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US military judge drops charges against second Guantanamo detainee
US Navy Capt. Keith J. Allred, the judge presiding over military commission proceedings against Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan [Trial Watch profile; JURIST news archive] Monday dismissed all charges [JURIST report; charge sheet, (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee dead in suspected suicide
A Saudi Arabian detainee held at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay died Wednesday afternoon in what military officials characterized as an apparent suicide . The officials did not identify the detainee or disclose the manner of death. Approx (More) |
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Yemen agrees to take most Yemeni Guantanamo detainees: official
Yemen has agreed to receive most Yemeni detainees held at Guantanamo Bay , a senior Yemeni official told Reuters Sunday. The official said that "there are continuous talks with the Americans to hand over the Yemenis in Guantanamo to the Yemeni (More) |
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State-mandated Internet censorship on the rise: report
A study released Friday by the OpenNet Initiative (ONI) has found a "substantial growth in the scale, scope and sophistication" of Internet censorship worldwide. The study, focusing on state-mandated censorship, found evidence of content (More) |
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Hamdan charges referred to Guantanamo military commission
Charges against Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan [Trial Watch profile; JURIST news archive] have been formally referred to a military commission , according to a statement from the US Department of Defense Thursday. Hamdan is charg (More) |
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Supreme Court rejects Guantanamo military commissions case
The US Supreme Court Monday declined to hear a lawsuit brought by two Guantanamo Bay detainees challenging the legality of their military commissions. In Hamdan v. Gates and Khadr v. Bush [petition for certiorari, PDF] , 06-1169, Yemeni Salim Ahmed (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee says torture prompted confession to USS Cole bombing
Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri [DOD profile, PDF page 7; JURIST news archive], the suspected mastermind of the 2000 USS Cole bombing [DOD inquiry report; JURIST news archive] and a Guantanamo Bay detainee, said his confession to the attacks was coerced th (More) |
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Swiss pathologists say suicide likely cause of death in Guantanamo case
A team of Swiss forensic pathologists from Institute of Legal Medicine at Lausanne University Friday announced the results of an autopsy on deceased Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ali Abdullah , concluding that while available evidence supported th (More) |
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Federal judge rejects Sudan motion to dismiss USS Cole suit
US District Judge Robert G. Doumar of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Tuesday denied a motion to dismiss filed by the government of Sudan in a lawsuit brought by families of sailors killed in the 2000 bombing of the USS C (More) |
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Hicks lawyer suing Australian government for failure to protect
Lawyers for Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks are filing a claim Monday in the Federal Court of Australia in an attempt to secure Hicks' release. Hicks' Australian defense team, headed by David McLeod, will charge the governm (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.
