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Military officials say Guantanamo detainees concealed suicides
Military officials said Sunday that the three Guantanamo Bay detainees who committed suicide Saturday by hanging themselves with bedsheets and clothing - identified as Saudis Mani Shaman Turki al-Habardi Al-Utaybi and Yasser Talal Al-Zahrani, and (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) |
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US military says Guantanamo clash not prompted by Koran abuse
The US military has denied allegations of Guantanamo Bay soldiers desecrating copies of the Koran during a May clash between prisoners and guards after four prisoners attempted suicide. Military officials on Thursday stood by their original versi (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee says guards caused brawl trying to search Korans
A Guantanamo Bay detainee from Yemen involved in a clash with guards in May told his defense lawyer that guards had instigated the incident when they tried to handle Korans owned by detainees, the defense lawyer said Wednesday. The Yemen detainee& (More) |
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Europe rights watchdog says CIA prisons, rendition flights involve 'web' of nations
Fourteen European countries collaborated with the US Central Intelligence Agency by taking an active or passive role in a "global spider's web" of secret prisons and rendition flights, Swiss legislator Dick Marty said Wednesday in a re (More) |
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Geneva references omitted from revised Army interrogation manual: report
The US Defense Department has decided to omit references to common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions , which bans "cruel treatment and torture" and "humiliating and degrading treatment" of detainees, from the new Army Field M (More) |
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Guantanamo hunger strikers down to 18 from 89: US officials
The number of Guantanamo Bay detainees on hunger strike decreased from 89 to 18 over the weekend, US military officials said Sunday. The number of detainees on hunger strike suddenly jumped from three to 75 early last week, with an additional 14 (More) |
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BREAKING NEWS ~ Military jury finds Abu Ghraib dog handler guilty of detainee abuse
AP is reporting that a military jury has found US Army Sgt. Santos A. Cardona guilty of abusing detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison . Cardona was charged with maltreatment of prisoners, dereliction of duty and assault in connection with the us (More) |
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Number of Guantanamo prisoners on hunger strike rises to 89
An additional 14 Guantanamo Bay detainees have gone on hunger strike, Navy Cmdr. Robert Durand said Thursday, bringing the total number of detainees on hunger strike to 89 after it was announced Monday that the number of detainees on hunger strike (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."
