West Africa stability threatened by organized crime, drug trafficking: UN
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Tuesday for an increase in efforts to curb transnational organized crime, drug trafficking and piracy in West Africa. In an address to the UN Security Council ,...
Guantanamo detainee files complaint against Lithuania in Europe rights court
Lawyers for a Guantanamo Bay detainee and alleged al Qaeda facilitator on Thursday filed a case against Lithuania in the European Court of Human Rights for torture and secret detention at a CIA-run location...
Federal appeals court denies habeas for Yemeni Guantanamo detainee
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday affirmed a lower court's decision confirming that Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Musa'ab Omar al-Madhwani is lawfully detained for being part of al...
WikiLeaks on Sunday began publishing The Guantanamo Files , a collection of more than 700 classified documents relating to the evidence and treatment of almost all detainees held at Guantanamo Bay between 2002 and...
US senators introduce bill restricting Guantanamo detainee transfers
US Senator John McCain (R-AZ) , along with five cosponsors, introduced legislation Thursday that would prohibit funding for civilian trials of Guantanamo Bay detainees and place restrictions on the transfer of detainees to foreign countries....
Federal appeals court overturns Guantanamo detainee release order
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday overturned a lower court's decision to grant habeas corpus to Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Saeed Hatim, blocking his release....
The military trial of Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr was suspended Friday, following the collapse of his lawyer during opening testimony. The lawyer, Lt.-Colonel Jon Jackson, was airlifted to mainland...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday overturned a decision that granted the habeas corpus petition of Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed al-Adahi. In reversing the decision,...
US prosecutors charge 2 New York residents with providing material support to al Qaeda
The US government on Friday charged two Brooklyn men with conspiracy to provide material support to al Qaeda . The two men allegedly received at least $50,000 for...
Federal jury convicts Pakistani woman of attempted murder of US personnel
A jury in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday convicted Aafia Siddiqui , a Pakistani woman with alleged ties to al Qaeda, on charges of attempting to murder...
