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Family of Guantanamo detainee files lawsuit against Kenya government
The family of Kenyan Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohamed Abdulmalik has filed a lawsuit against the Kenyan government claiming that he was illegally detained, tortured, and rendered to US authorities. The suit seeks Abdulmalik's return to Kenya and (More) |
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Kuwaiti detainee repatriation shows Obama administration's haste to close Guantanamo
Gregory D. Lee : "The transfer of Kuwaiti National Fouad Al Rabiah to his home country is a further attempt by the Obama administration to reduce the number of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay as much as possible before his self-imposed one-year (More) |
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Pentagon contempt holding [DC Circuit]
Al-Adahi, et al. v. Obama, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, December 10, 2009 .Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on the latest legal developments out of Guantanamo Bay. (More) |
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Federal judge finds Pentagon in contempt for failing to record Guantanamo testimony
A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday found the US Department of Defense (DOD) in contempt for failing to videotape the testimony of Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Al-Adahi. Al-Adahi had petitioned for habea (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee transferred to Kuwait
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday that Kuwaiti Guantanamo Bay detainee Fouad Al Rabiah has been transferred to the control of the Kuwaiti government. Al Rabiah, a Kuwaiti national, had been held at Guantanamo Bay for nearly e (More) |
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UK judge rules Guantanamo detainee can access 'torture' documents
A UK High Court judge ruled Tuesday that British Guantanamo Bay detainee Shaker Aamer must have access to secret documents that may contain evidence of torture. Aamer, the only British citizen remaining at the US military prison, petitioned the cou (More) |
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Falling Short: Justice in the New Military Commissions
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Andrea Prasow of Human Rights Watch says that judging from what she saw at Guantanamo last week, the new system of US military commissions established under the Military Commissions Act of 2009 fails to meet "our h (More) |
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Obama administration favors Illinois prison for Guantanamo detainees
The Obama administration is seeking Illinois congressional support [Washington Post report] for a plan to purchase a prison facility in northwestern Illinois to house terrorism suspects currently being held at Guantanamo Bay , the Washington Post re (More) |
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JURIST named in ABA list of top legal news websites
JURIST's Paper Chase legal news service has been named as one of the "100 best Web sites by lawyers, for lawyers" as chosen by the editors of the ABA Journal, the flagship magazine of the American Bar Association. Ranking Paper Chase a (More) |
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Military judge denies admission of new charges against Guantanamo detainee
A US military judge ruled Thursday that the US government may partially amend the charges against Guantanamo Bay detainee Ibrahim Ahmed al Qosi by changing his jurisdictional basis, but may not include four additional years of alleged activities (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.
