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Number of journalists jailed worldwide dropped in 2007: CPJ
The number of journalists behind bars decreased from 134 in 2006 to 127 at the end of 2007, according to a year-end report [press release; capsule summaries] issued by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Wednesday. China incarcerates the m (More) |
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Denying habeas rights to Gitmo detainees undermines fundamental principles of democracy
John Whitehead [President, Rutherford Institute and member, Constitution Project Liberty and Security Committee]: "As oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in Boumediene v. Bush concluded this afternoon, one could not help but think that (More) |
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Supreme Court weighs Guantanamo habeas cases
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] heard oral arguments Wednesday in the consolidated cases of Boumediene v. Bush (06-1195) [docket; merit briefs] and Al Odah v. United States (06-1196) [docket; merit briefs] on whether det (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee recovering from self-inflicted injury
A Guantanamo Bay detainee survived a self-inflicted injury last month when he cut open his throat using a sharpened fingernail during his daily shower, Navy Cmdr. Andrew Haynes said Tuesday. The detainee received stitches after losing a substantial (More) |
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Retrial of six former Guantanamo detainees begins in France
The retrial of six Frenchmen who were released from the US detention center in Guantanamo Bay began Monday in Paris. The six stand accused of attending combat training at an al Qaeda camp in Afghanistan. France freed five of the suspects after the (More) |
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Denmark rejects US request to take Guantanamo detainees
Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs Per Stig Moeller said Friday that Denmark has rejected a US request to accept the transfer of several detainees from Guantanamo Bay . Moeller said that the detainees could be potential security risks.Approximately (More) |
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French prosecutor rejects war crimes lawsuit against Rumsfeld
French prosecutor Jean-Claude Marin has dismissed a war crimes claim against former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld alleging that Rumsfeld authorized US personnel to torture prisoners in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, according to a lawyer for th (More) |
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US military says leaked Guantanamo operations manual out-of-date
A US military spokesperson on Wednesday acknowledged that a 238-page operating manual for the US facility at Guantanamo Bay was leaked on the Internet, but said the document is out-of-date and does not reflect current procedures. The manual, titled (More) |
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Tunisia court convicts former Guantanamo Bay detainee on terror charges
A former Guantanamo Bay detainee was convicted by a Tunisian court Wednesday on charges of belonging to a terrorist organization. Abdullah al-Hajji Ben Amor was sentenced to seven years in prison. He was convicted in absentia on the same charges i (More) |
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DOD transfers 14 Saudi detainees from Guantanamo Bay
The Saudi Arabian government said Saturday that 14 Saudi detainees have returned home [SPA press release; DOD press release] following their transfers from Guantanamo Bay . Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz said that the ex-detain (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.
