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Bagram detainees allege torture at secret US prison in Afghanistan: BBC
Nine Afghan witnesses have claimed that they were held and tortured in a secret US prison at the Bagram Air Base [official website; JURIST news archive] in Afghanistan, according to a BBC report Thursday. The witnesses say that they were allegedly c (More) |
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Holder not ruling out civilian trials for 9/11 suspects
US Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that the government has not ruled out prosecuting certain high-profile terror suspects in civilian court in New York City. During a hearing on oversight of the US Department of Justice (DOJ), Holder t (More) |
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Amnesty condemns use of 'no-torture' deals in European deportations
Amnesty International (AI) on Monday released a report criticizing some European nations' practice of seeking "no-torture" assurances from other countries in order to remove foreigners. According to the report, the assurances are use (More) |
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Guantanamo habeas rulings made public
The US District Court for the District of Columbia late last week made public two previously unreleased rulings relating to habeas corpus claims by Guantanamo detainees. In a decision ordering the release of Mohamedou Ould Slahi , Judge James Rober (More) |
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Australia temporarily suspends processing Sri Lanka, Afghanistan asylum claims
Australian Immigration Minister Chris Evans announced Friday that that his country will temporarily suspend processing all asylum claims from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. Evans, a cabinet minister under Prime Minister Kevin Rudd , said that Afghani (More) |
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Spain agrees to accept 4 additional Guantanamo detainees
US Attorney General Eric Holder announced Thursday that Spain has agreed to resettle four detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. The four detainees are in addition to a Palestinian detainee transferred to Spain earlier this year. (More) |
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Former Guantanamo detainee sues US government for torture
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Adel Hassan Hamad filed suit in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington Wednesday against the US government and more than a dozen government officials. Hamad, a Sudanese aid worker captured in (More) |
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Kenya foreign ministry seeking release of Guantanamo detainee
The Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared Wednesday that Kenya's government is attempting to secure the release of Kenyan native Mohammed Abdumalik, who is currently detained at Guantanamo Bay . The news was revealed in a letter to Abdul (More) |
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Algeria national seeks emergency stay of transfer from Guantanamo
Lawyers for an Algerian national detained at Guantanamo Bay on Monday filed an emergency motion in the US District Court for the District of Columbia to block the detainee's transfer to his home country. Petitioner Ahmed Belbacha renewed his (More) |
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Australia to accept Cuban aslyum seekers held at Guantanamo Bay
Australia confirmed Monday that it will accept three Cuban asylum seekers currently held at the Guantanamo Bay Migrations Operation Center. The center, utilized by the US military after the recent Haitian earthquake to house mainly Haitian asylum (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.
