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Guantanamo detainee abuse affidavit [USMC]
Affidavit, Heather N. Cerveny, US Marine Corps, October 6, 2006 . Read the full text of the affidavit . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Marine Corps legal defense coordinator calls for probe of Guantanamo abuses
A top US Marine Corps lawyer has called for an investigation of alleged abuses of detainees at Guantanamo Bay after reviewing a sworn statement filed by a Marine paralegal who said that last month she spoke with a group of off-duty Marines who iden (More) |
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Rights group claims US used German military base for renditions
British human rights group Reprieve accused the United States in a report issued Friday of using Germany's Ramstein Air Base as a detention center for renditions . Reprieve's sources claim that some of the 14 "high-value" terro (More) |
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Hicks lawyer seeks Australian's return from Guantanamo subject to control order
The lawyer for Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks [JURIST news archive; AI profile] is pushing the Australian government to ask the US for Hicks' return by Christmas, allowing him to be kept under a control order authorized by last (More) |
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Stripping detainees of habeas rights: a day of dishonor for America
David Cynamon [partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman; Project Kuwaiti Freedom]: "I represent the four remaining Kuwaiti detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, captured in Pakistan by bounty hunters and sold to the US government. Before being sol (More) |
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Europe CIA prisons investigator intends to visit Guantanamo
Dick Marty , the Swiss parliamentarian who has been leading the Council of Europe probe into CIA terror secret prisons and renditions in Europe , announced Tuesday that he intends to accompany UN Special rapporteur on torture Manfred Nowak in a vi (More) |
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UK balking at US bid to return British residents from Guantanamo: report
The US and UK governments have been discussing the release of nine British residents currently being held at the US prison base in Guantanamo Bay , but the British government has so far refused to accept the men, saying that US demands for continue (More) |
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Afghan detainees launch legal challenge to US military commissions bill
Lawyers representing 25 detainees in US custody at Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan filed a habeas corpus petition [PDF text; press release] Monday calling for their release and permission to meet with attorneys, two requests not afforded to terroris (More) |
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Australia AG says Hicks Guantanamo trial unlikely to start this year
Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock , speaking with reporters Friday after meeting with US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and other American officials about the case of Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks , said it is unlikely that (More) |
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France judge postpones terrorism verdict for former Guantanamo detainees
French judge Jean-Claude Kross Wednesday postponed a verdict in the trial of six former Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of attending combat training at an al Qaeda camp in Afghanistan , saying the court needs more information on French intelligen (More) |
President Lincoln signed first US federal income tax act
On July 1, 1862, the Tax Act of 1862 was passed and signed by President Lincoln, establishing a 3% federal tax on income above $600 and a 5% tax on income above $10,000.
Compliance with the act was poor, even though there were needs for the Civil War. After the war the act was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Review a brief history of the US income tax from the Library of Congress.
