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Federal judge limits use of hearsay evidence in Guantanamo cases
Judge Reggie Walton of the US District Court for the District of Columbia issued a ruling Wednesday that severely curtails the federal government's ability to use hearsay evidence in trials against Guantanamo Bay detainees. While in normal cr (More) |
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Risky Business: An International Tribunal for Guantanamo Detainees?
JURIST Contributing Editor Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law says that the notion of setting up a special international tribunal to try Guantanamo detainees - most recently floated in an op-ed in the New York Times - is not as promi (More) |
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Guantanamo trials hearsay evidence ruling [US DC]
Bostan v. Obama, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, August 19, 2009 .Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. (More) |
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Obama administration to transfer 6 Guantanamo detainees overseas: report
The Obama administration has notified Congress of plans to transfer six Guantanamo Bay detainees out of the country, according to a Tuesday Miami Herald report . The notifications were reportedly filed August 7, in accordance with a new law that re (More) |
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Federal judge denies habeas petition for Yemeni Guantanamo detainee: report
A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia issued a confidential ruling last week denying a habeas corpus petition by Guantanamo Bay detainee Adham Mohammed Ali Awad, the Miami Herald reported Monday. Yemeni native Ali Awad wa (More) |
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Canada bar chief urges government to follow Khadr repatriation court order
Canadian Bar Association (CBA) President Guy Joubert Saturday urged the Canadian government to seek the repatriation of Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr rather than appeal Friday's Federal Court of Appeal's decision directing rep (More) |
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Khadr repatriation efforts judgment [Canada FCA]
The Prime Minister of Canada, et al. v. Omar Ahmed Khadr, Federal Court of Appeal, August 14, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on Khadr. (More) |
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Canada court affirms order mandating Khadr repatriation efforts
The Canadian Federal Court of Appeal upheld Friday a lower court's ruling [judgment, PDF; JURIST report] ordering the Canadian government to advocate for the repatriation of Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news a (More) |
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US officials tour Michigan prison that could house Guantanamo detainees
Federal and state officials toured a prison in rural Michigan Thursday in anticipation that it could eventually hold inmates currently detained at Guantanamo Bay . Officials have not yet decided [Detroit Free Press report] whether the Standish Maxi (More) |
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Military tribunal finds CIA techniques irrelevant to detainee competency hearing
A military tribunal has ruled that lawyers for accused 9/11 co-conspirator Ramzi bin al-Shibh will not be made aware of what interrogation techniques were used on him by the CIA prior to his transfer to Guantanamo Bay , according to a Monday report (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.
