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Yemen prosecutors seek death penalty in al Qaeda terror trial
Prosecutors in Yemen are seeking the death penalty against Mohammed Hamdi al-Ahdal , the alleged number two in the Yemen sect of al-Qaeda, who is being tried for plotting terrorist attacks as part of an armed group. Ahdal is on trial with four oth (More) |
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Pentagon rules thwart fair trials for Guantanamo detainees: US military lawyer
A US military lawyer acting as defense counsel for a Yemeni prisoner on trial for terrorism-related offenses before a military commission [DOD backgrounder; JURIST news archive] at Guantanamo Bay on Friday challenged a US Department of Defense regu (More) |
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CIA used private air carriers to hide rendition: Amnesty International report
The US Central Intelligence Agency hid its rendition of terrorism suspects to various foreign countries by using private air carriers and "front" companies, according to a new report [PDF text; AI summary] released by Amnesty Internatio (More) |
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Tolerance on Trial: Why We Reprinted the Danish Cartoons
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Faris Sanabani, Publisher of the English-language Yemen Observer newspaper currently facing calls by Yemeni prosecutors for permanent shutdown, confiscation, and even the death penalty against its Chief Editor for repub (More) |
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Yemen newspaper editor faces death for printing Muhammad cartoons
Prosecutors in Yemen Wednesday called for the death penalty against the editor of a Yemen newspaper who republished cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad originally printed in a Danish newspaper in September. Muhammad al-Asadi was arrested last month (More) |
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Judge considers Gitmo force-feeding in first test of Detainee Treatment Act
At a hearing in Washington Thursday US District Judge Gladys Kessler questioned the treatment of Mohammed Bawazir, a former hunger striker at Guantanamo Bay eventually force-fed in treatment his lawyers say was torture contrary to the terms of the (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee continues tribunal boycott, protests 'enemy' defense lawyer
Ali Hamza Ahmad Sulayman al Bahlul , a Guantanamo detainee from Yemen charged with conspiring to commit murder, to attack civilians and civilian objects, and terrorism, boycotted his military commission hearing again Thursday, this time on the gro (More) |
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Guantanamo tribunal to review whether evidence obtained by torture
For the first time since the Guantanamo Bay war crimes tribunals convened in August 2004, a presiding military judge has said that he will examine potential evidence to determine if it was obtained through torture before ruling on admissibility. Pre (More) |
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Gitmo military commission hearings resume for alleged bin Laden bodyguard
Military commission [JURIST news archive; DOD materials] hearings for two Guantanamo Bay detainees scheduled to begin Wednesday have been delayed, but a third detainee will face a pre-trial hearing as scheduled. Ali Hamza al Bahlul [charge sheet, (More) |
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Detainee lawyer wants court to prohibit Guantanamo force-feedings
A lawyer for a Yemeni prisoner held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp has filed a motion in DC federal court asking that the use of a restraint chair and large nasal feeding tubes to force-feed his client be prohibited if he resumes his hunger s (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.
