| Posts |
|
Supreme Court declines to hear "enemy combatant" status challenge
In a significant denial of certiorari Monday, the US Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge [PDF cert petition] by accused "dirty bomber" Jose Padilla to his status as an enemy combatant after Padilla asked the justices to bypass the (More) |
|
Lawyer for Australian Gitmo detainee says charges have no basis in international law
A lawyer for Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks said Wednesday that he has secured opinions from several international lawyers concluding that the US government's terror-related charges against Hicks have no foundation in internati (More) |
|
President Bush and Afghan president reach no deal on prisoners, raids
President Bush and Afghan President Hamid Karzai met in the White House East Room Monday to discuss US military operations in Afghanistan . The leaders were able to agree on a joint declaration that US and coalition forces will continue to have & (More) |
|
Afghan president wants custody of prisoners after US abuse report
Afghan president Hamid Karzai said Saturday that he wants custody of all Afghan prisoners after being "shocked" by US newspaper reports of prisoner abuse released Friday. The US has over 500 Taliban and other prisoners in Guantanamo Bay (More) |
|
Former Gitmo detainees held at Pakistani prison without charge
A leading Pakistan daily reported Friday that 40 detainees released from US detention at Guantanamo Bay have been held without charges at Rawalpindi's Adiala prison for the past eight months. Pakistani law currently allows the detention of " (More) |
|
Lawmaker calls for hearings into "faked" Gitmo interrogations
US Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) Wednesday called on House Judiciary Committee chairman James Sensenbrenner Jr. to hold hearings to probe recent allegations that the military staged interrogations at Guantanamo Bay to deceive visiting lawmake (More) |
|
US releases 80+ prisoners from Afghan facilities
Some 85 prisoners were released from US detention facilities in Afghanistan Sunday after being brought to the Afghan Supreme Court in Kabul, where they swore allegiance to the government in a short ceremony. The prisoners from the south of the count (More) |
|
Lawmakers want more disclosure on Patriot Act
Members of the US Senate Intelligence Committee told senior Bush administration officials Wednesday that lack of disclosure regarding enforcement of the Patriot Act was hurting efforts to renew 15 key provisions set to expire at the end of this yea (More) |
|
Islamic scholar convicted for inciting followers to jihad
A prominent Islamic scholar was convicted Tuesday by a Virginia jury on 10 counts [indictment PDF; JURIST report] of encouraging his followers to fight a holy war against the US and join the Taliban in the wake of the September 11 terror attacks. Al (More) |
|
US indicts Afghan drug kingpin
The US has indicted Haji Bashir Noorzai, an accused Afghan heroin kingpin, in a massive narcotics conspiracy involving Afghanistan's former Taliban regime . US Attorney David Kelley announced the indictment against Noorzai, one the world' (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.
