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East African terror suspect transferred to Guantanamo
The US Department of Defense (DOD) Wednesday announced the transfer of Abdullahi Sudi Arale, a suspected East Africa al Qaeda (EAAQ) courier captured in Somalia, to the military prison at Guantanamo Bay . Arale is accused of aiding various EAAQ-aff (More) |
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No Unlawful Enemy Combatants at Guantanamo
JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law, president of the National Lawyers Guild, says that while the Bush administration may attempt to fix the procedural problem that resulted in the recent dismissal of US militar (More) |
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US military judge drops charges against Canadian Guantanamo detainee
The military judge presiding over military commission proceedings against Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [Trial Watch profile; JURIST news archive] Monday dismissed all charges against Khadr, citing a lack of jurisdiction. A Guantanam (More) |
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Khadr not making Guantanamo plea deal: Canadian lawyer
Dennis Edney, a Canadian civilian lawyer for Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [Trial Watch profile; JURIST news archive], said Friday that his client would not work out a plea deal with the US military because it would require Khadr to s (More) |
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DOD identifies Guantanamo suicide detainee
US military officials Thursday identified a deceased Saudi Arabian detainee who apparently committed suicide at the military prison Wednesday as Abdul Rahman Ma'ath Thafir al-Amri. Joint Task Force-Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO) said in press release t (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee dead in suspected suicide
A Saudi Arabian detainee held at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay died Wednesday afternoon in what military officials characterized as an apparent suicide . The officials did not identify the detainee or disclose the manner of death. Approx (More) |
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Kuwait appeals court upholds acquittal of two ex-Guantanamo detainees
A Kuwaiti appeals court upheld the acquittal of two former Guantanamo Bay detainees Tuesday, agreeing with a lower court that there was insufficient evidence to convict . The two men, Omar Rajab Amin and Abdullah Kamel al-Kundari , spent almost fiv (More) |
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ACLU sues Boeing subsidiary for allegedly facilitating CIA torture
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Northern District of California Wednesday against San Jose-based Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen Dataplan , alleging that the airline service provider knowingly (More) |
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Yemen agrees to take most Yemeni Guantanamo detainees: official
Yemen has agreed to receive most Yemeni detainees held at Guantanamo Bay , a senior Yemeni official told Reuters Sunday. The official said that "there are continuous talks with the Americans to hand over the Yemenis in Guantanamo to the Yemeni (More) |
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Hicks won't challenge post-release control order: lawyer
A lawyer for former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks said Monday that Hicks does not plan to challenge the legality of any control order imposed after his release from prison in Australia. David McLeod said that Hicks is grateful for efforts ma (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.
