UK appeals court blocks terror deportations to Jordan, Libya
April 9, 2008
[JURIST] The Court of Appeal in London Wednesday blocked two separate orders to extradite two terror suspects to Libya and another convicted terrorist to Jordan, citing concerns that they would face torture and be denied a fair trial on arrival. The ruling overturned a February 2007 decision.... [more] 
Bush administration seeks to exempt Libya from state-sponsored terror lawsuits
March 25, 2008
[JURIST] The Bush administration has asked Congress to shield Libya [JURIST news archive] from a measure in the newly-passed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 [HR 4986 materials; JURIST report] that would allow victims of state-sponsored terrorism to sue for that country's.... [more]
Federal judge orders Libya to pay $6B to US victims of 1989 air bombing
January 16, 2008
[JURIST] US District Judge Henry Kennedy ruled [PDF text] Tuesday that the Libyan government and six Libyan officials should pay more than $6 billion in damages [plaintiff press release] to families of seven Americans who died in the 1989 bombing of French passenger jet UTA Flight 772 [BBC.... [more]
Former Guantanamo detainees released from UK custody
December 20, 2007
[JURIST] Three former UK residents held at Guantanamo Bay who were released [press release] from US custody Wednesday and then detained by UK authorities [JURIST report] the same day on their arrival home were released from UK custody Thursday. Libyan Omar Deghayes and Algerian Abdennour Sameur.... [more]
UK residents released from Guantanamo detained on arrival
December 19, 2007
[JURIST] Three UK residents [JURIST news archive] released Wednesday from Guantanamo Bay were detained by UK authorities when they arrived in the UK later in the day. Libyan Omar Deghayes and Algerian Abdennour Sameur were arrested and Jordanian Jamil el Banna was detained under the UK Terrorism.... [more]
Libya foreign minister denies HIV case torture claim
December 14, 2007
[JURIST] Libyan Foreign Minister Abdel-Rahman Shalqam Friday denied that Libya engages in torture in response to a lawsuit filed [JURIST report] Wednesday by a Palestinian doctor detained in Libya after being accused of deliberately infected hundreds of children with the HIV virus. Ashraf Jima.... [more]
Palestinian doctor files French lawsuit against Gaddafi over alleged Libya torture
December 13, 2007
[JURIST] A Palestinian doctor detained in Libya for eight years after being accused of deliberately infected hundreds of children with the HIV virus Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi [official website], alleging that he was tortured during his detention. Ashraf Jima.... [more]
Four UK residents detained at Guantanamo to be released
December 7, 2007
[JURIST] Four of the five UK residents being detained at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] are scheduled to be released, the BBC reported Friday. Jordanian Jamil el Banna, Libyan Omar Deghayes and Algerian Abdennour Sameur will return to the UK, while Saudi Arabian Shaker Abdur-Raheem Aamer.... [more]
UN Human Rights Committee urges Libya to end torture
November 2, 2007
[JURIST] The UN Human Rights Committee [official website] Friday called on Libya to end the use of torture [UN materials, PDF] and to investigate torture allegations by five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor who had been detained in Libya for eight years on suspicions that they.... [more]
DOD transfers 8 more detainees from Guantanamo Bay
October 1, 2007
[JURIST] Eight more detainees have been transferred from Guantanamo Bay [press release], the US Defense Department said Sunday. According to the DOD announcement, six detainees were transferred to Afghanistan, one was transferred to Libya and one to Yemen. The names of the eight men were not.... [more]
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