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14 Nov 2006, 6:44 am
[JURIST] Recently released Turkish-German Guantanamo Bay detainee Murat Kurnaz [Amnesty profile] has told Turkey's CNN Turk [media website, in Turkish] that while he was at the US military prison he was subjected to systematic torture at the hands of US personnel, including electric shocks, having his head submerged in water and being shackled to the ceiling for days at a time. [read post]
26 Jan 2008, 3:32 pm
[JURIST] A Sudanese aid worker formerly held at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] was among a group of ex-prisoners that demanded money and an apology from the US government Saturday for physical and mental torture they say they were subjected to at the prison. [read post]
1 Nov 2009, 1:48 am
[JURIST] Six Chinese Uighur Guantanamo Bay detainees [JURIST news archive] were transferred [press release] to the Republic of Palau [CIA backgrounder] Saturday, according to the US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website]. [read post]
3 Feb 2009, 4:02 am
[JURIST] Six detainees from the Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] military prison, including three Uighurs, are seeking refugee status in Canada with the support of Canadian sponsors. [read post]
2 Mar 2008, 8:24 am
[JURIST] Algerian Justice Minister Tayeb Belaiz on Sunday confirmed that officials from the country had visited the US base at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] to identify Algerian detainees, and said that although the country would accept repatriation of the 17 still held there, some may face criminal charges upon their return. [read post]
7 Jan 2010, 10:40 am
[JURIST] An official from the US Department of Defense (DOD) [official website] said Wednesday that about one in five detainees freed from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] have returned to terrorist activities, according to a new Pentagon report. [read post]
9 Jul 2004, 6:56 am
Following up on a story reported Thursday on JURIST's Paper Chase, Navy secretary Gordon England said Friday that all of the 594 detainees at Guantanamo Bay will be informed next week of their right to challenge their detention in US courts and their option of a military review. [read post]
6 May 2008, 5:30 am
[JURIST] Five Afghan detainees freed from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] last week have been taken to Pul-i-Charkhe prison outside the capital Kabul and will likely face trial, Al Jazeera reported Tuesday. [read post]
20 Feb 2009, 7:50 am
[JURIST] The UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) [official website] said Friday that the US has agreed to return [press release] UK resident and Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Binyam Mohamed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] to the country as soon as his transfer can be arranged. [read post]
20 Jul 2005, 2:52 pm
[JURIST] Saudi Arabia announced Wednesday that the United States has returned three Saudi detainees from the Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detention facility. [read post]
29 Jun 2006, 7:46 pm
[JURIST] Lawyers for Omar Khadr [JURIST news archive], the Canadian citizen who is detained at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] and charged with killing a US Special Forces soldier in Afghanistan, said Thursday they will seek his extradition to Canada. [read post]
15 Oct 2006, 2:41 am
Carol Joyce has ordered a top Marine Corps lawyer and a paralegal to refrain from speaking with the press concerning allegations of widespread abuse of prisoners by guards at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive], a military spokesperson confirmed Saturday. [read post]
8 Apr 2010, 10:58 am
[JURIST] Former Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Adel Hassan Hamad [advocacy website] filed suit [complaint, PDF] in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington [official website] Wednesday against the US government and more than a dozen government officials. [read post]
13 Feb 2004, 5:53 am
In remarks in Miami Friday, US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said that detainees held by the US at Guantanamo Bay Cuba will be allowed to appeal their detentions to a review board that would meet annually to determine whether they remained a threat to the United States or could be released. [read post]
29 Jan 2009, 6:44 am
[JURIST] The chief judge for US military commissions [DOD materials] at the Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detention center rejected [order and defense response, PDF] Thursday the request of government prosecutors to delay the proceedings against alleged USS Cole plotter Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri [GlobalSecurity profile; JURIST news archive]. [read post]
25 Feb 2004, 1:06 pm
Making good on an agreement with the Danish government finalized last week, the US Wednesday announced the transfer to Danish custody of a Danish national formerly imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. [read post]
19 May 2007, 2:31 am
[JURIST] The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) [advocacy website] has filed a lawsuit on behalf of 16 lawyers who once represented Guantanamo Bay detainees to force US government agencies to turn over recordings allegedly made of the lawyers while meeting with their clients. [read post]
11 Sep 2009, 8:25 am
[JURIST] Military lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee and alleged 9/11 co-conspirator Ramzi bin al-Shibh [JURIST news archives] on Wednesday asked [petition, PDF] the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] to declare the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA) [text, PDF] unconstitutional. [read post]
13 Nov 2006, 5:53 am
[JURIST] The head of the independent Human Rights Moroccan Center announced plans Monday to appeal a Moroccan court's conviction [JURIST report] of three former Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees accused of involvement in terrorism. [read post]
20 May 2008, 7:51 pm
[JURIST] The US has been unable to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] because it has been stymied by legal and practical questions about what to do with the center's detainees, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates [official profile] said at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing [recorded video] Tuesday. [read post]
