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Khadr's Plea Agreement and Sentencing: Questions Never to be Answered
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Andrea Prasow, senior counter-terrorism counsel at Human Rights Watch, says that despite purported safeguards, evidence from Omar Khadr's guilty plea and sentencing hearing shows that detainees can still be harmed by st (More) |
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US defends rights record at first ever UN review
The US government's human rights record came under criticism Friday during the country's first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) . Among the criticisms leveled at the US were the treatment of detainees at Guanta (More) |
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Canada government to accept Khadr after one year
Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Lawrence Cannon told the House of Commons Monday that the Harper administration has agreed to accept Guantanamo Bay detainee and convicted terrorist Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] after he ser (More) |
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Khadr sentenced by military jury
A panel of seven senior US military officers on Sunday sentenced Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] to 40 years in prison, but Khadr will serve no more than eight years under the terms of a guilty plea (More) |
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UN children's rights expert urges US not to imprison Khadr
The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict urged the US on Wednesday not to imprison Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive]. Radhika Coomaraswamy , through a letter sen (More) |
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Poland prosecutors grant terror suspect victim status
Polish prosecutors investigating the secret CIA prison in Poland on Wednesday gave Saudi terror suspect Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri [NYT profile, JURIST news archive] victim status, recognizing the validity of his claims that he was mistreated by inter (More) |
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Khadr pleads guilty to terrorism charges
Former Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials, JURIST news archive] on Monday pleaded guilty to all five charges against him, including conspiracy, murder and aiding the enemy. Under the terms of the agreement, Khadr will serve (More) |
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Federal judge denies Afghan Guantanamo detainee habeas petition
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday denied the habeas corpus petition of Afghan Guantanamo Bay detainee Obaidullah . While Obaidullah has denied the charges against him, Judge Richard Leon noted that he has c (More) |
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US military judge postpones Khadr trial while lawyers seek deal
A US military judge postponed the trial of Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] Thursday while his lawyers attempted to reach a deal exchanging a guilty plea for leniency. The military proceeding was to r (More) |
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Federal court hears opening statements in ex-Guantanamo detainee's civilian trial
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Tuesday heard opening statements in the first civilian trial of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee. An attorney for Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani [GlobalSecurity profile; JURIST news archive] a (More) |
Congress passed Posse Comitatus Act against military enforcement of domestic laws
On June 18, 1878, Congress passed the Posse Comitatus Act. This law made it a felony to willfully use "any part of the Army...to execute the laws" except where expressly authorized by the Constitution or by an act of Congress.
Learn more about the origins of the Posse Comitatus.
