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US reports release of thousands of Iraq detainees this year
The US and coalition forces have released more than 9,000 detainees in Iraq already this year, more than were released in all of 2007, according to a statement issued Wednesday by the Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I) . The MNF-I reported that 9,0 (More) |
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New documents show Canada knew of Khadr mistreatment
Lawyers for Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] released documents Wednesday indicating that the Canadian government knew he had been mistreated at the detention center before agents questioned him in 2004. (More) |
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Federal judge calls for speedy Guantanamo habeas appeals
The chief judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia said Tuesday that the US government should make detention appeals by Guantanamo detainees a top priority, and devote all necessary resources to ensuring that the appeals reach t (More) |
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UK Commons committee deplores 'false' US assurances on Diego Garcia renditions
The UK House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee Sunday called "deplorable" what it termed "false US assurances" about rendition flights through the UK Indian Ocean territory of Diego Garcia and said the "failure of the Un (More) |
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Yemen officials discuss transfer of Guantanamo detainees with US
Yemeni officials met with a visiting US delegation Thursday to discuss the possible transfer of Yemeni detainees still held at Guantanamo Bay . A major impediment to the negotiated release and repatriation of Yemeni detainees - who make up the large (More) |
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Two Guantanamo detainees to be transferred to Algeria
The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced Wednesday that it will transfer two Guantanamo detainees to Algeria. The unnamed individuals are among the more than 65 Guantanamo detainees that government officials have declared eligible for transfer (More) |
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US should expedite Guantanamo closure: European investigator
The United States should set a concrete deadline for closure of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay , according to a Monday report by an investigator from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCEPA) . (More) |
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Canada court orders release of Khadr classified information
A Canadian Federal Court judge ruled Wednesday that the government must release evidence to Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] that could assist in his defense. The decision followed last month's Suprem (More) |
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Boumediene's Uncertain Aftermath
JURIST Guest Columnist David Kaye of UCLA School of Law says that instead of the Supreme Court's habeas solution to the detentions problem in Boumediene v. Bush, Congress and President might better have engaged in a good faith legislative process (More) |
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Federal appeals court dismisses Khadr petition to review combatant status
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Friday dismissed a petition brought by US terrorism detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive], who sought review of his unlawful enemy combatant classification. The co (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.
