmate to be freed from the Guantanamo Bay detention center argued before a Kuwait City tribunal Wednesday that his client should not be tried in Kuwaiti court and complained he was only given a summary of US interro (More) |
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White House rejects independent probe of Guantanamo
The White House Tuesday snubbed a proposal to create an independent commission to look into detainee abuse at US detention facilities, especially Guantanamo. White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan pointed to some 10 previous investigations and (More) |
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Clinton, McCain say reform needed at Guantanamo Bay
Former President Bill Clinton said in a Financial Times interview published Monday that the US government should "close down or clean up" Guantanamo Bay prison . On the weekend leading GOP Senator John McCain also pressed for change if no (More) |
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Rights groups concerned that Guantanamo ex-detainees may be tortured
Prisoners released from the US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay and returned to their home countries should be closely monitored to prevent their torture at the hands of their governments, according to a group of lawyers, activists, and family (More) |
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US military policeman sues Pentagon for beating by comrades during Gitmo training
Spc. Sean Baker, an ex-US military policeman, has sued the Pentagon alleging that his constitutional rights were violated during an assault by fellow soldiers in a January 2003 training session that went awry in Guantanamo Bay. Baker voluntarily dr (More) |
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Halliburton awarded Guantanamo expansion contract
The US Department of Defense has awarded Kellogg Brown and Root Services , the engineering and construction arm of Halliburton [corporate website; JURIST news archive], the contract to build a planned $30 million permanent detention facility and s (More) |
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Memo shows Pentagon questioned legality of Gitmo interrogations in 2003
Notes from a series of Pentagon meetings in 2003 show that General Counsel of the Department of the Navy Alberto Mora warned high-level officials that Guantanamo interrogation techniques could expose them to criminal prosecution, according to ABC N (More) |
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968.
Pay a virtual visit to The King Center in Atlanta.
