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Flawed prosecution in Diaz
Donald G. Rehkopf, Jr. : "Lawyers and law students, civilian and military, need to pause and seriously consider both the court-martial and verdict in the case of Navy JAG, Lieutenant Commander Matthew Diaz. My comments are not about the moral i (More) |
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Hicks transferred to Australia to finish Guantanamo sentence
Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks was transferred to a maximum security prison near his hometown of Adelaide, South Australia Sunday to serve the remainder of his nine-month prison sentence. In March, a US military commission at Guantan (More) |
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Former Guantanamo military lawyer sentenced to 6 months for leaking names
US Navy Lt. Cmdr. Matthew M. Diaz, a former staff judge advocate stationed at Guantanamo Bay , was sentenced Friday to six months in prison and is to be dismissed from the US Navy for leaking detainee names to a human rights lawyer. Diaz was convict (More) |
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Former Guantanamo military lawyer convicted of leaking detainee names
US Navy Lt. Cmdr. Matthew M. Diaz, a former staff judge advocate stationed at Guantanamo Bay , was convicted Thursday of one count of communicating secret information that could be used to injure the United States and three counts of leaking informa (More) |
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Appeals court hears challenge to Guantanamo 'enemy combatant' status
The US DC Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday in a case brought by Guantanamo Bay detainees challenging their designation as 'enemy combatants.' Last year, Congress passed the Military Commissions Act of 2006 , which barred Gu (More) |
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Former Guantanamo military lawyer on trial for leaking detainee names
The court-martial of the Navy lawyer accused of passing then-undisclosed names of Guantanamo detainees to a lawyer with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) began Monday. In its opening statement, the prosecution argued that Lt. Cmdr. Matthe (More) |
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DOJ withdraws proposed Guantanamo lawyer visit restriction
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Friday withdrew one of its proposals for tightened restrictions on contact between lawyers and their clients at Guantanamo Bay outlined in an earlier DOJ filing with the US DC Circuit Court of Appeals. Backtrac (More) |
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US lawmakers introduce legislation to close Guantanamo prison
Three US lawmakers introduced legislation [HR 2212 text; summary] Tuesday to close the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay , calling the prison a symbol of US failure and hypocrisy. Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) announced the legislation with a statemen (More) |
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Jury selection begins in Guantanamo names court-martial
Jury selection is expected to begin Wednesday in the court-martial of US Navy Lt. Cmdr. Matthew M. Diaz, charged under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the Espionage Act with leaking secret national defense information to a person outside (More) |
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Guantanamo commander backs away from proposed lawyer visit restrictions
Rear Adm. Harry Harris, commander of the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay , has said that he supports so-called "habeas visits" of lawyers with detainees at the facility and no longer endorses visit restrictions along the lines outline (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.
