US military policeman sues Pentagon for beating by comrades during Gitmo training
Spc. Sean Baker, an ex-US military policeman, has sued the Pentagon alleging that his constitutional rights were violated during an assault by fellow soldiers in a January 2003 training session that went awry in Guantanamo Bay. Baker...
Supreme Court declines to hear "enemy combatant" status challenge
In a significant denial of certiorari Monday, the US Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge by accused "dirty bomber" Jose Padilla to his status as an enemy combatant after Padilla asked...
Lawyer for Australian Gitmo detainee says charges have no basis in international law
A lawyer for Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks said Wednesday that he has secured opinions from several international lawyers concluding that the US government's terror-related charges against Hicks have no foundation in international law. Hicks,...
President Bush and Afghan president reach no deal on prisoners, raids
President Bush and Afghan President Hamid Karzai met in the White House East Room Monday to discuss US military operations in Afghanistan . The leaders were able to agree on a joint declaration that US...
Afghan president wants custody of prisoners after US abuse report
Afghan president Hamid Karzai said Saturday that he wants custody of all Afghan prisoners after being "shocked" by US newspaper reports of prisoner abuse released Friday. The US has over 500 Taliban and other prisoners...
Former Gitmo detainees held at Pakistani prison without charge
A leading Pakistan daily reported Friday that 40 detainees released from US detention at Guantanamo Bay have been held without charges at Rawalpindi's Adiala prison for the past eight months. Pakistani law currently allows the detention of "Indian agents"...
Lawmaker calls for hearings into "faked" Gitmo interrogations
US Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) Wednesday called on House Judiciary Committee chairman James Sensenbrenner Jr. to hold hearings to probe recent allegations that the military staged interrogations at Guantanamo Bay to deceive visiting lawmakers. Schiffs...
Some 85 prisoners were released from US detention facilities in Afghanistan Sunday after being brought to the Afghan Supreme Court in Kabul, where they swore allegiance to the government in a short ceremony. The prisoners from the south of...
Members of the US Senate Intelligence Committee told senior Bush administration officials Wednesday that lack of disclosure regarding enforcement of the Patriot Act was hurting efforts to renew 15 key provisions set to expire at the end...
A prominent Islamic scholar was convicted Tuesday by a Virginia jury on 10 counts of encouraging his followers to fight a holy war against the US and join the Taliban in the wake of the...
