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Former Guantanamo detainees returned to Afghanistan allege US abuse
Sixteen Afghan men were reunited with their families Thursday after being released by the US military from four years of detention in Guantanamo Bay . The men denied links to Islamic terror groups and alleged abuse at the hands of their captors as (More) |
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The Military Commissions Act: Congress Commits to the War on Terror
JURIST Contributing Editor Jeffrey Addicott of St. Mary's University School of Law, formerly a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, says the new Military Commissions Act reflects a clear and much-needed Congressional (More) |
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Hicks lawyer seeks Australian's return from Guantanamo subject to control order
The lawyer for Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks [JURIST news archive; AI profile] is pushing the Australian government to ask the US for Hicks' return by Christmas, allowing him to be kept under a control order authorized by last (More) |
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Challenging the Military Commissions Act
Bill Goodman [Legal Director, Center for Constitutional Rights]: "The Center for Constitutional Rights is aggressively challenging the appalling Military Commissions Act (MCA) passed by Congress last week. Our allies have already contributed cog (More) |
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Australia AG says Hicks Guantanamo trial unlikely to start this year
Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock , speaking with reporters Friday after meeting with US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and other American officials about the case of Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks , said it is unlikely that (More) |
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History Starts Today: The Perils of Habeas-Stripping
JURIST Guest Columnist Alison Nathan of Fordham University School of Law says that the provision in the military commissions bill stripping the federal courts of habeas jurisdiction over detainees threatens a fundamental element of our constitutional (More) |
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Afghan women's rights advocate murdered, Taliban suspected
Afghanistan women's rights advocate and director of the Afghan Ministry of Women's Affairs in Kandahar Safia Hana Jan was killed by armed gunmen in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar on Monday. Local officials launched an immediate i (More) |
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'All the Laws But One': Parsing the Military Commissions Bill
JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law says that the overall theme of the "compromise" military commissions bill seems to be the highly-problematic creation of a unique legal regime for a specific g (More) |
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Two more Kuwaitis set for release from Guantanamo
Two Kuwaiti nationals held for four years in the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay , Cuba, are set to be sent home to stand trial, the head of the Kuwaiti Family Committee , a group lobbying for the release of Kuwaiti detainees, said Sunday. The (More) |
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Elderly detainee using walker among latest five transferred from Guantanamo
Guantanamo's oldest known detainee was among the five US-held prisoners transferred to Afghanistan last week, according to his lawyer who found out about the release over the weekend in a US Department of Justice e-mail. Peter King said that Ha (More) |
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying
On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death after a treason trial in which they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
Learn more about the Rosenberg trial.
