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BREAKING NEWS ~ Gitmo terror suspect trials to resume ASAP
AP is reporting that US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has said that military trials of two suspected terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay will resume as soon as possible and charges will be filed against eight other detainees.2:25 PM ET - Rumsfe (More) |
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Hamza terrorism trial begins in England
The trial of radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza on 16 terrorism-related charges , including promoting the murder of Jews and others, began in London Tuesday. Hamza, who pleaded not guilty to all charges in January, was arrested by British police in Ma (More) |
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Lawyers frustrated by lack of hearings for Guantanamo detainees
Lawyers for detainees at Guantanamo Bay say they are frustrated by delays that have prevented any court hearings for their clients, despite a US Supreme Court order from almost a year ago that granted them access to US courts . Differing interpreta (More) |
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Report on government assurances against foreign torture [HRW]
Still at Risk: Diplomatic Assurances No Safeguard against Torture, Human Rights Watch , April 15, 2005 . Excerpt: There is substantial evidence that in the course of the global "war on terrorism," an increasing number of governments have tr (More) |
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Human Rights Watch cites evidence of US complicity in 'reverse renditions'
A Yemeni businessman was captured in Egypt and was secretly held by US authorities for over a year before being sent to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, according to a report Tuesday from Human Rights Watch . The human rights watchdog group released detai (More) |
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Federal judge extends block on out-of-country transfer of Gitmo detainees
US District Judge Henry H. Kennedy, Jr. has extended a temporary restraining order barring the US from transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees to the custody of foreign countries. Judge Kennedy extended the restraining order for another 10 days Tue (More) |
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Judge blocks out-of-country transfers of Guantanamo detainees
US District Judge Rosemary M. Collyer late Saturday blocked out-of-country transfers of 13 Yemeni detainees held by the US at Guantanamo Bay pending a hearing on their lawyers' request for 30-days notice to allow investigation of whether they m (More) |
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Yemeni sheik convicted in long-running US terror case
A Yemeni sheik and his assistant were convicted Thursday on terror-funding charges, bringing to a close a convoluted three-year case that saw the FBI's star witness set himself on fire in front of the White House in an attempt to gain more conc (More) |
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Pentagon floats plan to cut Gitmo population by exporting detainees
The Pentagon wants to cut in half the number of detainees currently held at Guantanamo Bay by tranferring many prisoners out of the country to facilities in Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and Yemen, according to a report published in Friday's New Yor (More) |
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Joining the World Against Juvenile Executions
JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego notes that with the Supreme Court's recent ruling in Roper v. Simmons, the United States has finally joined the community of nations that says the state-sanct (More) |
Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and euthanasia
On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. The nation then became the first country to legalize euthanasia on April 1, 2002.
