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Khadr military lawyer to offer vigorous defense
A US military lawyer for Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] announced Saturday that he will vigorously defend Khadr at his US military commission trial scheduled to begin next month . Khadr fired his US (More) |
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Supreme Court permits Guantanamo detainees' return to Algeria
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Friday declined to review the decision of a lower court permitting the government to transfer Guantanamo Bay detainee Farhi Saeed bin Mohammed to Algeria. The 5-3 decision leaves in p (More) |
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UK court allows suit seeking to force Iraq torture inquiry
A UK High Court of Justice on Friday allowed a lawsuit to proceed that seeks to force the UK government to hold a public inquiry into torture allegations made following the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The suit was brought by 102 Iraqi men who claim they (More) |
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'Torture memo' lawyer denies authorizing some CIA interrogation techniques
Former head of the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) and federal judge Jay Bybee denied approving a number of interrogation techniques used by the CIA, according to testimony released Thursday by the US House Judiciary Committee . Bybee was questione (More) |
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UK court allows ex-Guantanamo detainees' torture suit to continue
The UK High Court announced Wednesday that a lawsuit, filed by former Guantanamo Bay detainees and alleging that the UK government was complicit in their torture, can proceed. The lawsuit, filed by 12 ex-detainees, alleges that British agents took (More) |
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Federal appeals court overturns Guantanamo habeas grant
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday overturned a decision that granted the habeas corpus petition of Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed al-Adahi. In reversing the decision, the appellate court held that the distr (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee transferred to Yemen
The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced Tuesday that Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Odaini was transferred to his homeland of Yemen after a federal court ordered his release [opinion, PDF; JURIST report]. In his ruling ordering Odaini's r (More) |
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Federal judge refuses to dismiss charges against ex-Guantanamo detainee
A federal judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss charges against former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ghailani [GlobalSecurity profile; JURIST news archive], ruling that his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial was not violated. Ghailani's lawyer (More) |
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Canada government to appeal Khadr rights ruling
The Canadian Department of Justice on Monday announced that it will appeal a court ruling ordering the government to provide Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [DOD Materials; JURIST news archive] with a list of remedies to ameliorate its breach o (More) |
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Khadr tells court he previously rejected plea deal
Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] on Monday appeared at a pre-trial hearing and informed the court that he had previously rejected a plea deal offered by the US government. Under the plea agreement Kha (More) |
UN Security Council resolution condemned Israeli declaration of all Jerusalem as capital
On August 20, 1980, the UN Security Council passed by 14-0 a resolution condemning an Israeli declaration that all of Jerusalem is its capital. The US abstained.
