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Rice says US treatment of terror suspects meets international standards
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday reaffirmed that the US meets international standards in its treatment of terror suspects, despite rising debate over the issue. Rice told an American Bar Association international law gathering (More) |
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US releases Saudi, Bahraini prisoners from Guantanamo
Three Bahrainis and a Saudi national were released Saturday from detention at the US prison at Guantanamo Bay . None of the released detainees was ever charged with a crime under US law. According to a Bahraini lawmaker, the three Bahraini national (More) |
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Lawyers for suicidal Gitmo detainee ask federal judge for help
Lawyers for Jumah Dossari , the Bahraini Guantanamo detainee identified as having made a suicide attempt during an October 15 visit by attorney Joshua Colangelo-Bryan , asked a federal judge Friday to order a relaxation of his solitary confinement, (More) |
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Lawyer says Gitmo suicide attempt sign of desperation
American lawyer Joshua Colangelo-Bryan , who is currently representing six Bahraini men being held without charges at Guantanamo Bay , said Tuesday that prisoners at the US facility are becoming increasingly desperate. Colangelo-Bryan witnessed a s (More) |
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Lawyer witnessed Guantanamo suicide attempt
Joshua Colangelo-Bryan an American lawyer for Guantanamo Bay detainee Jumah Dossari , recently became the first outsider to witness an attempted suicide at the military prison. Human rights advocates say Dossari timed the attempt so that it would (More) |
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Bahrain requests US investigation into Gitmo torture allegations
At the urging of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, the Bahrain Embassy in Washington has formally demanded that the US government promptly investigate charges of torture, abuse and other inhumane tactics being used against Bahraini prisoner Juma (More) |
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US negotiating with 10 more countries to send Gitmo detainees home
In addition to the deals currently being finalized between the United States and the governments of Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen, the US is negotiating with 10 more Muslim countries to return their citizens held at Guantanamo Bay , the Wash (More) |
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Iraq's neighbors join call for swift Saddam trial
Interior ministers from Iraq, Turkey, Iran, Syria, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Jordan joined Tuesday in calling for a swift start to the trial of Saddam Hussein after the Iraqi Special Tribunal [official website, JURIST news archive] filed it (More) |
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UPDATE ~ Bahrain king commutes sentence of human rights activist
Following up on a story reported earlier today in JURIST's Paper Chase, King Hamad of Bahrain commuted the year-long jail term of human rights activist Abdul Hadi al-Kharwaja shortly after his sentencing on Sunday. Although he did not pardon al- (More) |
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Bahrain sentences human rights activist
A Bahraini court Sunday sentenced human rights activist Abdul Hadi al-Khawaja to one year in prison for inciting hatred against the government. Al-Khawaja, the vice president of the now banned Bahrain Center for Human Rights, had accused the governm (More) |
Congress recognized Pledge of Allegiance
On December 28, 1945, Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance and encouraged its recitation in schools.
The Pledge was supposedly written in 1892 by Francis Bellamy, a Baptist minister, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Columbus Day. The words “under God” were added by Congress in 1954. The revised version of the Pledge was more recently the subject of litigation before the United States Supreme Court originally brought by Michael Newdow, a parent who unsuccessfully objected to his daughter's school district policy requiring daily recitation of the Pledge. The court ruled that Newdow had no standing. The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life offers more Pledge of Allegiance resources.
