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Hicks military lawyer doubts fair trial before Guantanamo tribunal
The US military lawyer for Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks said Saturday that Hicks would spend years in court and could not get a fair trial before a US military commission. In remarks at a rally in Adelaide, US Marine Corps Maj. M (More) |
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Restore habeas corpus rights to Guantanamo detainees
Caroline Fredrickson [Director, ACLU Washington Legislative Office]: "When the 109th Congress passed the Military Commissions Act in September of last year there was a fear in the legal and human rights communities that this meant that detainees (More) |
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No Australian pardon for Guantanamo detainee Hicks: PM Howard
Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Wednesday asserted that his government will not issue a pardon to Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks if he is convicted by a US military commission. Howard, appearing on ABC's Lateline program, (More) |
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Romania commission reports no official cooperation with CIA rendition program
A Romanian parliamentary commission announced Wednesday that it had found no evidence that Romania cooperated with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in operating illegal secret prisons and extraordinary rendition flights in Europe, or that (More) |
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US returns 7 more Guantanamo Bay detainees to Saudi Arabia
Seven Saudis formerly detained at Guantanamo Bay arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after US authorities granted their release earlier this week. The Saudi Press Agency reported their return, and noted that Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdu (More) |
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Australia PM to press Cheney for speedy Hicks trial
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Monday that the Australian government will put more pressure on the US to expedite the trial of Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks when US Vice President Dick Cheney arrives in Australia on Tuesd (More) |
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Bush issues executive order establishing new military commissions under MCA
President Bush on Wednesday issued an executive order establishing military commissions for enemy combatants held by the US. According to White House officials, the order is required under the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA) to proceed wit (More) |
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EU parliament condemns member states complicity with CIA rendition, secret prisons
The European Parliament voted 382-256 Wednesday to approve a report condemning member states for cooperating with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in operating illegal secret prisons and extraordinary rendition flights in Europe. Seventy-f (More) |
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UK AG blasts new US detainee rules, renews call for Guantanamo shutdown
UK Attorney General Lord Goldsmith on Monday decried the new rules governing US military detainee trials contained in the Manual for Military Commissions [text, PDF; JURIST report] released late last month. Speaking to the Amercian Bar Association (More) |
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Australia AG confident Hicks will get fair trial at Guantanamo
Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock Friday denied contentions by lawyers representing Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks that comments made by the head of the US military prison indicated he would not get a fair trial. US Navy (More) |
John Marshall declared federal judicial supremacy over states
On February 20, 1809, US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall ruled in United States v. Peters that the legal power of the federal judiciary is greater than that of any individual state: "If the legislatures of the several states may, at will, annul the judgments of the courts of the United States, and destroy rights acquired under those judgments, the constitution itself becomes a solemn mockery; and the nation is deprived of the means of enforcing its laws by the instrumentality of its own tribunals."
