Federal appeals court overturns two convictions of former al Qaeda media director
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Monday overturned two out of three convictions of Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman Al Bahlul , the media secretary of Osama Bin...
A US District Judge on Wednesday said that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , who is being held at a detention facility at Guantanamo Bay can answer written questions from the lawyers preparing to defend...
Pennsylvania woman sentenced to 10 years for failed terrorist plot
A judge from the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Monday sentenced American-born Colleen LaRose, also known by her self-appointed pseudonym "Jihad Jane," to 10 years in prison for following al Qaeda [JURIST...
A court in Azerbaijan on Monday convicted a group of 29 people of plotting terrorist attacks in the country. The court sentenced the group to prison terms ranging from nine years to life. The group was arrested in April...
Israel high court upholds detention without trial for suspected al Qaeda operative
The Israeli Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the detention of Samer al-Baraq without trial. Al-Baraq, a Palestinian citizen suspected of being an al Qaeda biological weapons expert, has been detained for over three years....
Federal appeals court upholds terrorism conviction for aiding al Qaeda
The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Wednesday upheld the 2011 conviction of Tarek Mehanna, who was found guilty on four terror-related charges and three charges of lying to authorities. Mehenna was accused...
Lawyers for former Guantanamo Bay inmate Omar Khadr said Friday they are appealing a Canadian court ruling that denied his habeas corpus application and held that his placement in a federal penitentiary...
US military special forces on Saturday captured Abu Anas al Libi, a suspected high-ranking operative of al Qaeda , during a raid conducted in Tripoli, Libya. US authorities allege that al Libi played a significant...
Former Guantanamo detainee Khadr to appeal terrorism conviction
A former Canadian Guantanamo prisoner is planning to appeal his US terrorism conviction, his lawyer said Sunday. Omar Khadr , who spent 10 years in Guantanamo, is currently imprisoned in a maximum security...
DC Circuit to reconsider overturned conviction of al Qaeda media director
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit agreed Tuesday to an en banc review of its January decision vacating the conspiracy conviction of Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman Al Bahlul [HRW profile;...
