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Michigan town residents oppose Guantanamo detainees in local prison
Residents of Standish, Michigan, held a town meeting Thursday to protest the possible transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees to the state prison in the town. The town meeting was organized by local citizens and centered around a panel featuring speak (More) |
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Tunisia continues to violate human rights in name of security: report
Tunisia continues to commit hundreds of human rights abuses despite previous vows to cease, according to a report published Thursday by Amnesty International (AI) . The report details the arrest, torture, and detention of prisoners in the name of (More) |
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Federal judge limits use of hearsay evidence in Guantanamo cases
Judge Reggie Walton of the US District Court for the District of Columbia issued a ruling Wednesday that severely curtails the federal government's ability to use hearsay evidence in trials against Guantanamo Bay detainees. While in normal cr (More) |
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Risky Business: An International Tribunal for Guantanamo Detainees?
JURIST Contributing Editor Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law says that the notion of setting up a special international tribunal to try Guantanamo detainees - most recently floated in an op-ed in the New York Times - is not as promi (More) |
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Obama administration to transfer 6 Guantanamo detainees overseas: report
The Obama administration has notified Congress of plans to transfer six Guantanamo Bay detainees out of the country, according to a Tuesday Miami Herald report . The notifications were reportedly filed August 7, in accordance with a new law that re (More) |
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Federal judge denies habeas petition for Yemeni Guantanamo detainee: report
A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia issued a confidential ruling last week denying a habeas corpus petition by Guantanamo Bay detainee Adham Mohammed Ali Awad, the Miami Herald reported Monday. Yemeni native Ali Awad wa (More) |
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Canada court affirms order mandating Khadr repatriation efforts
The Canadian Federal Court of Appeal upheld Friday a lower court's ruling [judgment, PDF; JURIST report] ordering the Canadian government to advocate for the repatriation of Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news a (More) |
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US officials tour Michigan prison that could house Guantanamo detainees
Federal and state officials toured a prison in rural Michigan Thursday in anticipation that it could eventually hold inmates currently detained at Guantanamo Bay . Officials have not yet decided [Detroit Free Press report] whether the Standish Maxi (More) |
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UK intelligence chief denies 'complicity' in torture
Chief of the UK Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) John Scarlett said that the British secret service did not participate in or condone torture, during a BBC radio interview broadcast Monday. Scarlett denied that the SIS, better known as MI6, was i (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee cases assigned to federal prosecutors: report
Several cases involving Guantanamo Bay detainees have been assigned to federal prosecutors in Washington DC, New York, and Virginia, the Associated Press reported Monday. White House officials reportedly said that Attorney General Eric Holder me (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.
