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Second Circuit dismisses 9/11 lawsuit against Saudi Arabia
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit brought by survivors of the 9/11 attacks against the nation of Saudi Arabia and four of its princes, ruling that the defendants were protected from prosecution under t (More) |
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Report from Guantánamo: The US Constitution is on trial
Frank Kendall [volunteer consultant, Human Rights First]: "From July 14 to July 18, I attended several pre-trial motions hearings in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, for Salim Hamdan , who is now in his second week of trial before a Military Commiss (More) |
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UK Guantanamo detainee asks court to order turnover of 'torture' evidence
Lawyers representing Binyam Mohamed , the last British resident still detained at Guantanamo Bay , argued at a Monday High Court hearing in London that the UK Foreign Office should be compelled to turn over evidence necessary to his defense before (More) |
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Saudi Arabia urged to improve domestic worker treatment
Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website; JURIST news archive] released a report [HRW materials; press release] Tuesday calling on the Saudi government to institute new legal protections for the country's estimated 1.5 million domestic workers (More) |
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Sudan ambassador says ICC prosecutor a 'terrorist', calls for removal
Sudanese UN ambassador Abdel-Mahmood Mohamed told Reuters Wednesday that International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo is a terrorist. He said that the ICC's plan to divert the plane of Minister for Humanitarian Affa (More) |
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Indonesia bound to protect Islamic sect under rights treaty: HRW
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Tuesday renewed its call for Indonesia to protect freedom of religion when it stated that the Indonesian government should reverse a decree issued Monday that provides for the prosecution of members of a controversial Isla (More) |
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UK judge orders hearing on government documents sought by Guantanamo detainee
A UK High Court judge has ordered an expedited hearing on whether the UK government must turn over documents allegedly showing that the last British resident detained at Guantanamo Bay was tortured. US military prosecutors last week charged [charg (More) |
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British resident at Guantanamo charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism: report
US military prosecutors Saturday charged the last British resident detained at Guantanamo Bay with conspiring to commit terrorism, according to British prisoners rights group Reprieve . Binyam Mohamed [Reprieve profile; JURIST news archive], an Et (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee attempted suicide over DOD charges later dropped: lawyer
A Guantanamo Bay detainee accused of involvement in the September 11 attacks attempted to commit suicide last month, his lawyer said Tuesday. Mohammad al-Qahtani , a Saudi Arabian citizen known as the "20th hijacker" for his alleged role (More) |
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US military drops charges against so-called '20th hijacker'
The US Department of Defense has dropped criminal charges against Mohammad al-Qahtani, a Saudi Arabian citizen being held at the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay . Al-Qahtani was known as the "20th hijacker" for his alleged role in (More) |
UN deadline for Iraq withdrawal from Kuwait expires
On January 15, 1991, the deadline issued by United Nations for Iraq to withdraw its troops from of Kuwait expired. After Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 678, giving Iraq until January 15, 1991 to leave.
