| JURIST Search: "kurnaz" | |
| Searching the JURIST archive... |  |
|
 |
|
House panel hears torture allegations by ex-Guantanamo detainee
May 21, 2008 by Patrick Porter
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Murat Kurnaz, a Turkish citizen born in Germany, testified Tuesday before the US House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight regarding torture he allegedly suffered while in US custody in Afghanistan and.... [more]
Kurnaz detention shows shortcomings of Guantanamo justice system [comment]
March 31, 2008 by Andrew Wood
Asim Qureshi: Two weeks after the 11th September 2001 attacks, Nihad Karsic and Almin Hardaus were kidnapped off the streets of Bosnia and flown in helicopters to a US base where they were held in a shipping container in conditions which would later perfectly resonate with those detained in A....... [more]
Ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee describes torture allegations
March 29, 2008 by Nick Fiske
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Murat Kurnaz, a Turkish citizen born in Germany, detailed his allegations that he was tortured while in US custody in Afghanistan and at Guantanamo Bay in a new interview to air Sunday on CBS' 60 Minutes. Kurnaz told 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley that he w....... [more]
Guantanamo tribunal ignored evidence clearing German-born detainee: WP
December 5, 2007 by Caitlin Price
Newly declassified court documents show that a Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) at Guantanamo Bay ignored evidence clearing German-born Turkish citizen Murat Kurnaz of terrorist connections, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. Kurnaz sued the Department of Defense in December 2006 to.... [more]
Probe into Gitmo detention of German-Turk delayed as documents withheld
March 1, 2007 by Leslie Schulman
A German probe into the US detention of Murat Kurnaz, a Turkish citizen born in Germany who was held at Guantanamo Bay for nearly five years, is being delayed because official documents are being withheld by authorities in the state of Bremen, the chairman of the government investigation.... [more]
German-Turk ex-Gitmo detainee pressing Pentagon to release secret documents
February 6, 2007 by Alexis Unkovic
Murat Kurnaz, a Turkish citizen born in Germany and formerly held at Guantanamo Bay, plans to request the release of secret military documents pertaining to his detention, according to his lawyer as reported in Wednesday's Der Tagesspiegel. Kurnaz seeks the documents in relation to a lawsuit....... [more]
German Foreign Minister denies refusing to accept German-Turk Gitmo detainee
January 23, 2007 by Lisl Brunner
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Tuesday that he was unaware of a US offer to release Guantanamo Bay detainee Murat Kurnaz, a German-born Turk, to Germany in 2002 notwithstanding a finding by a committee of the European parliament investigating CIA activity in Europe that.... [more]
Probe into Guantanamo detention of German Turk focuses on foreign minister
January 21, 2007 by Caitlin Price
Growing criticism of the circumstances behind the Guantanamo detention of German-born Turk Murat Kurnaz has focused on German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier following German media reports over the weekend. Kurnaz, arrested by US officials in Pakistan shortly after September 11, was held.... [more]
German ex-chancellor accused of 'abandoning' German-born Gitmo detainee
January 19, 2007 by JURIST Staff
Members of a German parliamentary committee investigating the detention of German-born Turk Murat Kurnaz at Guantanamo Bay alleged Thursday that the government of German ex-chancellor Gerhard Schroeder allowed him to remain a prisoner for years, even after US officials offered to release him into.... [more]
Ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee describes systematic torture
November 14, 2006 by Brett Murphy
Recently released Turkish-German Guantanamo Bay detainee Murat Kurnaz has told Turkey's CNN Turk that while he was at the US military prison he was subjected to systematic torture at the hands of US personnel, including electric shocks, having his head submerged in water and being shackled to th....... [more]
|
|
|
|