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Obama signs defense spending bill despite Guantanamo restrictions
US President Barack Obama [official website; JURIST news archive] signed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 (NDAA) into law on Thursday. The bill, which authorizes appropriations for military activities for 2013, expressly prohibits us (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee launches defamation suit against UK agencies
Guantanamo detainee Shaker Aamer has filed a defamation lawsuit claiming that British agencies MI5 and MI6 had given the US statements the agencies knew to be false. While Aamer has been cleared for release from Guantanamo, he has not been return (More) |
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Federal judge affirms denial of habeas petition for Guantanamo detainee
A federal judge for the US District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday affirmed a denial of a petition for habeas corpus from Guantanamo Bay detainee Khirullah Khairkhwa . The US District Court for the District of Col (More) |
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Vance v. Rumsfeld: An Erosion of Torture Protection
JURIST Guest Columnist Susan Hu of the Center for Constitutional Rights says that the Seventh Circuit misinterpreted Supreme Court precedent in Vance v. Rumsfeld and consequently diminished a fundamental constitutional protection... (More) |
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US military judge upholds request to censor 9/11 conspirators' testimony
The chief US military judge for the Guantanamo Bay 9/11 military commission trial has approved the US government's request for a protective order . The order, made public Wednesday, effectively blocks the public's access to accused 9/11 conspirat (More) |
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Padilla unlawful detention complaint filed before IACHR
The mother of US citizen and convicted terrorist Jose Padilla [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] on Monday filed a complaint [text, PDF; press release] with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IAHCR) for torture and unlawful detention. T (More) |
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US reports it has detained 200 juveniles in Afghanistan
The US answered to allegations that it has illegally detained juveniles in a prison in Afghanistan in a recent report given to the UN Committee on Rights of the Child . The report was released in response to several inquiries regarding US complianc (More) |
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Government report: Guantanamo detainees could be safely absorbed by US prisons
US Senator Dianne Feinstein released a report by the Government Accountability Office on Wednesday which asserts that US prisons could safely absorb the 166 detainees currently being held at Guantanamo Bay military prison in the event the facilit (More) |
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In Cuba: Justice in Gitmo and Across the Fence
JURIST Guest Columnist Kathleen Doty of the American Society of International Law argues that justice has not been best served in Guantanamo Bay military trials... (More) |
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Saudi student sentenced to life for US bomb plot
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas sentenced a former Texas college student from Saudi Arabia to life in prison on Tuesday for trying to make a bomb for use in a jihad. One of Khalid Ali-M Aldawsar's possible targ (More) |
Reign of Terror begins in French Revolution
On April 6, 1793, the Committee of Public Safety takes power as the executive agency of France during the French Revolution, starting the Reign of Terror. During this period, the Committee sought to eliminate "enemies of the Revolution" by summary trials of noblemen, clergy, merchants, and peasants alike. The Reign of Terror ended with the overthrow the Committee's last and most prominent member, Maximilien Robespierre. By this time, 20,000 to 40,000 Frenchman and women had been executed by guillotine.
Learn more about the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
