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Guantanamo detainee Jawad repatriated to Afghanistan
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday that Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Jawad [ACLU materials; JURIST news archive] has been repatriated to Afghanistan. Co-counsel for Jawad, US Air Force Major Frakt, hailed his client's re (More) |
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US military to share detainee identities with Red Cross: report
The US military will now be notifying the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) of the identities of suspected terrorist militants held in special operations camps in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a New York Times report . In a rev (More) |
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Europe official urges countries to disclose role in CIA secret prisons
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) rapporteur Dick Marty on Friday called on European countries to show accountability for their role in assisting the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in using secret prisons . The statement (More) |
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Federal judge rules lawyers for Guantanamo detainee may question 9/11 conspirator
A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia has granted lawyers for another Guantanamo Bay detainee permission to question Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], the self-proclaimed architect of the 9/11 attac (More) |
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Federal judge grants Yemeni Guantanamo detainee's habeas petition
A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled in an opinion unsealed Friday that the US lacks enough evidence to justify the continued detention of Yemeni national Mohammed al-Adahi, granting al-Adahi's petition for habea (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee al-Adahi habeas ruling [US DC]
Al-Adahi, et al. v. Obama, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, August 21, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on habeas corpus motions filed on behalf of Guantana (More) |
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British government must release names of unidentified Bagram rendition victims
Clare Algar [Executive Director, Reprieve]: "It is really extraordinary that the British government is relying on the Data Protection Act to avoid disclosing the identities of those in whose renditions it was complicit. Imagine, if you will, a (More) |
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Michigan town residents oppose Guantanamo detainees in local prison
Residents of Standish, Michigan, held a town meeting Thursday to protest the possible transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees to the state prison in the town. The town meeting was organized by local citizens and centered around a panel featuring speak (More) |
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EU nations willing to take Guantanamo detainees: report
Ten European Union (EU) nations have agreed to accept Guantanamo Bay detainees, and five more are giving the matter serious consideration, according to a Thursday Washington Post report . While Britain, France, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, and Spain (More) |
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Tunisia continues to violate human rights in name of security: report
Tunisia continues to commit hundreds of human rights abuses despite previous vows to cease, according to a report published Thursday by Amnesty International (AI) . The report details the arrest, torture, and detention of prisoners in the name of (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.
