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DOJ seeks dismissal of Guantanamo habeas cases
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday sought the dismissal of all pending Guantanamo Bay detainee habeas corpus cases in the US District Court for the District of Columbia . The motion to dismiss was filed in response to the US Supreme C (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee's father says son tortured in secret CIA prison
The father of a Guantanamo Bay detainee accused CIA officials of torturing his son - Pakistani terror suspect Majid Khan - after arresting him in Pakistan in March 2003, according to an affidavit [PDF text; press release] released Monday. Khan was (More) |
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'High value' Guantanamo detainee denies al-Qaeda connection, alleges torture
Guantanamo Bay military prison detainee Abu Zubaydah denied accusations of al-Qaeda involvement and made allegations of torture, according to a transcript released Monday of his March 27 testimony before a US Combatant Status Review Tribunal . Zu (More) |
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US now detaining 18,000 prisoners in Iraq
The United States currently holds some 18,000 detainees in two US-run Iraqi detention facilities, Camp Bucca and Camp Cropper , the Washington Post reported Sunday, citing US military sources. In the past month, the US has increased security in Bag (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee hunger strikes up over new prison facility
More than a dozen prisoners at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay are being subjected to daily force-feedings as a result of a long-term hunger strike, the New York Times reported Monday, the largest such number since the beginning of 2006. L (More) |
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Australia AG says Guantanamo detainee Hicks can't sell story after transfer home
Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] will not be permitted to sell his story to the media, Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said Sunday. Though he has not been found to have violated any Austr (More) |
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Guantanamo detainees face increasing isolation: Amnesty
Amnesty International decried worsening conditions at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay in a report [text; press release] released Thursday, claiming detainees have "suffered harsh treatment throughout their detention, confined to mesh (More) |
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Hicks won't violate gag order: lawyer
Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] will not speak to the media in violation of a court order, Hicks' lawyer said Wednesday. Despite statements by Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock that Aus (More) |
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Australia AG says Hicks gag order cannot be enforced
Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock said Tuesday that the gag order placed on Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] as part of his plea agreement cannot be enforced once he returns to Australia, and that Hic (More) |
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Hicks applies for transfer to Australia prison
Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] has submitted an application to be transferred to a prison near his home in South Australia to serve the remainder of his nine-month sentence after pleading guilty t (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.
