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US to maintain control of foreign, new detainees at Afghanistan prison: NYT
Government officials from both the US and Afghanistan have said that the American military will maintain control over foreign detainees at Bagram Air Base [official website; JURIST news archive] in Afghanistan for the indefinite future, and will al (More) |
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US delivers Khadr documents to Canada authorities
Canadian authorities received documents and materials about Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee and convict Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] from US authorities on Wednesday and will now consider whether he can be transferred into Canad (More) |
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US charges Guantanamo detainee with supporting terrorism
The US Department of Defense announced Wednesday that the Chief Prosecutor for Military Commissions has filed terrorism charges against a Saudi Guantanamo Bay prisoner accused of plotting with al Qaeda to blow up oil tankers near Yemen. The detai (More) |
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Iraq national pleads guilty to conspiring to aid terrorists
An Iraqi man pleaded guilty in the US District Court for the Western District of Kentucky Tuesday on charges of conspiring to aid terrorists. Mohaned Shareef Hammadi pleaded guilty to 10 charges including sending money, weapons and explosives to (More) |
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Federal judge skeptical about new Guantanamo access to counsel restrictions
The US District Court for the District of Columbia held a hearing Friday regarding a challenge to new restrictions on lawyers representing Guantanamo Bay detainees who have had their habeas corpus challenges denied or dismissed. Chief Judge Royce (More) |
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DOJ argues continued attorney access at Guantanamo is government decision
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday filed a brief with the US District Court for the District of Columbia asserting that the government should decide when a Guantanamo Bay prisoner is granted continued regular access to legal counsel a (More) |
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ECHR urged to review claims of CIA secret prison in Romania
The Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) announced Monday that it urged the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to review allegations that Romania was involved in the torture and other ill-treatment of a Saudi Arabian currently facing a deat (More) |
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Military commission to hear oral arguments on ACLU censorship challenge
A military commissions judge at Guantanamo Bay announced Thursday that he will hear oral arguments regarding allegations by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) that the government censored discussions about torture during the trial of the (More) |
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Egypt requests release of its last citizen held at Guantanamo
The Egyptian government announced Thursday that it has requested the release of the last of its citizens currently being held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Egyptian Tarek al-Sawah, 54, has been held at Guantanamo for 11 years without c (More) |
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Former Saudi Arabia Guantanamo detainee surrenders
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of the Interior announced Monday that a former Guantanamo Bay inmate who had completed the country's militant rehabilitation program surrendered to Saudi authorities. Adnan al-Sayegh, who was placed in the Ministry's rehabi (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.
