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International brief ~ UK police chief will not use Gitmo evidence against ex-detainees
In Wednesday's international brief, London Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens says that no prosecutions will proceed against the four Britons released from Guantanamo Bay based on material gathered by UK MI5 investigators who ma (More) |
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Four British Gitmo detainees released to UK
Four British men held at Guantanamo Bay for three years as enemy combatants were returned to the UK Tuesday, after a deal was reached between the US and UK. The four men, Moazzam Begg, Martin Mubanga, Richard Belmar and Feroz Abbasi [BBC News profi (More) |
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Twenty-three Gitmo detainees stage suicide protest
Twenty-three terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay tried to kill or harm themselves as part of a "coordinated effort to disrupt camp operations" in August 2003, US Southern Command officials confirmed Monday. Only two of the incidents w (More) |
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Review tribunals end for Guantanamo Bay detainees
The US Defense Department Saturday finished Combatant Status Review Tribunal hearings for detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Following a Supreme Court ruling [Rasul v. Bush, PDF text] last year that held that detainees were allowed to challenge the (More) |
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Travel snafu delays return home for Guantanamo detainee
A week after the United States agreed to release accused terrorist Mamdouh Habib to his native Australia, the Guantanamo Bay detainee's return home is now being delayed by logistical problems centered on the US government's refusal to allo (More) |
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US to release third Gitmo detainee following status review
The Defense Department has announced that a third detainee at Guantanamo Bay will be released after a Combatant Status Review Tribunal determined he was not an enemy combatant. The Defense Department said Wednesday the tribunals had recently condu (More) |
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Dismissal of Guantanamo prisoners' claims for habeas [US DC]
Khalid v. Bush and Boumediene v. Bush, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge Richard Leon, January 19, 2005 . Excerpt:Thus, to the extent these non-resident detainees have rights, they are subject to both the military revie (More) |
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Guantanamo detainees tell lawyers of abusive conditions
Defense lawyers representing 12 Kuwaiti nationals detained in Guantanamo Bay said Wednesday that their clients looked emaciated and had complained of abuse, including physical abuse, torture and humiliation. The attorneys, Kristine Huskey and Thom (More) |
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Federal court dismisses Gitmo prisoners' claims of habeas
US District Judge Richard Leon Wednesday dismissed the claims of seven Guantanamo Bay prisoners who had contested the fairness of their continued detention. Judge Leon said in his opinion : "To the extent that these non-resident detainees hav (More) |
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Confirmation vote delayed for AG nominee Gonzales
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have forced a one-week postponement pf the vote on Alberto Gonzales' nomination as attorney general because Gonzales hasn't answered all of the committee's questions. Gonzales submitted writ (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.
