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State Department lawyer says torture concerns complicate Guantanamo closure
John Bellinger , the top legal adviser for the US State Department , said Monday that the US would like to close its detention camp at Guantanamo Bay , but must first make sure that detainees will not pose a security risk or face torture when return (More) |
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Fourteen Saudi Arabian detainees sent home from Guantanamo
Fourteen more Saudi Arabian nationals being held at the US prison at Guantanamo Bay were sent back to their home country Saturday, according to a statement by the US Department of Defense . The Pentagon indicated that a Combatant Status Review Tri (More) |
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UN Human Rights Council holds inaugural session
The UN Human Rights Council [official website; JURIST news archive] held its inaugural session Monday, convening for its first session as the replacement body for the beleaguered Human Rights Commission . The Human Rights Council will begin by pa (More) |
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Father of Guantanamo suicide victim demands international probe
The father of Salah al-Aslami, a Yemeni national who committed suicide with two Saudi Arabian detainees at Guantanamo Bay on June 10, has refused to receive al-Aslami's body until international authorities launch an investigation into the thre (More) |
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Yemen calls for probe into Guantanamo suicides, calling deaths 'inhumane'
Yemeni officials on Thursday called for a second investigation into last week's detainee suicides by one Yemeni and two Saudi Arabians held at the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay , saying the deaths exemplify the "inhumane conditions (More) |
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Saudi torture immunity ruling [UK HL]
Jones v. Ministry of Interior Al-Mamlaka Al-Arabiya AS Saudiya (the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) and others, UK House of Lords, June 14, 2006 . Read the full text of the judgment. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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UK law lords reject westerners' bid to sue Saudi officials for torture
The UK law lords ruled Wednesday that three British men and one Canadian man who claim to have been tortured in Saudi Arabian jails after confessing to participating in a series of terrorist bombings in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2000 and 2001 cann (More) |
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Pentagon says no need for independent probe into Guantanamo suicides
The US Department of Defense has rejected a demand by Amnesty International for an independent investigation into last weekend's three detainee suicides at the Guantanamo Bay detention center. A Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday that no inde (More) |
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Guantanamo suicides spark renewed calls for release of Saudi detainees
The suicides of three detainees , two Saudis and a Yemeni, at Guantanamo Bay on Saturday prompted Saudi Interior Ministry officials to renew calls on Sunday for all Saudi prisoners to be released from the military camp and returned to Saudi Arabia (More) |
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BREAKING NEWS ~ Three Guantanamo detainees dead in apparent suicide pact
The US Army has announced that three as-yet-unidentified Guantanamo detainees died early this morning local time in apparent multiple suicides. An official investigation is already underway. These are the first suicides confirmed among prisoners at (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.
