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Yemen calls for probe into Guantanamo suicides, calling deaths 'inhumane'
Yemeni officials on Thursday called for a second investigation into last week's detainee suicides by one Yemeni and two Saudi Arabians held at the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay , saying the deaths exemplify the "inhumane conditions (More) |
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Lawyer seeks to shift Guantanamo military commission trial to US
A military lawyer representing Yemeni Ali Hamza al-Bahlul, one of ten Guantanamo Bay detainees awaiting trial before a military commission , filed a motion Wednesday to move al-Bahlul's trial to a Navy base in the United States, claiming that t (More) |
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Military officials say Guantanamo detainees concealed suicides
Military officials said Sunday that the three Guantanamo Bay detainees who committed suicide Saturday by hanging themselves with bedsheets and clothing - identified as Saudis Mani Shaman Turki al-Habardi Al-Utaybi and Yasser Talal Al-Zahrani, and (More) |
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Guantanamo suicides spark renewed calls for release of Saudi detainees
The suicides of three detainees , two Saudis and a Yemeni, at Guantanamo Bay on Saturday prompted Saudi Interior Ministry officials to renew calls on Sunday for all Saudi prisoners to be released from the military camp and returned to Saudi Arabia (More) |
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BREAKING NEWS ~ Three Guantanamo detainees dead in apparent suicide pact
The US Army has announced that three as-yet-unidentified Guantanamo detainees died early this morning local time in apparent multiple suicides. An official investigation is already underway. These are the first suicides confirmed among prisoners at (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee says guards caused brawl trying to search Korans
A Guantanamo Bay detainee from Yemen involved in a clash with guards in May told his defense lawyer that guards had instigated the incident when they tried to handle Korans owned by detainees, the defense lawyer said Wednesday. The Yemen detainee& (More) |
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Sudan appeals USS Cole ruling allowing families to sue
A lawyer for the government of Sudan urged the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Wednesday to dismiss a lawsuit brought by families of the 17 sailors killed in the 2000 terrorist attack on the USS Cole [Wikipedia backgrounder; US DOD inqui (More) |
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Yemen lifts ban on newspapers that published Muhammad cartoons
Government officials in Yemen have said that three newspapers shut down after they republished caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad may resume operations. The three papers, including the English-language Yemen Observer were closed and their licens (More) |
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Eighth Yemen prison escapee surrenders; USS Cole mastermind still at large
Yemeni al Qaeda member Khaled Mohammed Abdullah al-Batati, one of the 23 prisoners who escaped from prison in February , has turned himself in to authorities. Al-Batati, the eighth escapee to turn himself in, was serving a three-year sentence for p (More) |
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US releases list of Guantanamo Bay detainees
The US Department of Defense on Wednesday released the first official list of prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay , including the names of people who were the earliest detainees at the detention facility. The Pentagon released the list of 558 detaine (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.
