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Federal judge dismisses 105 former Guantanamo detainee habeas cases
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday dismissed as moot 105 habeas corpus petitions of non-citizen former Guantanamo Bay detainees who are no longer in US custody. Judge Thomas Hogan wrote that in deciding th (More) |
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Prosecuting Terror Suspects in Federal Court: The Right Choice
JURIST Guest Columnist Virginia Sloan, president and founder of the bipartisan Washington DC-based Constitution Project, says that US Attorney General Eric Holder should stand by his decision to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in traditional federal cou (More) |
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Germany considering accepting Guantanamo detainees
The German government is considering accepting detainees held at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay , according to interviews published this week by Der Spiegel magazine. German Chancellor Angela Merkel , Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere, (More) |
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DOJ releases details on 400 convicted of terrorism-related offenses since 9/11
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) released information Friday on hundreds of people tried and convicted in federal courts on charges related to international terrorism since 9/11. The National Security Division (NSD) chart has been maintained si (More) |
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US defense secretary appoints top military commissions authority
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday appointed retired Navy Vice Adm. Bruce MacDonald as the convening authority for military commissions . Considered an expert in military law, MacDonald's experience as a former Navy judge advocate (More) |
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Holder plans to appeal order releasing 9/11 suspect
US Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) would appeal a judge's order to release a Guantanamo Bay detainee suspected of involvement in the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks. In a decision released Mon (More) |
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Spain high court rules Garzon can face charges for Franco probe
The Spanish Supreme Court on Thursday denied an appeal by National Court judge Baltasar Garzon [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], ruling that he may be formally charged for exceeding his jurisdictional authority. The five-judge panel upheld [El P (More) |
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UK parliament panel calls for terror laws review
The UK Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights recommended Thursday that the government review anti-terror laws and policies [report, PDF; press release] passed since the 9/11 attacks to make sure they are necessary and do not violate hum (More) |
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Federal judge rules US may continue holding Yemeni Guantanamo detainee
A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday denied a Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee's habeas corpus petition on its merits, allowing the US government to prolong the detention indefinitely. Detainee Makhtar Yah (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee's release highlights failure of enhanced interrogation policy
Daphne Eviatar [Senior Associate, Human Rights First]: "There may be no better example of why so-called "enhanced interrogation techniques" are a bad idea than the case of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who a judge on Monday ordered released af (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.
