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Dennis Edney, a Canadian civilian lawyer for Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr , said Friday that his client would not work out a plea deal with the US military because...

The US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence questioned whether the secret CIA detention and interrogation program "is the best means to obtain a full and reliable intelligence debriefing of a detainee" in a report published...

Charges against Salim Hamdan under the Military Commissions Act, US Department of Defense Office of Military Commissions, approved and referred by the Convening Authority for Military Commission, May 10, 2007. Read the full text of the charge notice, the charge...

Charges against Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan have been formally referred to a military commission , according to a statement from the US Department of Defense...

The US Supreme Court Monday declined to hear a lawsuit brought by two Guantanamo Bay detainees challenging the legality of their military commissions. In Hamdan v. Gates and Khadr v. Bush , 06-1169,...

JURIST Guest Columnist Victor Hansen of New England School of Law says that the overbearing terms imposed on Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks in his recent military commission plea agreement are the product of an overly and unfairly coercive system...

The US Supreme Court Monday refused to expedite its consideration of a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Guantanamo Bay detainees seeking review of the 2006 Military Commissions Act (MCA) [PDF text;...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour Wednesday criticized a US federal appeals court ruling supporting Congressional legislation denying "enemy combatants" the right to challenge their detentions in federal court. In a...

Two Guantamano Bay detainees petitioned the US Supreme Court Tuesday to expedite its review of the 2006 Military Commissions Act (MCA) , which contains a "court-stripping" provision that prevents federal courts from hearing...

JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law, president of the National Lawyers Guild, says that the recent ruling by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals on habeas-stripping under the Military Commissions Act was erroneous and is...