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British resident at Guantanamo charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism: report
US military prosecutors Saturday charged the last British resident detained at Guantanamo Bay with conspiring to commit terrorism, according to British prisoners rights group Reprieve . Binyam Mohamed [Reprieve profile; JURIST news archive], an Et (More) |
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Rice rejects Iceland call to close Guantanamo prison
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice [official profile; JURIST news archive] Friday defended the treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay in the face of a resolution by the Icelandic parliament calling for the prison's closure. At a news co (More) |
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Pentagon files new charges against 3 Guantanamo detainees
US Department of Defense prosecutors brought new charges against three detainees being held at the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay on Thursday. Jabran al-Qathani, Ghassan Abdullah al-Sharbi, and Algerian Sufyian Barhoumi are each charged wit (More) |
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Anti-Guantanamo protesters convicted for illegal Supreme Court demonstration
A Washington DC Superior Court found 34 members of anti-war activism group Witness Against Torture guilty Thursday on misdemeanor charges of illegal protesting. Police arrested 71 group members at a protest in front of the US Supreme Court in Janu (More) |
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Pentagon dismisses judge in Khadr military commission trial
The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Thursday dismissed the military judge presiding over the military commission trial of Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive]. No explanation was given for the dismissal o (More) |
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Guantanamo protesters appear in DC court on illegal demonstration charges
A group of 35 members of anti-war activism organization Witness Against Torture appeared in a DC Superior Court Tuesday. The 35 were arrested at a protest in front of the US Supreme Court in January, where they were demonstrating for the closure (More) |
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Omar Khadr access to documents ruling [Canada SC]
Minister of Justice v. Omar Khadr, Supreme Court of Canada, May 23, 2008 . Read the full text of the decision . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Canada Supreme Court rules for Khadr in government documents access appeal
The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously ruled Friday that Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] has a constitutional right to see confidential documents compiled by Canadian officials following interviews wit (More) |
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Report from Guantanamo: Mohammed Jawad is another teen growing up in detention
Sahr MuhammedAlly [Senior Associate, Law and Security Program, Human Rights First]: "On March 12, 2008, Mohammed Jawad - an Afghan national who was 16 or 17 years old at the time of his arrest in Kabul in December 2002 - made his first public ap (More) |
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US to build new prison in Afghanistan
The US plans to build a new military detention facility in Afghanistan as a replacement for its current make-shift prison at Bagram Air Base [GlobalSecurity backgrounder; JURIST news archive], the New York Times reported Saturday. The $60-million- (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.
