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Guantanamo Bay detainees transferred to Tajikistan, Kazakhstan
The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Friday announced the transfer of two Guantanamo Bay detainees. One detainee was transferred to Tajikistan and one to Kazakhstan. DOD hailed the move as proof of the effectiveness of its review processes and o (More) |
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US military judge grants defense lawyer access to resticted Guantanamo camp
US military judge Col. Ralph Kohlmann ruled Monday that defense attorney Cmdr. Suzanne Lachelier could gain access to Camp 7 [Miami Herald backgrounder], a special camp for alleged al Qaeda members classified as "high-value detainees" at (More) |
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Second Guantanamo detainee goes on trial before military commission
Alleged al Qaeda propagandist Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul went on trial Monday before a military commission at the Guantanamo Bay prison. Al Bahlul is only the second detainee to go on trial in Guantanamo since it opened in 2002. He attended (More) |
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Khadr military commission trial delayed until January
A US military judge on Friday rescheduled the trial of Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] for January 26. US Army Col. Patrick Parrish granted the defense's motion for an independent psychological and psychiatric (More) |
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Pentagon files war crimes charges against two Kuwaitis at Guantanamo
The US Department of Defense announced Wednesday that it has filed new war crimes charges against two Kuwaiti men held at the US detention center in Guantanamo Bay . Fouad Rabia, a US-educated aeronautical engineer suspected of running a supply dep (More) |
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Pentagon dismisses charges against 5 Guantanamo detainees
The US Department of Defense announced Tuesday that the Office of Military Commissions Convening Authority has dismissed charges without prejudice against five Guantanamo Bay detainees. Noor Uthman Mohammed, Binyam Mohammed, Sufyiam Barhoumi, Ghas (More) |
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Gates confirms no US closure of Guantanamo under Bush
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates confirmed Tuesday that the military prison at Guantanamo Bay would remain open for the duration of President George W. Bush's administration. The New York Times reported earlier in the day quoted unnamed seni (More) |
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Guantanamo Uighur detainee release stay [DC Circuit]
Jamal Kiyemba, Next Friend, et al., v. George W. Bush, President of the United States, et al., US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, October 20, 2008 . Read the full text of the order . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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DC Circuit extends stay of Uighurs release pending expedited appeal
The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Monday issued an order further delaying the release of 17 Uighur detainees from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay as it set an expedited schedule for hearing an appeal by the US Department of Just (More) |
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US seeking extended sentence for Guantanamo detainee Hamdan
US military and civilian prosecutors have petitioned to have the prison term for Salim Ahmed Hamdan [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] reconsidered, arguing that the Guantanamo military commission which heard his case improperly gave him credit f (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.
