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Slovakia to accept 3 Guantanamo Bay detainees
Slovakia's Foreign Ministry announced Tuesday that the government will accept three inmates from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. The ministry stated that this was a "gesture of solidarity" in support of President Barack Obama& (More) |
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Spain to take two Guantanamo Bay detainees
A Spanish foreign ministry official confirmed Monday that Spain will be accepting two detainees currently being held at Guantanamo Bay . One of the detainees is said to be of Yemeni origin, while the nationality of the other was not released. Spani (More) |
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US releases names of Bagram detainees
US Department of Defense officials Friday released the names of prisoners held at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, in response to a Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) request filed [materials; JURIST report] by the American Civil Liberties Union ( (More) |
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US considering DC trial for Guantanamo detainee accused of Bali bombing: report
The Obama administration is considering bringing charges in a Washington, DC, federal court against Guantanamo Bay detainee Riduan Isamuddin , the suspected planner of the 2002 Bali nightclub bombing , the Associated Press reported Friday. Accordi (More) |
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Haiti inmates escape collapsed central prison in earthquake aftermath
A UN spokesperson acknowledged Wednesday that Haiti's main prison in the capital Port-au-Prince collapsed in Tuesday's earthquake, and many of the inmates have escaped. As US President Barack Obama sent thousands of troops to help with the (More) |
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Lawyers for ex-Guantanamo detainee argue for dismissal of charges due to trial delay
Lawyers for former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ghailani [GlobalSecurity profile; JURIST news archive] argued Monday that the charges against their client should be dismissed. Ghailani's lawyers argued before Judge Louis Kaplan of the US Distr (More) |
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More ex-Guantanamo detainees returning to terrorism: Pentagon
An official from the US Department of Defense (DOD) said Wednesday that about one in five detainees freed from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay have returned to terrorist activities, according to a new Pentagon report. The report, which re (More) |
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Afghan Guantanamo detainee referred to military commission
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has decided on a military prosecution for Afghan Guantanamo Bay detainee Obaidullah , according to court filings Wednesday. Obaidullah was initially charged by the military in 2008 with hiding and storing anti-t (More) |
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Obama pledges to improve air security as rights groups challenge screening
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged to improve airline passenger security, calling last month's attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 "a failure to integrate and understand the intelligence." Obama said that the (More) |
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US suspending Guantanamo detainee transfers to Yemen
A White House spokesperson said Tuesday that the US government will suspend transfers of Guantanamo Bay detainees to Yemen . White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs made the announcement at his daily briefing amid increasing political pressure not (More) |
Convention on Psychotropic Substances signed
On February 21, 1971, the United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances was signed in Vienna, Austria. The Convention was promulgated to regulate psychotropic drugs, extending the 1961 U.N. Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, which applied to cannabis-, cocoa-, and opium-based drugs. In 1988, the U.N. Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances was promulgated to address international drug manufacture, possession, and distribution, primarily in organized crime.
175 nations are now parties to the Convention. Member nations have implemented the Convention in the form of domestic laws such as the U.S. Psychotropic Substances Act, the U.K. Misuse of Drugs Act, and the Canadian Controlled Substances Act.
