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Uighur Guantanamo detainees agree to Palau relocation: report
Three Chinese Uighur Muslims held at Guantanamo Bay since 2001 have agreed to be relocated to Palau , their lawyers told the Associated Press Wednesday. The detainees have been cleared for transfer since District Judge Ricardo Urbina ordered their (More) |
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Belgium accepts Guantanamo Bay detainee for resettlement
The Belgian Foreign Ministry announced press release] Friday that they have accepted a former Guantanamo Bay detainee into their country for resettlement. The Belgian government announced that the detainee, who has not been named, will receive a w (More) |
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Lawyers for alleged al Qaeda media director appeal conviction
Lawyers for alleged al Qaeda media director Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday appealed his conviction and life sentence for conspiring with al Qaeda, soliciting murder, and providing material support (More) |
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Identities of Guantanamo detainees released to Portugal revealed
The identities of two former Guantanamo Bay detainees who were released to Portugal last week were revealed Monday in papers filed with the US District Court for the District of Columbia . Mohammad Khan Tumani , who claims that his father is still (More) |
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Federal judge denies Al Odah Guantanamo habeas petition
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the US District Court for the District of Columbia denied the habeas corpus petition of Guantanamo Bay detainee Fawzi Khalid Abdullah Fahad Al Odah in a partially redacted opinion made public Monday. Kollar-Kelly d (More) |
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Portugal accepts two Guantanamo Bay detainees as free men
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday that two Guantanamo Bay detainees have been transferred to Portugal under an agreement between the countries. The Syrian nationals were released from the detention facility following a comprehen (More) |
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LATVIA: Constitutional Jurisprudence and International Precedent
Anna Mandel, Boston College Law '11, writes about her experience at the Latvian Constitutional Court.... In the United States, state and federal courts are not bound by the precedents or laws of other jurisdictions. For example, the Supreme (More) |
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Ex-Guantanamo detainee Jawad to sue US government over alleged mistreatment
The lawyer for former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Jawad [ACLU materials; JURIST news archive] said Thursday that the Afghan citizen will sue the US government for compensation for mistreatment. Jawad, who was detained in 2002 under suspicion o (More) |
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Military judge rules Guantanamo detainee's lawyers may not tour CIA 'black sites'
A US military judge ruled Monday that lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee and accused 9/11 co-conspirator Ramzi bin al-Shibh will not be allowed to tour secret CIA prisons, known as "black sites" where al-Shibh was detained, the Miami Her (More) |
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Canada government to appeal Khadr repatriation efforts ruling to Supreme Court
The Canadian federal government said Tuesday that it will appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada a Federal Court of Appeal decision [judgment, PDF; JURIST report] ordering the government to press for the release and return of Canadian Omar Khadr [DO (More) |
India sues Union Carbide over Bhopal industrial disaster
On April 8, 1985, the government of India filed a lawsuit against the Union Carbide Corporation for the Bhopal industrial disaster in which forty-two tons of methyl isocyanate gas was released from the pesticide plant of a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. The disaster initially killed 2,000 Indians and injured another 200,000. These injuries led to another 16,000 deaths as a result of exposure to the gas. In 1989, the parties reached a $470 million settlement out of court.
Learn more about the Bhopal industrial disaster from the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Department of the government of Madhya Pradesh.
