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Saudi prisoner denounces military commission at Guantanamo hearing
Accused Saudi Al Qaeda operative Jabran Said bin al Qahtani, a prisoner at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay , told a US military commission there Tuesday that the United States was an "enemy of God" and said he would prefe (More) |
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Two dozen more Guantanamo detainees to be charged
The chief military prosecutor for Guantanamo Bay , USAF Col. Morris Davis , Monday announced plans to charge an additional two dozen Guantanamo detainees and to seek the death penalty against several. Three of the 10 detainees originally charged are (More) |
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US to release 100 Guantanamo detainees once safe destinations are found
The US State Department has said the US intends to release 100 prisoners from Guantanamo Bay as soon as it identifies countries that will accept them. Speaking at the US embassy in Paris on Thursday, State Department official Sandra Hodgkinson sa (More) |
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Afghanistan praises release of Gitmo list; China demands repatriation of Uighurs
Afghanistan's peace and reconciliation commission Thursday praised the release of a list of detainees held at the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay , which was made available as the result of a Freedom of Information Act [text; summary] lawsuit (More) |
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Guantanamo detainees list [US DOD]
List of detainees who went through complete CSRT process, US Department of Defense, released April 19, 2006 . Read the full text of the list , with prisoners' name associated with country of citizenship. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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US releases list of Guantanamo Bay detainees
The US Department of Defense on Wednesday released the first official list of prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay , including the names of people who were the earliest detainees at the detention facility. The Pentagon released the list of 558 detaine (More) |
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UN torture committee questions US practices at Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib
The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) said Tuesday that the panel has submitted a lengthy interrogatory to the US seeking information on the treatment of prisoners detained at Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib and in Afghanistan . The CAT also demanded i (More) |
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Judge rules US Army general can testify in second Abu Ghraib dog handler case
A military judge Tuesday said that US Army Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller , the former commander of military intelligence at the Guantanamo Bay prison facility, can be called to testify at the upcoming trial of a sergeant accused of using dogs to abuse (More) |
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Rumsfeld linked to alleged Guantanamo abuse: report
US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld kept tabs on the 2002 interrogations of Mohamed al-Qahtani , the so-called "20th hijacker" from the Sept. 11 attacks, every week at Guantanamo Bay , according to a report from Salon.com. The online m (More) |
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US asks Germany to take Chinese Guantanamo detainees: report
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been asked by the US government to accept a group of Chinese Uighur detainees currently being held at Guantanamo Bay , according to a report in Friday's Die Welt newspaper. The US asked Germany to take the (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."
