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The Bagram Detainee Review Boards: Better, But Still Falling Short
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Andrea Prasow, senior counter-terrorism counsel at Human Rights Watch, says that while the new system of Detainee Review Boards at Bagram is a significant improvement over past US practice, the US and its coalition par (More) |
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Most Guantanamo detainees 'low-level' combatants: government report
A task force initiated by the US government to evaluate the status of Guantanamo Bay detainees has reported that only 10 percent of inmates were terrorist leaders when President Barack Obama took office in 2009. The Guantanamo Bay Task Force comp (More) |
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US House approves defense spending bill containing 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' repeal
The US House of Representatives voted 229-186 Friday to approve a defense spending bill containing an amendment to repeal the military's controversial "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy [10 USC § 654; JURIST news archive]. T (More) |
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DC Circuit refuses evidentiary hearing for Uighur detainees
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday refused to order a new evidentiary hearing in the case of five Chinese Muslim Uighurs detained at Guantanamo Bay . Instead, in a per curiam decision, the court reinstated its o (More) |
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Federal judge orders release of Yemeni Guantanamo detainee
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday ordered the release of Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Hassen . Hassen had been initially detained [Miami Herald report] in March 2002 following a raid in Faisalab (More) |
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UNICEF expresses concern over Guantanamo detainee Khadr
UNICEF expressed concern Wednesday over Guantanamo Bay detainee and former child soldier Omar Khadr [DOD Materials; JURIST news archive]. Khadr was arrested in Afghanistan in 2002 at the age of 15 after he allegedly threw a grenade that killed on (More) |
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US lawmakers mull bill to increase scrutiny of Guantanamo lawyers
US lawmakers are currently considering a Department of Defense (DOD) appropriations bill containing a section that would allow increased investigation by the Pentagon into the practices of lawyers representing Guantanamo Bay detainees. Section 103 (More) |
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Italy agrees to take two more Guantanamo detainees
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini announced Tuesday that Italy will take two more detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility . The announcement came during a meeting the US officials from the National Security Council, including N (More) |
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House committee votes not to fund US facility for Guantanamo transfers
The US House Armed Services Committee has approved a bill prohibiting the Obama administration from modifying or building a facility in the US to hold detainees currently held at Guantanamo Bay . The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Ye (More) |
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DC Circuit dismisses Bagram detainee habeas petitions
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Friday in Al Maqaleh v. Gates that detainees held at Bagram Air Force Base [official website; JURIST news archive] in Afghanistan cannot bring habeas corpus challenges in US courts (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.
