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DC Circuit hears arguments in Guantanamo detainee release appeal
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday heard oral arguments in the appeal of a district court ruling that ordered the release of Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohamedou Olud Slahi . The three-judge panel indicated that i (More) |
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Two ex-Guantanamo detainees transferred to Germany
The US Department of Defense announced Thursday that two former Guantanamo Bay detainees have been transferred to Germany . German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said that state authorities in Hamburg and Rhineland-Palatinate will help the (More) |
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Poland ex-PM denies knowledge of CIA secret prison
Former Polish prime minister Leszek Miller on Tuesday denied any knowledge of a secret CIA prison in Poland. Miller's denial came after a former CIA agent confirmed that the agency tortured [Spiegel report] alleged USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahim al-N (More) |
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Federal judge allows indefinite detention of Guantanamo detainee
A federal judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Friday that the US government can indefinitely hold an Afghan detainee at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. The detainee, Shawali Khan , is accused of belonging to (More) |
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Hamdan appeal to be heard by full US military commissions review court
The US Court of Military Commission Review will hear en banc an appeal by former Osama Bin Laden driver Salim Ahmed Hamdan according to media reports. The decision was revealed late Friday in a one-page order [Miami Herald report] given to attorn (More) |
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DC Circuit denies rehearing for Yemeni Guantanamo detainee
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday denied a request for an en banc rehearing of the case of Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Gahleb Nassar Al-Bihani . In January, the court found [opinion, PDF; JURIST report] Al (More) |
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Obama administration not bringing charges against alleged USS Cole bomber: WP
The Obama administration has halted plans to prosecute Guantanamo Bay detainee Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri for his alleged involvement in the 2000 USS Cole attack , according to a Washington Post report Thursday. According to the report, the intentio (More) |
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US military judge rejects Khadr torture claims
US military judge Army Colonel Patrick Parrish rejected claims by Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] that his confession was a byproduct of torture, in a ruling released Friday. Khadr's lawyers had arg (More) |
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A Trial Within A Trial: Justice, Guantanamo-Style
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Andrea Prasow, senior counter-terrorism counsel at Human Rights Watch, says that the players constituting the military commission that tried Ibrahim al Qosi in Guantanamo last week created their own "mini-justice system (More) |
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Federal judge orders release of Guantanamo detainee for lack of evidence
The US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday released a partially redacted opinion ordering the release of Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif for lack of evidence. The district court granted Latif's habeas co (More) |
Justinian I issues Corpus Juris Civilis
On April 7, 529 - Byzantine Emperor Justinian I issued the first draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law). The Justinian Code represented a revival of Roman Law and a compilation of laws for the Byzantine Empire. It became the foundation of Canon Law in the Catholic Church and Civil Law in modern Europe.
Learn more about the Corpus Juris Civilis from the University of Wyoming College of Law.
