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Guantanamo detainee demands release following Afghanistan pull out
Kuwaiti Guantanamo Bay detainee Fawzi Odah filed suit on Monday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that he should be freed from prison upon US withdrawal from Afghanistan, citing international law's mandate that prisone (More) |
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Federal appeals court denies claim by former Guantanamo detainee
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Friday that a lower court was correct in dismissing the claim for damages brought by Abdul Rahim Abdul Razak Al Janko, a former Guantanamo detainee, on jurisdictional grounds. The (More) |
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UK marine sentenced to life for murder of Taliban prisoner
The Military Court Centre in Bulford on Friday sentenced a sergeant of the UK Royal Marines to life in prison for the murder of a Taliban insurgent that occurred during the sergeant's overseas deployment. Alexander Blackman, along with four other (More) |
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HRW: Afghanistan penal code working group proposes stoning for adultery
The Afghanistan Justice Ministry has proposed new provisions to the nation's penal code that allow for stoning as punishment for adultery, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Monday. According to the advocacy group the provision of the proposed pena (More) |
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Pakistan government drops plans to reinstate death penalty
The government of Pakistan decided on Thursday not to reinstate the death penalty. There had been a moratorium on the death penalty since 2008, but the ban ended on June 30. More than 8,000 prisoners are on death row, and two militants were schedul (More) |
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California governor signs law prohibiting state assistance with indefinite detention
California Governor Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed into law a bill that prohibits state employees and agencies, as well as law enforcement and the California National Guard, from providing support for the indefinite detention of a person within Cal (More) |
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UN report shows steep rise in Afghanistan civilian deaths
A UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) mid-year report released on Wednesday indicated a 23 percent rise in the number of Afghani civilian casualties over the first six months of 2013 as compared to the same period last year. The report no (More) |
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The War on Terror
In the wake of 9/11, Bush declared a "War on Terror," sparking US anti-terrorism efforts in the Philippines, Djibouti, Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, Lebanon, Yemen, Pakistan, and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. On October 7, 2001, the first military actio (More) |
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Detainee Legal Status
On October 7, 2001, following the beginning of the War on Terror, the US military began detaining hundreds of suspected terrorists. Many of those captured were designated "enemy combatants" — a label coined by the administration of President Ge (More) |
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Federal appeals court rules plaintiffs lack standing to challenge anti-terrorism law
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Wednesday ruled that plaintiffs who were challenging an anti-terrorism law on grounds that it could stifle freedom of the press lacked standing to challenge the law, but noted that there are parts (More) |
Bruno Hauptmann executed for kidnap, murder of Lindbergh baby
On April 3, 1936, Bruno Hauptmann was executed by electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of the Charles Lindbergh baby.
Read more about the trial of Bruno Hauptmann in JURIST's Famous Trials series.
