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Spain weighing US request to take 4 Guantanamo detainees
Spain will consider accepting four Guantanamo Bay detainees at the request of the US government, foreign minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said Wednesday. Before Spain responds to the request, Moratinos said that the government will consider the cha (More) |
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Yemen denies plans to transfer Guantanamo detainees to Saudi Arabia
The government of Yemen denied Sunday that it had reached an agreement with the US to transfer nearly 100 Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainees to Saudi Arabia for rehabilitation. According to a statement from the Yemen Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Y (More) |
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Three Guantanamo detainees repatriated to Saudi Arabia
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday that three Guantanamo Bay detainees have been transferred to Saudi Arabia, their country of origin, where they will undergo judicial review and rehabilitation. Khalid Saad Mohammed, Abdalaziz Ka (More) |
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Four Uighur Guantanamo detainees transferred to Bermuda
Four Uighurs held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility have been released from US custody Thursday and transferred to Bermuda . The US Department of Justice (DOJ) reported that the four detainees had been cleared for release by the interagency (More) |
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Guantanamo ex-detainee pleads not guilty to US embassy bombings
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ghailani on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to allegations of involvement in the 1998 bombings of US embassies [PBS backgrounder; JURIST news archive] in Tanzania and Kenya. The plea was delivered during his initial (More) |
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Senate judiciary subcommittee urged to reject 'prolonged detention' policy
The US Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution on Tuesday heard testimony [materials; video] regarding the "legal, moral and national security impact" of long-term, indefinite detention without trial of terrorism (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee transferred to US for prosecution in embassy bombings
A Guantanamo Bay detainee was transferred to New York on Tuesday to face criminal charges for his alleged terrorist activities, marking the first time a detainee from the facility has been brought to the US for prosecution. Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani (More) |
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Ex-Guantanamo detainee at center of Supreme Court case alleges torture
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee at the center of a landmark Supreme Court case Lakhdar Boumediene [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] said in an interview with ABC News released Monday that he was tortured by American personnel at the detention faci (More) |
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Canada's refusal to accept Guantanamo Uyghurs reflects weakness in relationship with China
Mehmet Tohti [Former Vice President, World Uyghur Congress]: "Kory Teneycke, spokesman for Prime Minister Stephen Harper, told the Associated Free Press that "Canada is not looking to take any detainees from Guantánamo...In the case (More) |
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EU council agrees on policies for accepting Guantanamo detainees
The Council of the European Union agreed Thursday on parameters for the acceptance of released Guantanamo Bay detainees by European Union (EU) member states. The council concluded that those member states that are willing to receive released det (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.
