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Gitmo detainee Hicks stripped of UK citizenship one day after request granted
Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks was stripped of British citizenship just one day after he was secretly made a citizen in July, the Sydney Morning Herald reported Saturday. Hicks' court battle for British citizenship ended in May (More) |
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Australia AG to seek Hicks' Gitmo release if military trial process not restarted soon
Australia will pursue the return of David Hicks from the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay if new charges are not brought and a military tribunal formed by November, Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock told the Sydney Morning Herald o (More) |
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Security Council resolution calls for closer UN-Interpol cooperation
The UN Security Council approved a resolution Tuesday that encourages Secretary-General Kofi Annan to work more closely with the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) . All 15 Security Council members voted for Resolution 1699 , co (More) |
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Afghan parliament approves second Karzai nominee for chief justice
The parliament of Afghanistan [JURIST news archive; official website] on Monday confirmed Abdul Salam Hazami as chief justice of the Afghan Supreme Court after rejecting an earlier nominee put forward by President Hamid Karzai . Hazami's new no (More) |
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Israel v. Hezbollah: Article 51, Self-Defense and Pre-emptive Strikes
JURIST Guest Columnist Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law says that Article 51 of the UN Charter is probably broad enough to cover Israel's actions against Hezbollah in Lebanon following the kidnappings of its soldiers but would (More) |
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Spain high court frees ex-Guantanamo detainee
The first prisoner at Guantanamo Bay to be turned over to a foreign government for prosecution was released Monday by the Spanish Supreme Court , which found that the evidence against him was insufficient to support a conviction. Hamed Abderrahaman (More) |
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Annan praises US decision on Geneva protections for detainees
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Thursday that the US Department of Defense (DOD) decision to apply the Geneva Conventions to detainees in US military custody "strengthens the international rule of law, and is true to the U.S.'s stro (More) |
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Republicans press for military commissions at House hearing
US Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) and other leading Republican members of the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday pushed for legislation authorizing military commissions for terror suspects detained at Guantanamo Bay during a committee hearing (More) |
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EU court rules asset freezes do not violate rights of terror suspects
The fundamental rights of two terror suspects were not violated when EU member states froze their assets, the European Court of First Instance ruled Wednesday. Ireland and the UK froze the bank accounts of a Tunisian and Libyan national, respecti (More) |
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Hicks lawyer says new US trial would constitute double jeopardy
A US military lawyer for David Hicks said the US government cannot legally prosecute the Australian-born Guantanamo detainee again because a trial would constitute double jeopardy under the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution. The lawyer, Maj. (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.
