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Military Court upholds sentence of al Qaeda media director
The US Court of Military Commission Review on Friday ruled that Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman Al Bahlul [HRW profile; JURIST news archive], media secretary of Osama bin Laden , was properly convicted of being a propagandist and should spend the rest of (More) |
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International Law and the American Project Since 9/11
JURIST Contributing Editor Benjamin Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law says that despite the plethora of legal and cultural changes that have occurred in the US since September 11, 2001, international law remains the same as it was a de (More) |
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A Decade Later: An Assessment of US Policy Since 9/11
JURIST Guest Columnist Leonard Cutler of Siena College says that President Obama did not keep his promise to make the country's counterterrorism policy more consistent with constitutional principles and international law, and that it remains to be se (More) |
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ACLU: Post-9/11 security measures eroding 'core values'
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) released a report on Wednesday claiming that the US is diminishing its "core values" with regard to various counterterrorism measures put in place during the 10 years since the 9/11 attacks . To support th (More) |
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UK PM announces investigation into alleged renditions to Libya
UK Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday gave a speech on the situation in Libya , announcing an investigation into collusion between MI6 , the overseas British Security Service, and the Libyan Security Services regarding the treatment of former (More) |
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Australia Guantanamo detainee Hicks petitions UN over alleged rights violations
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks has filed an appeal with the UN Human Rights Committee complaining of multiple violations of international law stemming from his five-year incarceration at Guantanamo from 2002 to 2007. Hicks, an Austra (More) |
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New York court declines to force probe of Guantanamo prison psychologist
A New York judge on Thursday dismissed a suit seeking to force an investigation of New York-licensed Guantanamo Bay psychologist Dr. John Leso for his development of interrogation techniques. The Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA) and the (More) |
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UK secret interrogation policy revealed
The Guardian released a top secret document Thursday revealing details [Guardian report] about the interrogation policies of UK intelligence officials. The document indicates that officers from the UK security and secret intelligence agencies, MI5 (More) |
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Khadr fires lawyers before repatriation to Canada
Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee and convict Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] fired his defense lawyers Wednesday with no explanation, according to a directive obtained by Miami Herald Thursday. Khadr released his two Edmonton-base (More) |
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Australia judge freezes profits from ex-Guantanamo detainee book
An Australian judge on Wednesday froze the profits from a memoir written by former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks . Hicks spent more than five years without trial in US custody after being captured in Afghanistan following the terror attacks o (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."
