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Military judge orders submission of Guantanamo reports
A military judge on Wednesday ordered the US government to submit reports on Guantanamo Bay prison conditions and removed restrictions on communications between lawyers and detainees in a case involving five Guantanamo prisoners related to the 9/11 (More) |
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Guantanamo lawyer seeking declassification of CIA interrogation techniques
The lawyer for five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged with plotting the September 11 attacks has asked President Barack Obama to declassify the CIA interrogation program that allegedly subjected prisoners to torture. The letter , made public on Fri (More) |
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Federal appeals court upholds conviction of former Guantanamo detainee
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday upheld the conviction of ex-Guantanamo detainee Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani in the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa. Ghailani had appealed his conviction on the premise that his cons (More) |
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Defense secretary names envoy for Guantanamo closure
US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel named Paul Lewis as Special Envoy to oversee the eventual closing of Guantanamo Bay on Tuesday. Lewis will join his US State Department counterpart, Clifford Sloan, in working toward closing the detention center. (More) |
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Federal appeals court rules no jurisdiction in former Guantanamo detainee lawsuit
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that the Detainee Treatment Act prevents the court from having jurisdiction over a former Guantanamo Bay detainee's lawsuit for damages. Adel Hassan Hamad , a Sudanese national, was capt (More) |
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District judge orders release of mentally ill Guantanamo detainee
On Friday, Judge Royce Lamberth for the US District Court for the District of Columbia ordered the release of Guantanamo Bay prisoner Ibrahim Idris , who suffers from a severe mental illness. Idris, originally from Sudan, was sent to Guantanamo mo (More) |
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DOJ drops opposition to Guantanamo prisoner release
The US Department of Justice filed papers Wednesday dropping opposition to the release of Guantanamo Bay prisoner Ibrahim Idris . The DOJ will not object to a judge issuing a release for Idris who has severe mental and physical illnesses and whose (More) |
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Guantanamo judge allows 9/11 pre-trial hearings to continue
A military judge on Tuesday refused to suspend the pretrial hearings in a case against five Guantanamo Bay prisoners related to the 9/11 terrorist attack. Army Col. James Pohl [Miami Herald backgrounder; JURIST news archive] reasoned that the measu (More) |
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Activists urge Lithuania to reopen secret detention investigations
Amnesty International UK (AI) on Thursday urged Lithuania to reopen its investigation into the country's involvement in the US-led rendition and secret detention programs after a victim came forward with new information. Redress and the Human Rig (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee files complaint against UK security forces
Guantanamo detainee Shaker Aamer [NYT backgrounder; JURIST news archive] filed a complaint [text, PDF; Reprieve press release] on Wednesday against UK security forces MI5 and MI6 with the Investigatory Powers Tribunal . The complaint was filed on be (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."
