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Ex-intel official claims Australia covered up involvement in Iraqi interrogations
A former weapons inspector and senior employee of Australia's Defense Intelligence Organisation said Monday in a television interview that the Australian government has been covering up its involvement in the interrogation of prisoners in Iraq (More) |
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Lawsuit seeking release of Guantanamo detainees [US DC]
Does v. Bush, et al., Petition for writ of habeas corpus, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, February 11, 2005 . Excerpt:Petitioners are being held under color and authority of the Executive, in violation of the Constitution, (More) |
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Rights group files lawsuit seeking release of Gitmo detainees
A lawsuit seeking the release of over 500 unnamed terror suspects detained by the US government at Guantanamo Bay has been launched by the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights . The lawsuit, which joins over 70 separate cases already pe (More) |
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Pentagon report says female soldiers used sexual tactics against Gitmo detainees
The Washington Post reported Thursday that allegations by Guantanamo Bay detainees that female soldiers at the military base used sexually suggestive tactics during interrogations of detainees have been confirmed by a Pentagon investigation. The wo (More) |
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Chertoff nomination vote delayed as senators await interrogation memo
The US Senate is not expected to vote on the nomination of Judge Michael Chertoff [nomination history; 2002 DOJ resume] as Secretary of Homeland Security until some time next week as several senators have requested access to an uncensored copy of a (More) |
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White House asks DC Circuit to settle detainee rulings
The Bush administration asked the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit late Wednesday to expeditiously decide whether Guantanamo detainees can challenge their confinement in court. Two district court judges recently issued conflicting rulings on (More) |
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Canadian Gitmo detainee claims torture by US interrogators
Lawyers for Omar Khadr , an 18-year old Canadian citizen and Guantanamo Bay detainee, said Wednesday that their client had been tortured and abused by US interrogators. Khadr is accused of throwing a grenade that killed a US medic while he was alle (More) |
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US objects to Cuba, Zimbabwe on human rights panel
The US State Department Tuesday sharply criticized the selection of Cuba and Zimbabwe for positions on a panel that will set the agenda for the UN Human Rights Commission. "The United States believes that countries that routinely and systematic (More) |
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US, France agree to transfer of remaining French citizens from Gitmo
The US has agreed to transfer the last three French citizens being held at Guantanamo Bay to France, with an official announcement of the agreement expected later Tuesday. The remaining detainees are Mustaq Ali Patel, Ridouane Khalid and Khaled Ben (More) |
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Chertoff nomination heads for final Senate vote after passing committee
Secretary of Homeland Security nominee Judge Michael Chertoff has been confirmed by the Senate's Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee , with a vote by the full Senate expected before the end of the week. Chertoff was confirmed by (More) |
Maurice Papon convicted of war crimes
On April 2, 1998, Maurice Papon was convicted of war crimes for his role in deporting French Jews to concentration camps during the Nazi occupation of France. Under German occupation, Papon served as the supervisor of the Service for Jewish Questions in Bordeaux from which he collaborated with the Nazi S.S. and oversaw the deportation of 1,560 Jewish men, women, and children to concentration camps.
Read an biography of Maurice Papon from the BBC.
