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BREAKING NEWS ~ Federal appeals court OKs Padilla indefinite detention
AP is reporting that the US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the habeas appeal of Jose Padilla , ruling that the "dirty bomb" suspect can be detained without charges indefinitely. Padilla's attorneys had challenged his desig (More) |
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Judge questions continued detention of Gitmo Uighurs cleared for release
A federal judge met with Justice Department lawyer Terry Henry Thursday to discuss why the US has not yet released two Chinese Uighur Muslims still held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp after the government determined they posed no threat to the U (More) |
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US to improve conditions for some detainees at Gitmo
The US military is scheduled to complete ongoing renovations to some areas of Guantanamo Bay by Monday, creating improved facilities for detainees who are deemed no longer a threat to the United States, Brig. General Jay Hood revealed in an affidav (More) |
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Judge orders Canada to stop questioning Gitmo teen
A Canadian Federal Court judge has ruled that intelligence authorities must stop interrogating Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr . Justice Konrad von Finckenstein's decision also slammed Canadian counterterrorism agents for gathering informati (More) |
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Pakistan vows to protect voting rights for women
Pakistan's chief election commissioner Abdul Hameed Dogar Wednesday promised to take swift and severe action against anyone prohibiting women from accessing polls in next week's local government elections. Dogar said he would go so far as to (More) |
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Pakistan Supreme Court rejects plan for strict morals law
In a victory for Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf , the country's Supreme Court Thursday blocked a proposal by the Islamist-controlled North-West Frontier Province to introduce a set of controversial morals laws to be enforced by reli (More) |
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Australia rejects advice proposing domestic trial for Gitmo prisoner Hicks
Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock has again denied that David Hicks , an Australian national facing a US military tribunal on charges he fought for the Taliban, could be tried in Australian courts for the charges he faces. Ruddock Thursday (More) |
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Islamists defend morals law before Pakistan Supreme Court
Government officials from Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province defended their controversial morals law before the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday. Earlier this week, the government argued that the law was unconsitutionally vague and (More) |
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Australia still backing US military tribunals after e-mail controversy
Despite newly-uncovered e-mails from former US military prosecutors that characterize the military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay as "rigged" and "a fraud", the Australian government is still backing a military trial for detained A (More) |
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Pakistan Supreme Court hears challenge to Islamic morals law
The Supreme Court of Pakistan Monday took up a government challenge to a controversial morals law passed by its North-West Frontier Province on the border with Afghanistan that provides for Taliban-style enforcement of Islamic law. President Gener (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.
