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Djibouti should not be given the Borrel killing case file
Elisabeth Borrel [widow of French judge Bernard Borrel, killed in Djibouti in 1995]: "At the beginning the two states , France and Djibouti, and in particular their two presidents - Chirac and Guelleh - agreed to ask the International Court to (More) |
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Guantanamo commander reassigned after six-month tenure
US Navy Rear Adm. Mark H. Buzby , commander of the Guantanamo Bay military prison, was reassigned Friday after only six months at that position. The date of Buzby's departure for the Virginia-based US Fleet Forces Command has not been publicly (More) |
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Latest charged Guantanamo detainee is brother-in-law of 9/11 hijacker: DOD
The US Department of Defense said Friday that newly charged Saudi Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al Darbi is the brother-in-law of Khalid al Mihdhar , one of the 9/11 hijackers. Mihdhar was on American Airlines Flight 77 , the pla (More) |
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Saudi Guantanamo Bay detainee charged with conspiracy, supporting terrorism
Military prosecutors at Guantanamo Bay filed charges Thursday against Saudi detainee Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al Darbi was for his alleged role in a plan to bomb a ship off the coast of Yemen or in the Strait of Hormuz. Al Darbi is charged with wi (More) |
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Hamdan entitled to POW status hearing: US military judge
A US military judge ruled Monday that Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan [Trial Watch profile; JURIST news archive] is due a hearing to settle his alleged status as a prisoner of war (POW) under the Geneva Conventions and that the d (More) |
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Federal judge asked to probe CIA destruction of interrogation videos
Lawyers for several detainees at Guantanamo Bay filed an emergency motion Sunday asking a federal judge to look into the CIA's destruction of videotapes showing the interrogations of terror suspects. CIA Director Michael Hayden acknowledged l (More) |
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US Army officer describes Hamdan capture at Guantanamo hearing
A US Army major testified Thursday at a pretrial hearing to determine whether Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan [Trial Watch profile; JURIST news archive] qualifies as an unlawful enemy combatant , describing the circumstances under (More) |
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US military judge denies Hamdan lawyers access to top terror suspects
A US military judge Wednesday denied a request by lawyers for Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan [Trial Watch profile; JURIST news archive] to meet with top terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, citing security concerns. Lawyers (More) |
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UN human rights expert to observe Guantanamo military commission hearings
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Martin Scheinin will attend military commission hearings at Guantanamo Bay beginning Wednesday, according to a statement by Scheinin on Tuesday. Scheinin said that the United States invi (More) |
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UK court approves extradition of jailed Muslim cleric to US for terror charges
A British court ruled Thursday that the radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] can be extradited to the United States on charges of supporting terrorism. Abu Hamza, who is currently serving a seven-year sentence (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.
