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US forces kill Osama Bin Laden in firefight
US President Barack Obama announced Sunday night that earlier in the day a small team of US military personnel attacked a compound in which al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden [WP obituary; JURIST news archive] had been hiding, killing Bin Laden and t (More) |
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Poland prosecutors ask US to question Guantanamo detainees over secret CIA prison
Polish prosecutors investigating an alleged secret CIA prison announced Monday that they are asking US officials to question two Guantanamo Bay detainees who claim they were held and abused at the site. The lawyers submitted their request , which (More) |
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Poland prosecutors grant terror suspect victim status
Polish prosecutors investigating the secret CIA prison in Poland on Wednesday gave Saudi terror suspect Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri [NYT profile, JURIST news archive] victim status, recognizing the validity of his claims that he was mistreated by inter (More) |
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CIA removed terror suspects from Guantanamo to avoid due process: AP
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) transferred several high-profile prisoners to Guantanamo Bay to await trial in 2003, only to transfer them back into the CIA's network of secret prisons so they would not be entitled to lawyers and access to U (More) |
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Federal judge criticizes lack of remedies available to victims of Iran-sponsored terror
Judge Royce Lambeth of the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday released a 191-page opinion expressing frustration with the inability of victims of Iranian-sponsored terrorism to receive their court-ordered judgments. In the (More) |
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Federal judge orders Sudan funds unfrozen to compensate USS Cole victims' families
A lawyer for the relatives of 17 sailors killed in the 2000 al Qaeda attack on the USS Cole [official website; JURIST news archive] said Tuesday that the families will receive compensation from the Sudan government after a judge for the US District (More) |
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Report from Guantánamo: Hamdan trial is a false and unnecessary experiment
Aaron Zisser [Human Rights Fellow, Human Rights First]: "The first week of the first trial at Guantánamo Bay did not seem, at first glance, particularly extraordinary. True, there were some obvious differences between civilian courts and (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee charged with USS Cole bombing
US Department of Defense prosecutors announced Monday they had filed charges related to the 2000 al Qaeda attack [US DOD inquiry report; JURIST news archive] on the USS Cole against Guantanamo Bay detainee Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri . Al-Nashiri, a (More) |
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CIA chief confirms use of waterboarding on 3 terror detainees
The CIA has used waterboarding "on only three detainees" since September 11, 2001, CIA Director Michael Hayden told the US Senate Intelligence Committee Tuesday. Stipulating that the interrogation technique has not been used by the CIA (More) |
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DOJ lawyers warned CIA against destruction of 'harsh interrogation' tapes: NYT
US Department of Justice lawyers advised the CIA's general counsel in 2003 not to destroy videotapes showing the "harsh interrogations" of high-value terror detainees Abu Zubaydah [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] and Abd al-Rahim al- (More) |
Tojo and other Japanese WWII leaders executed for war crimes
On December 23, 1948, former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were executed for war crimes in Tokyo.
Learn more about the Tokyo War Crimes Trials.
