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Accused USS Cole bomber to be tried in military court
The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced Wednesday that high-value Guantanamo Bay detainee Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri will be subject to capital charges and tried in a military court . According to the Pentagon, the chief prosecutor for the DOD' (More) |
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Italy deports former Guantanamo detainee to home country of Tunisia
Italy deported a Tunisian national and former Guantanamo Bay detainee Wednesday for his connections to an extremist group that had planned various acts of terrorism in the country. Accompanied by Italian officials, Abdel Ben Mabrouk was taken by p (More) |
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Former Guantanamo detainee suing Egypt regime officials over torture allegations
A former Guantanamo Bay detainee announced Friday that he is suing members of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's regime over allegations that he was tortured by the government while in Egyptian custody. Mamdouh Habib, an Australian citizen, (More) |
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Failing to Close Guantanamo
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Jonathan Hafetz, of Seton Hall Law School says that the failure to close Guantanamo Bay is an unwelcome step in justifying arbitrary detention and torture, and wonders how far indefinite detention and military commissio (More) |
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Spain court turns over Guantanamo torture investigation to US
Spanish Judge Eloy Velasco announced Wednesday that the National Court would not investigate six Bush administration officials pursuant to torture claims from Guantanamo Bay , in response to a letter from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) . The le (More) |
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Supreme Court declines to rule on Guantanamo detainee cases
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday granted certiorari in two cases from the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit but denied review of three Guantanamo cases . In Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of t (More) |
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Poland prosecutors ask US to question Guantanamo detainees over secret CIA prison
Polish prosecutors investigating an alleged secret CIA prison announced Monday that they are asking US officials to question two Guantanamo Bay detainees who claim they were held and abused at the site. The lawyers submitted their request , which (More) |
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Top DOD lawyer urges civilian trials for Guantanamo detainees
General Counsel for the US Department of Defense (DOD) on Thursday urged Congress to allow civilian trials of Guantanamo Bay detainees, in addition to military commissions. At a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee , General Counsel (More) |
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Spain court allows Guantanamo torture investigation to continue
The Spanish National Court on Friday agreed to continue investigating allegations of a Moroccan man who claims that he was tortured while detained at Guantanamo Bay . Article 23.4 of the Ley Organica del Poder Judicial (LOPJ) authorizes Spanish co (More) |
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US military tribunal sentences Guantanamo prisoner to 14 years
A US military tribunal on Friday sentenced Sudanese Guantanamo Bay detainee Noor Uthman Mohammed to 14 years in prison following a plea agreement in which he admitted to helping al Qaeda and providing material support to terrorism. Mohammed admit (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."
