Federal judge denies Afghan Guantanamo detainee habeas petition
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday denied the habeas corpus petition of Afghan Guantanamo Bay detainee Obaidullah . While Obaidullah has denied the...
Former Guantanamo detainee suing US government over torture allegations
A former Guantanamo Bay detainee filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the US military alleging that he was subjected to torture. Abdul Rahim Abdul Razak Al Ginco, a Syrian national who prefers the surname Janko,...
DC Circuit upholds broad presidential authority to detain terrorism suspects
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday that the president has broad authority to detain suspected terrorists, finding that the detention of Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee...
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Sam Sasan Shoamanesh, a legal adviser with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague and co-founder and Associate Editor of Global Brief, Canada's first international affairs magazine, says that in order for the ICC to...
A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday ordered the release of Kuwaiti Guantanamo Bay detainee Khaled Al-Mutairi. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly granted Al-Mutairi's petition for habeas...
Federal judge rules Guantanamo detainee no longer 'enemy combatant'
A federal judge ordered the release of a Guantanamo Bay detainee Monday, ruling that Syrian national Abdulrahim Abdul Razak Al Ginco could not be considered a member of a terrorist organization when originally taken...
Sierra Leone war crimes court denies Taylor motion to acquit
Judges for the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) on Monday rejected a motion for acquittal of all charges filed by lawyers for former Liberian president Charles Taylor [case materials; JURIST...
Obama administration to appeal Bagram detainees habeas ruling
The administration of US President Barack Obama will appeal a ruling made last week by Judge John Bates of the US District Court for the District of Columbia that allowed detainees being held by the...
Federal judge lets Afghanistan detainees habeas challenges proceed
Judge John Bates of the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Thursday that three detainees being held at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan can proceed with...
JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law says that instead of leaving the door open for the CIA to continue to engage in the rendition of terrorism suspects to other countries so long as the process...
