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Detained like me: the Guantanamo ordeal of Omar Khadr
Moazzam Begg [former Guantanamo detainee and spokesman for Cageprisoners]: "In January this year, a training document produced by the Canadian foreign ministry, which referred to Guantanamo Bay, listed the United States as a country known to pra (More) |
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'High value' detainee transferred to Guantanamo from CIA custody
The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced Friday that an alleged top al-Qaeda operative has been transferred from CIA custody to Guantanamo Bay. Muhammad Rahim, a former messenger for Osama bin Laden said to have helped the terrorist leader esca (More) |
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Giving up the Ghost: Detainees, Doctors and Torture
JURIST Special Guest Columnist and British human and medical rights activist Dr. David Nicholl, a neurologist at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK, says that Amnesty International's new report into the rendition and torture of one-time &qu (More) |
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ACLU sues for full hearing transcripts for 14 'high-value' Guantanamo detainees
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF; press release] Thursday seeking to compel the US government to release unredacted transcripts of military hearings conducted at Guantanamo Bay in early 2007 for 14 "hi (More) |
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Military commissions undermined by 'evidence tainted by torture': rights group
The legitimacy of military commissions of Guantanamo Bay detainees will be undermined by "the admission of evidence tainted by torture," according to a report [PDF text; press release] released Monday by Human Rights First . The report cit (More) |
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Spain judge drops extradition request for UK residents released from Guantanamo
Spanish National Court Judge Baltasar Garzon [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] Thursday dropped an extradition request against two UK residents formerly held by the US at the Guantanamo Bay prison after finding that they are not competent to stan (More) |
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Military commission charges confirmed against Saudi detainee al-Darbi
The US Department of Defense has said that two charges have been referred against Saudi Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al-Darbi for his alleged connections to al Qaeda. Al-Darbi is the brother-in-law of Khalid al Mihdhar, one of (More) |
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Mukasey meets with prosecutors during first visit to Guantanamo Bay
US Attorney General Michael Mukasey [official profile; JURIST news archive] made his first visit to the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay Wednesday, where he met with military and Justice Department officials working on the military prosecution (More) |
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Military commission charges confirmed against Guantanamo detainee al Bahlul
The US Department of Defense said Tuesday that three charges have been referred [press release; charges sheet, PDF] against Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul for his alleged ties to al Qaeda. Al Bahlul is accused of s (More) |
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International bar Guantanamo closure letter [CBA]
Joint Statement: Time to close the doors of Guantanamo, Canadian Bar Association, February 25, 2008 . Read the full text of the letter . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
President Lincoln signed first US federal income tax act
On July 1, 1862, the Tax Act of 1862 was passed and signed by President Lincoln, establishing a 3% federal tax on income above $600 and a 5% tax on income above $10,000.
Compliance with the act was poor, even though there were needs for the Civil War. After the war the act was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Review a brief history of the US income tax from the Library of Congress.
