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Australia PM still says Hicks should be tried in US after Gitmo tribunals ruling
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Friday that he wants Australian-born terror suspect David Hicks to be tried in American courts even after the US Supreme Court on Thursday struck down military commissions [JURIST report; opinion, PDF] s (More) |
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Hamdan military commissions ruling [US SC]
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Supreme Court of the United States, June 29, 2006 . Excerpt from the Opinion by Justice Stevens:Petitioner Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a Yemeni national, is in custody at an American prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In November 2001, durin (More) |
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Hicks to serve terror sentence in Australia if convicted
Australian-born terror suspect David Hicks will serve his prison sentence in Australia if convicted by a US military commission at Guantanamo Bay , Australian Justice Minister Chris Ellison said Thursday. Hicks, captured in Afghanistan by US for (More) |
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Hicks lawyers may seek judicial review of UK decision not to press Gitmo release
Lawyers for David Hicks [JURIST news archive; advocacy website], an Australian held by the US at the Guantanamo Bay detention center , may seek judicial review of the UK Foreign Office's decision not to petition the US for his release . Hicks (More) |
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UK will not ask US to release Guantanamo detainee Hicks
The UK Foreign Office has said that the United Kingdom will not petition the US to release Australian national David Hicks [JURIST news archive; advocacy website] from the US prison at Guantanamo Bay . Hicks, a suspected member of the Taliban who h (More) |
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UN lawyer hails end of impunity for war criminals in Security Council debate
UN Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs Nicolas Michel stressed the importance of not sacrificing justice by "granting amnesty in ending conflicts" at a UN Security Council meeting Thursday on strengthening international law [UN summ (More) |
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UK Foreign Office takes over Hicks Guantanamo release case
The UK Foreign Office on Friday took control of the case of Australian David Hicks , an accused Taliban member who has been detained at the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay for over four years. The UK High Court has ruled that Britain should (More) |
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Military officials say Guantanamo detainees concealed suicides
Military officials said Sunday that the three Guantanamo Bay detainees who committed suicide Saturday by hanging themselves with bedsheets and clothing - identified as Saudis Mani Shaman Turki al-Habardi Al-Utaybi and Yasser Talal Al-Zahrani, and (More) |
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Australia AG rejects allegations Hicks was tortured at Guantanamo
Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock said Friday that there is no evidence for allegations made in an Australian magazine that accused Taliban member David Hicks has been tortured during his four-year detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba . The (More) |
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Afghan parliament urges prosecution of US soldiers for fatal wreck, riots
Lawmakers in Afghanistan have called for the prosecution of US soldiers for a vehicle accident that killed as many as five Afghans and set off deadly riots earlier this week in the capital of Kabul. The nonbinding motion, passed in the Afghan Parl (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.
