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Albania willing to accept more Guantanamo detainees
Albania is willing to accept additional Guantanamo Bay detainees, Prime Minister Sali Berisha told reporters on Wednesday, calling closure of the prison a "human rights issue." Berisha said [Balkan Insight report] that he will not accep (More) |
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Ex-Guantanamo detainee lawyers seek dismissal of charges for trial delay
Lawyers for former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ghailani [GlobalSecurity backgrounder; JURIST news archive] have filed a motion to dismiss the charges against him, according to heavily redacted court documents made public Tuesday. Ghailani's (More) |
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Four Guantanamo detainees transferred to Europe, two to stand trial in Italy
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday and Tuesday the transfer of four detainees from Guantanamo Bay to three European countries, as the detainee population at the detention facility continues to be reduced. Two of the former detaine (More) |
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Algeria court sentences Guantanamo detainee seeking asylum in US
An Algerian court on Sunday sentenced Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Belbacha to 20 years in prison for being part of an "overseas terrorist group." Belbacha has been cleared for release from the US military prison facility but has said (More) |
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Algeria court acquits two former Guantanamo detainees
An Algerian criminal court acquitted former Guantanamo Bay detainees Abdulli Feghoul and Terari Mohamed on Sunday, according to the Algerie Presse Service (APS) . Feghoul and Mohamed were repatriated [DOD document, PDF; JURIST report] to Algeria in (More) |
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Federal judge orders release of Algerian held at Guantanamo
A federal judge on Friday ordered the release of Algerian Guantanamo Bay detainee Farhi Saeed Bin Mohammed. Judge Gladys Kessler directed the government to "take all necessary and approrpriate steps to facilitate release forthwith." The (More) |
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Guantanamo detention details ruling [UK QB]
Mohammed v. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Queen's Bench, November 19, 2009 .Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on Guantanamo detainees. (More) |
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UK court orders release of details of ex-Guantanamo detainee's treatment
The UK High Court ruled Thursday that the details of the detention of Binyam Mohamed in Pakistan in 2002 must be released. This most recent decision is the latest in a series of back and forth rulings on whether redacted materials regarding Mohame (More) |
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Federal judge rules against military lawyers for former Guantanamo detainee
A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ghailani [GlobalSecurity backgrounder; JURIST news archive] does not have a right to be represented by his military defense lawyers in a civilian court. Military lawyers (More) |
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Torture evidence judgment [UK HC]
Al Rawi, et al. v. The Security Service, et al., British High Court, November 18, 2009 .Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on torture. (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.
