British resident and Iraqi citizen Bisher al-Rawi is scheduled for release from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay , according to a statement by UK Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett in Parliament Thursday. Held...
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Guantanamo detainees lose bid to force UK government to help with release
The UK Court of Appeal Thursday upheld an earlier High Court ruling and denied a bid by the families of three Guantanamo Bay detainees who were UK residents prior to their...
Lawyers argue for release of British residents held at Guantanamo
The UK Court of Appeal heard arguments Monday in a case where the families of three Guantanamo Bay detainees who were UK residents prior to their detention are seeking an order requiring the British...
Eleven African jurists were sworn-in Monday as the first members of Africa's first continent-wide human rights court, the African Court on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) , sponsored by the African Union . The swearing-in took...
Former Chadian president Hissene Habre will face trial in Senegal on charges that he committed torture, mass killings, and other abuses in the 1980s, leaders of the African Union decided at an...
Rights coalition asks African Union to compel trial of former Chad president
The Campaign Against Impunity , a group of 300 African and international civil society bodies, has urged the African Union Assembly to call on Senegal to try former Chad President Hissene Habre [HRW backgrounder; JURIST news...
Two British residents held at Guantanamo say UK assisted capture
Lawyers for two long-time British residents seized by the US and detained at Guantanamo Bay claim to have documents that indicate British officials prompted their arrests while withholding information that would have aided the two men....
