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Hicks lawyers claim evidence supporting torture allegations
Lawyers for David Hicks [BBC profile; advocacy website; JURIST news archive], an Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee, say that they have photographic evidence that Hicks was tortured by American soldiers, though they have declined to identify any wit (More) |
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Conviction of rights lawyer for helping terror client communicate upheld
A federal judge Tuesday upheld the conviction of civil rights lawyer Lynne Stewart for conspiracy and providing material support to terrorists (18 USC 2339A), denying a post-trial motion for acquittal. Stewart was convicted in February for helpi (More) |
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Demonstrators calling for release of Egyptian political detainees clash with police
Egyptian police Tuesday clashed with relatives of political prisoners demonstrating outside the country's Interior Ministry. The protesters called for the immediate release of the detainees, mostly Islamists and suspected members of the Gamaa Is (More) |
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Egypt orders release of Muslim Brotherhood members
The Egyptian government ordered Sunday that five members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood [party website in Arabic; Wikipedia backgrounder] be released after they had been detained for five months without charges. The Muslim Brotherhood, established (More) |
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Saddam trial procedures outlined at State Department
US officials outlined procedures for the upcoming trial of ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in a special background briefing at the State Department Tuesday. The officials, speaking "on background" because the trial is an Iraqi proce (More) |
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Freed Egyptian detainee says torture at Guantanamo put him in wheelchair
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Sami-al-Leithy , an Egyptian national transferred to Egyptian custody earlier this month , has told Egyptian television that he was tortured by guards at the US military camp. Leithy, 49, alleged in an interview Sunda (More) |
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Egyptian human rights group denounces presidential elections
Egypt's government-financed National Council for Human Rights on Monday criticized the recent multi-candidate presidential elections for lacking real democratic competition. The government-financed council said the recently amended election la (More) |
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Kuwaiti, Egyptian detainees set to be released from Guantanamo Bay
The Kuwaiti ambassador to Washington announced Sunday that five of the 11 Kuwaitis detained at Guantanamo Bay would "soon" be released to the government of Kuwait and tried before a court in that country. Sheikh Salem Abdullah al-Jaber a (More) |
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Saddam trial likely to be postponed, UK official says
The trial of Saddam Hussein for the 1982 killings of 143 Shiite Muslims in the village of Dujail will likely be postponed, according to a senior British official. Earlier this week, the Iraqi Special Tribunal officially confirmed that the trial (More) |
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Spain to expel illegal African immigrants following border assaults
The Spanish government has announced plans to expel hundreds of illegal African immigrants who have entered the country over the past week in a series of mass rushes on the country's small border with Morocco in Melilla. Spanish Deputy Prime Mi (More) |
Bruno Hauptmann executed for kidnap, murder of Lindbergh baby
On April 3, 1936, Bruno Hauptmann was executed by electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of the Charles Lindbergh baby.
Read more about the trial of Bruno Hauptmann in JURIST's Famous Trials series.
