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US-Australia prisoner transfer agreement may affect Hicks
The Australian and US governments will both have to approve the transfer of prisoners sentenced by US military commissions under the terms of a new agreement reached earlier this week, according to a statement from Australian Foreign Minister Alexan (More) |
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Appeals court nominee Kavanaugh denies role in Bush detainee policies
The US Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote Thursday on the controversial renomination of White House aide Brett Kavanaugh to the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Kavanaugh faced probing questions from committee members Tuesday, on (More) |
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The National Security Court: A Natural Evolution
JURIST Guest Columnist Glenn Sulmasy, a professor of law at the US Coast Guard Academy, says it's time for US military commissions to evolve and morph into a national security court appropriate to handle the international jihadist threat... The (More) |
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Bush says Guantanamo closure possible after Supreme Court rules on military trials
US President George W. Bush said Sunday that closing the US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay is a possibility in the future depending on the US Supreme Court's decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld [Duke Law case backgrounder; JURIST report], whic (More) |
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US denies outsourcing torture on eve of UN panel hearing
As the UN Committee Against Torture prepares to hold its review of US compliance with international laws banning torture, a US State Department lawyer said Thursday that the US does not outsource torture and claimed that allegations of secret fligh (More) |
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Amnesty International report to UN torture committee says US abuses widespread
Amnesty International Wednesday released a report it has submitted to the UN Committee Against Torture detailing widespread torture and inhumane treatment of prisoners at US detention sites around the world and at facilities in the United State (More) |
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FOIA DOD records on prisoner abuse by US personnel [ACLU]
Documents regarding the treatment of US-held detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, released to the public by the ACLU on May 2, 2006 pursuant to a FOIA request [showing that US officials had knowledge of reports of abuse at detention fac (More) |
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Guantanamo detainees claim US prisoner transfers exposed them to torture
Recently-released US military tribunal hearing records and other documents indicate at that least seven prisoners at the US detention camp at Guantanamo Bay were transferred abroad to jurisdictions practicing torture before their arrival at the bas (More) |
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Former French Guantanamo detainees to face Paris trial
French authorities are charging six former French Guantanamo Bay detainees with terrorism-related crimes, according to officials cited by AFP. The men are Nizar Sassi, Khaled Ben Mustapha, Redouane Khalid, Brahim Yadel, Imad Achab Kanouni, and Mou (More) |
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Guantanamo conditions 'considerably' improved: Red Cross
Jakob Kellenberger, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross , said Tuesday that ICRC recommendations to US officials have resulted in considerable improvements in detention conditions at Guantanamo Bay . Kellenberger told Swiss new (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."
