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Two US soldiers face court-martial for Afghan prisoner abuse
Two US soldiers will face court-martial proceedings for striking two detainees in their custody at Forward Operating Base Ripley in Afghanistan's Uruzgan province, the US military said Thursday. Army Sgt. Kevin D. Myricks and Army Spc. James R. (More) |
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Afghanistan assembly election results announced after fraud investigations
Final certified results of the September 18 Afghan election for the Wolesi Jirga (lower-house of parliament) and councils in all 34 provinces were released Saturday. Among those elected were three former members of the deposed Taliban and several (More) |
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Justice at Guantanamo? The Paradox of David Hicks
JURIST Guest Columnist Devika Hovell of the University of New South Wales Faculty of Law in Sydney, Australia, says that the trial of Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks by US military commission highlights his transformation from an alleged p (More) |
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Pentagon says no death penalty for Canadian Guantanamo detainee
The Pentagon has said it will not seek the death penalty against Omar Ahmed Khadr , an 18-year-old Canadian citizen detained at Guantanamo Bay who admitted throwing a grenade that killed a US medic while fighting with the Taliban in 2002. The deci (More) |
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US to proceed with Hicks military trial despite Supreme Court case
The Pentagon has said that it is committed to proceeding with a preliminary military commission hearing for Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] despite the US Supreme Court's announcement Monday tha (More) |
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Five Kuwaiti detainees released from Guantanamo Bay
Five Kuwaiti citizens have been released from the US detention facility in Guantanamo Bay , Kuwait Foreign Ministry officials confirmed Thursday. The five men are among 11 Kuwaitis who have been imprisoned at Guantanamo for nearly the last four y (More) |
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Australia to investigate Gitmo detainee abuse allegations
A day after lawyers for Australian Guantanamo Bay prisoner David Hicks [BBC profile; advocacy website; JURIST news archive], said they have evidence that Hicks suffered sexual abuse and torture while in US custody, the Australian government has sai (More) |
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Two US soldiers charged with assaulting detainees in Afghanistan
Two US soldiers have been charged with assault, conspiracy to maltreat, and dereliction of duty for allegedly punching two detainees in the chest, shoulders and stomach at a base detention site in southern Afghanistan in early July. The alleged as (More) |
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Australian terror suspect to sue for British citizenship
Australian terror suspect David Hicks [BBC profile; advocacy website] has confirmed his plans to sue the United Kingdom government over its disinclination to grant him British citizenship. Hicks was captured in Afghanistan four years ago and is acc (More) |
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Drug lord is first Afghan extradited to US
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Monday announced the first US extradition of an indicted criminal from Afghanistan. Baz Mohammad, designated a "foreign drug kingpin" under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Act of 2005 on June 1 2005, wa (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.
