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Guantanamo prison may remain open until 2011: reports
The military prison at Guantanamo Bay may have to remain open until 2011 to allow an Illinois prison time to prepare for the arrival of the detainees, according to Wednesday reports . A spokesperson for Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) said that the gov (More) |
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Closing Guantanamo does not itself grant detainees greater due process rights
Elizabeth Samson [Visiting Fellow, Hudson Institute]: "On January 22, 2009, President Obama issued an executive order to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay within a year and on December 15 he announced his plan to transfer Guantanamo detainees t (More) |
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Congress could block Guantanamo detainees in Illinois: House Republican leader
US House of Representatives minority leader John Boehner (R-OH) said Thursday that Congress could potentially block the Obama administration's plan to purchase the Thomson Correctional Center (TCC) in northwestern Illinois to house inmates fr (More) |
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Housing Guantanamo detainees in Illinois prison will help close facility: Holder
US Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that the decision to purchase the Thomson Correctional Center (TCC) in northwestern Illinois to house inmates from Guantanamo Bay could help close the facility over the next several months. Holder t (More) |
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Switzerland to accept Uzbek Guantanamo detainee
The Swiss government announced Wednesday that it has agreed to accept one Uzbek Guantanamo Bay detainee for resettlement "on humanitarian grounds." The unidentified detainee has been held at Guantanamo since 2005 but has never faced char (More) |
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Obama administration to house Guantanamo detainees at Illinois prison
The Obama administration said Tuesday that it plans to purchase the Thomson Correctional Center (TCC) in northwestern Illinois to house inmates from Guantanamo Bay . In a letter to Illinois Governor Pat Quinn , the secretary of state, secretary o (More) |
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Supreme Court declines to hear torture suit by former UK Guantanamo detainees
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday declined to hear a lawsuit by four UK citizens and former Guantanamo Bay detainees against former US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other military officials. The Court (More) |
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Illinois Democrats welcome draft memo on local prison for Guantanamo detainees
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn and Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) said Friday that a leaked memo signals that the US government intends to transfer Guantanamo Bay detainees to the Thomson Correctional Center (TCC) in northwestern Illinois. The memo fro (More) |
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Bulgaria to consider accepting Guantanamo detainee
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov agreed [Standart report] Saturday to consider accepting one Guantanamo Bay detainee after a request from the Obama administration, though the Bulgarian Parliament would make the final decision. Borisov state (More) |
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Family of Guantanamo detainee files lawsuit against Kenya government
The family of Kenyan Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohamed Abdulmalik has filed a lawsuit against the Kenyan government claiming that he was illegally detained, tortured, and rendered to US authorities. The suit seeks Abdulmalik's return to Kenya and (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.
