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Military commission charges confirmed against Guantanamo detainee al Bahlul
The US Department of Defense said Tuesday that three charges have been referred [press release; charges sheet, PDF] against Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul for his alleged ties to al Qaeda. Al Bahlul is accused of s (More) |
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Muslim cleric asks UK court to block extradition to US
Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] on Wednesday appealed the UK Home Office's approval of his extradition to the US on charges of supporting terrorism, arguing that UK courts should review the evidence against A (More) |
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Al Qosi / al Bahlul Guantanamo charges [US DOD]
Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud Al Qosi and Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul Charge Sheet, US Department of Defense, February 8, 2008 . Read the full text of the al Qosi and al Bahlul charges . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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DOD lays new charges against two more Guantanamo detainees
The US Department of Defense announced Friday that two more Guantanamo Bay detainees have been charged with war crimes. Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul , alleged to be Osama bin Laden's personal assistant and media secretary, is charged wi (More) |
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UK Home Office approves extradition of Muslim cleric to US on terror charges
The UK Home Office Thursday approved the extradition of Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] to the United States on charges of supporting terrorism. Abu Hamza, currently serving a seven-year sentence in the UK for u (More) |
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Pakistan releases thousands of detained lawyers, activists
Pakistani authorities have released more than 3400 lawyers and political activists detained in the aftermath of President Pervez Musharraf's November 3 declaration of emergency rule , Interior Ministry spokesman Javed Igbal Cheema told AFP Tues (More) |
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UK court approves extradition of jailed Muslim cleric to US for terror charges
A British court ruled Thursday that the radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] can be extradited to the United States on charges of supporting terrorism. Abu Hamza, who is currently serving a seven-year sentence (More) |
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Iraq PM shielding officials from corruption probes: US congressman
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has ordered that his approval be obtained before any government minister or official from the president's office be charged with corruption, the chair of the US House Committee on Oversight and Government R (More) |
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Former Iraq anti-corruption chief claims Iraqi government undermining efforts
Iraqi judge Rahdi Hamza al-Radhi, the former head of Iraq's Commission for Public Integrity (CPI) , has accused Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government of protecting corrupt employees and of actively attempting to "eradicate (More) |
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US seeks extradition of Muslim cleric imprisoned in UK
Lawyers for the US government argued for the extradition of Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] in a hearing before a London court Thursday. Al-Masri is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence in Britain for u (More) |
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968.
Pay a virtual visit to The King Center in Atlanta.
