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4 Apr 2006, 12:04 pm
[JURIST] A US military judge presiding over one of the military commission proceedings [US DOD backgrounder; JURIST news archive] that resumed [JURIST report] at Guantanamo Bay Tuesday appeared unsure of exactly what body of law would be applied in the case against Abdul Zahir [JURIST report], one of ten detainees who have been charged with war crimes. [read post]
31 Mar 2008, 3:24 pm
[JURIST] The US Department of Defense Monday charged [DOD press release; charge sheet, PDF] Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani [BBC profile] with several terrorism-related counts under the Military Commissions Act of 2006 [PDF text] stemming from his alleged involvement in the 1998 US embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania [US DOS backgrounder]. [read post]
2 Dec 2009, 1:38 am
[JURIST] Lawyers for former Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Ahmed Ghailani [GlobalSecurity backgrounder; JURIST news archive] have filed a motion [text, PDF] to dismiss the charges against him, according to heavily redacted court documents made public Tuesday. [read post]
12 Dec 2009, 5:40 am
[JURIST] The family of Kenyan Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Mohamed Abdulmalik has filed a lawsuit against the Kenyan government claiming that he was illegally detained, tortured, and rendered to US authorities. [read post]
20 Sep 2006, 8:37 pm
[JURIST] The 14 "high-value" terror suspects [DNI profiles, PDF] recently transferred from secret CIA prisons to Guantanamo Bay [JURIST report] are expected to face Combatant Status Review Tribunal [DOD materials] hearings in the next two to three months, according to Navy Capt. [read post]
4 May 2007, 8:56 am
[JURIST] Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Gouled Hassan Dourad [BBC profile] has denied accusations of involvement with al-Qaeda, according to a transcript [PDF text] of his April 28 hearing before a Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) [DOD materials] released by the Pentagon Friday. [read post]
31 Mar 2007, 10:07 am
[JURIST] A US military commission [JURIST news archive] at Guantanamo Bay recommended sentencing Australian detainee David Hicks [JURIST news archive] to seven years in prison late Friday but all but nine months of that were effectively suspended by a military judge under the terms of a plea agreement kept secret from the panel of military officers during its deliberations. [read post]
23 Jun 2009, 1:33 am
[JURIST] A federal judge ordered [text, PDF] the release of a Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Monday, ruling that Syrian national Abdulrahim Abdul Razak Al Ginco could not be considered a member of a terrorist organization when originally taken into custody due to the "passage of time, intervening events, or both. [read post]
9 May 2008, 5:07 am
[JURIST] US Defense Secretary Robert Gates [official profile] said Thursday that a number of current Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees would pose a new threat to the US if they were returned to their home countries. [read post]
18 Mar 2008, 7:23 am
[JURIST] Lawyers for four Kuwaiti Guantanamo Bay detainees have asked the US Court of Military Commission Review [official website] to order prosecutors not to speak to detainees without the consent of their lawyers. [read post]
21 May 2009, 6:33 am
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama [official profile] on Thursday reaffirmed [speech transcript] his commitment to closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility while upholding the rule of law by trying some detainees in federal courts and others in modified military commissions [JURIST news archives]. [read post]
9 Apr 2007, 3:27 am
[JURIST] More than a dozen prisoners at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] are being subjected to daily force-feedings as a result of a long-term hunger strike, the New York Times reported Monday, the largest such number since the beginning of 2006. [read post]
19 Sep 2006, 2:31 am
[JURIST] Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Shaker Aamer [Reprieve profile; BBC report], a UK resident held by the US since 2002, filed a motion [PDF text] in federal district court Monday seeking Aamer's release from solitary confinement, arguing that Aamer's almost year-long isolation violates the Geneva Conventions [ICRC materials], which require that prisoners be [read post]
12 Oct 2006, 3:47 am
[JURIST] The UK Court of Appeal [official website] Thursday upheld an earlier High Court ruling [text] and denied a bid [JURIST report] by the families of three Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees who were UK residents prior to their detention to require the British government to lobby the US for their release. [read post]
1 Jun 2008, 4:42 am
[JURIST] US military prosecutors Saturday charged [BBC report] the last British resident detained at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] with conspiring to commit terrorism, according to British prisoners rights group Reprieve [advocacy website]. [read post]
10 Jun 2009, 2:53 am
[JURIST] Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ghailani [GlobalSecurity backgrounder] on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to allegations of involvement in the 1998 bombings of US embassies [PBS backgrounder; JURIST news archive] in Tanzania and Kenya. [read post]
26 Sep 2009, 8:17 am
[JURIST] The Obama administration may not be able to meet the January deadline set early this year for the closure of Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive], senior administration officials said Friday. [read post]
3 Feb 2007, 1:55 am
[JURIST] The US military announced Friday it has drafted new charges against three high-profile Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees. [read post]
23 Mar 2004, 8:31 am
Geoffrey Miller, the officer in charge of the Gunatanamo Bay detention camp, found US Army Muslim chaplain James Yee guilty Monday of adultery with a female officer at Guantanamo and of storing pornographic images on his computer. [read post]
28 May 2008, 1:38 pm
The 35 were arrested at a protest [JURIST report] in front of the US Supreme Court in January, where they were demonstrating for the closure of the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive], and were indicted on charges of violating [read post]
