Obama urged to press UAE crown prince to remedy rights violations
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged US President Barack Obama to press United Arab Emirates (UAE) Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to act upon the worsening human rights situation...
Lawyers for prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay said on Monday that the US government has started to notify them when their clients participating in a hunger strike are being force-fed. The hunger strike , which...
Approximately 250 Yemeni demonstrators gathered Monday in front of the US Embassy in Sanna to demand the release of Yemeni detainees held at Guantanamo Bay . According to media sources, 90 out the 166 remaining Guantanamo...
Guantanamo detainee requests immediate relief amid alleged mistreatment, hunger strike
Human rights lawyers on Tuesday filed an emergency motion in the US District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that guards at Guantanamo Bay have denied drinking water and sufficient clothing to...
A coalition of international human rights groups on Monday criticized the trial of 94 activists in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) . The joint endeavor is led by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights, the International Federation...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Monday to investigate claims of torture and ill-treatment made by many of the 94 defendants in a trial on state security charges. While...
Pentagon prosecutor says review panel should hear 9/11 transparency challenge
The Pentagon's war crimes prosecutor has stated that a review panel should hear transparency challenges concerning the September 11 trial. Brigadier General, Mark Martins, who is the prosecutor at Guantanamo also insisted that the public must not...
Guantanamo detainees face harsh conditions, hunger strike: defense lawyers
Defense lawyers for terrorism detainees held at Guantanamo Bay and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) sent a letter to Rear Admiral John Smith Jr. describing harsh conditions faced by the...
UN expert urges US to publish report on Bush-era detention, rendition program
The UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism Ben Emmerson called Monday on the US government to publish the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report...
UAE begins trial of 94 activists charged in alleged coup plot
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday began the trial of 94 people charged with plotting to overthrow the government. The group of defendants includes unnamed doctors, academics, lawyers and other professionals arrested over the...
