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Federal judge orders release of Algerian held at Guantanamo
November 21, 2009
[JURIST] A federal judge on Friday ordered the release [order, PDF] of Algerian Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Farhi Saeed Bin Mohammed. Judge Gladys Kessler directed the government to "take all necessary and approrpriate steps to facilitate [Fari Saeed's] release forthwith." The orde....... [more]
UK court orders release of details of ex-Guantanamo detainee's treatment
November 19, 2009
[JURIST] The UK High Court ruled [judgment text] Thursday that the details of the detention of Binyam Mohamed [JURIST news archive] in Pakistan in 2002 must be released. This most recent decision is the latest in a series of back and forth rulings on whether redacted materials regarding Mohamed's de....... [more]
Federal judge rules against military lawyers for former Guantanamo detainee
November 19, 2009
[JURIST] A federal judge on Wednesday ruled [opinion, PDF] that former Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Ahmed Ghailani [GlobalSecurity backgrounder; JURIST news archive] does not have a right to be represented by his military defense lawyers in a civilian court. Military lawyers Colonel....... [more]
Senate defeats amendment to block funds for holding Guantanamo detainees in US
November 18, 2009
[JURIST] The US Senate [official website] on Tuesday rejected an attempt to bar using federal funds to build or modify prisons in the US to hold detainees from Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive]. By a mostly party-line 57-43 vote [roll call vote], the Senate defeated an amendment [S AMDT 2774 text....... [more]
Obama adminstration to open new Bagram detention facility
November 16, 2009
[JURIST] International human rights officials toured the new US detention facility in Parwan, Afghanistan, at the edge of Bagram Air Base [official website] on Sunday. The new facility [NYT report], which has room for 1,400 detainees, is part of the Obama administration's wider efforts to improve it....... [more]
Illinois Democrats favor transferring Guantanamo detainees to local prison
November 16, 2009
[JURIST] Illinois Governor Pat Quinn (D) and US Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) [official websites] expressed support [press release] Sunday for the Obama administration's proposal to move Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees to a facility in Northwestern Illinois. The Obama administration is r....... [more]
US defense department head bars public disclosure of detainee abuse photos
November 16, 2009
[JURIST] US Defense Secretary Robert Gates [official profile] on Friday invoked his authority to bar public disclosure of about 40 photos depicting the abuse of Afghan and Iraqi detainees by US soldiers. The move was followed by a notification and request by the Obama administration asking the US Su....... [more]
Illinois prison may be used to house Guantanamo detainees: reports
November 15, 2009
[JURIST] While House officials are considering purchasing a prison facility in northwestern Illinois to house terrorism suspects currently being held at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive], according to media reports Saturday. The Thomson Correctional Facility [IDOC backgrounder], a maximum securit....... [more]
Khadr likely to face military commission: Holder
November 13, 2009
[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official website] said Friday that Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] will likely be tried in the US military commission [JURIST news archive] system. Speaking during a news conference Friday after announcing [JURIST....... [more]
Guantanamo detainee appealing suspension of habeas corpus proceedings
November 12, 2009
[JURIST] A Tajikistan native held at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] has challenged [appellate brief, PDF] a federal judge's decision to suspend his habeas corpus proceedings after he was cleared for transfer to Tajikistan. Umar Hamzayevich Abdulayev alleges that Judge Reggie Walton of the US D....... [more]
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| | DOD/CIA Guantanamo interrogation documents ruling [US DC]
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| | DOD detainee documents release ruling [2nd Circuit]
January 5, 2009 | |
| | US detainee photographs release ruling [2nd Circuit]
September 22, 2008 | |
| | Guantanamo detainee abuse affidavit [USMC]
October 6, 2006 | |
| | US Soldiers' Accounts of Detainee Abuse in Iraq [HRW]
July 23, 2006 | |
| | FOIA DOD records on prisoner abuse by US personnel [ACLU]
May 2, 2006 | |
| | FOIA DOD records on prisoner abuse by US personnel [ACLU]
September 16, 2005 | |
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