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UK judge rules Guantanamo detainee can access 'torture' documents
A UK High Court judge ruled Tuesday that British Guantanamo Bay detainee Shaker Aamer must have access to secret documents that may contain evidence of torture. Aamer, the only British citizen remaining at the US military prison, petitioned the cou (More) |
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Falling Short: Justice in the New Military Commissions
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Andrea Prasow of Human Rights Watch says that judging from what she saw at Guantanamo last week, the new system of US military commissions established under the Military Commissions Act of 2009 fails to meet "our h (More) |
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Obama administration favors Illinois prison for Guantanamo detainees
The Obama administration is seeking Illinois congressional support [Washington Post report] for a plan to purchase a prison facility in northwestern Illinois to house terrorism suspects currently being held at Guantanamo Bay , the Washington Post re (More) |
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Albania willing to accept more Guantanamo detainees
Albania is willing to accept additional Guantanamo Bay detainees, Prime Minister Sali Berisha told reporters on Wednesday, calling closure of the prison a "human rights issue." Berisha said [Balkan Insight report] that he will not accep (More) |
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Ex-Guantanamo detainee lawyers seek dismissal of charges for trial delay
Lawyers for former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ghailani [GlobalSecurity backgrounder; JURIST news archive] have filed a motion to dismiss the charges against him, according to heavily redacted court documents made public Tuesday. Ghailani's (More) |
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Four Guantanamo detainees transferred to Europe, two to stand trial in Italy
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday and Tuesday the transfer of four detainees from Guantanamo Bay to three European countries, as the detainee population at the detention facility continues to be reduced. Two of the former detaine (More) |
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Algeria court sentences Guantanamo detainee seeking asylum in US
An Algerian court on Sunday sentenced Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Belbacha to 20 years in prison for being part of an "overseas terrorist group." Belbacha has been cleared for release from the US military prison facility but has said (More) |
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Federal judge rules against military lawyers for former Guantanamo detainee
A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ghailani [GlobalSecurity backgrounder; JURIST news archive] does not have a right to be represented by his military defense lawyers in a civilian court. Military lawyers (More) |
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Senate defeats amendment to block funds for holding Guantanamo detainees in US
The US Senate on Tuesday rejected an attempt to bar using federal funds to build or modify prisons in the US to hold detainees from Guantanamo Bay . By a mostly party-line 57-43 vote , the Senate defeated an amendment to the Military Construction (More) |
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Republicans opposing federal trial for 9/11 suspects
Republican leaders on Sunday expressed strong opposition to the Obama administration's plan to pursue federal charges against five men accused of conspiring to commit the 9/11 terrorist attacks . Ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Com (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.
