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Hamdan verdict is not a "victory" for American justice
Deborah Colson [Senior Associate, Law & Security Program, Human Rights First]: "Last Wednesday, a panel of six military officers returned a split verdict in the military commission trial of Salim Hamdan, convicting Mr. Hamdan of material sup (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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Yemen officials discuss transfer of Guantanamo detainees with US
Yemeni officials met with a visiting US delegation Thursday to discuss the possible transfer of Yemeni detainees still held at Guantanamo Bay . A major impediment to the negotiated release and repatriation of Yemeni detainees - who make up the large (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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Yemen court sentences Shi'ite rebels, journalist linked to plot against army bases
Fourteen accused Zayidi Shi'ite rebels, among them outspoken Yemeni journalist Abdel Karim al-Khaywani , were sentenced in a Yemeni court Monday for their roles in an ongoing Shi'ite uprising. Thirteen of the rebels received sentences of up (More) |
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Alleged Lackawanna Six terrorist imprisoned in Yemen
Jaber Elbaneh, a Yemeni-American on the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists List for alleged participation in acts of international terrorism, was jailed in Yemen Monday after an appeals court upheld his ten-year prison sentence. Elbaneh was indicted by t (More) |
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US military judge postpones Hamdan military commission trial
A military judge Friday delayed the military commission trial of Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] until July. On Thursday, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit rejected a bid by Hamdan to (More) |
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First Guantanamo detainee hearing in new court complex delayed by technical glitch
A technical problem delayed the start of the arraignment hearing for Yemeni Guantanamo detainee Ali Hamza Ahman Sulayman al-Bahlul Wednesday when a courtroom sound feed in the brand new Guantanamo legal compound cut off for reporters in the spectato (More) |
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Report from Guantanamo: military commissions continue to fail Hamdan
Deborah Colson [Senior Associate, Human Rights First]: " 'America tells the whole world that it has freedom and justice. I do not see that...You do not give us the least bit of humanity…Give me a just court†(More) |
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Hamdan plans boycott of Guantanamo military commission trial
Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] said Monday that he will join fellow detainees in a boycott of his upcoming military commission trial. Hamdan, a former driver for Osama bin Laden who has been in (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.
