Rights group warns McCain torture ban may be undercut by Graham amendment
New York-based human rights Human Rights Watch warned Friday that the McCain Amendment prohibiting the cruel and inhumane treatment of US-held detainees that was finally endorsed Thursday by a reluctant Bush administration could yet be...
Retired US judges urge Congress not to limit court review of Gitmo detentions
A group of 12 retired federal judges on Thursday urged US lawmakers not to pass legislation that would strip federal courts of the power to hear habeas corpus claims brought by detainees held at the US...
Republicans to move on legislation streamlining death penalty cases
Congressional Republicans on Wednesday said they planned to move forward with the Streamlined Procedures Act of 2005 , legislation aimed at speeding up executions in the US by limiting the number of appeals that can be made by...
JURIST Guest Columnist Brian Foley of Florida Coastal School of Law says that the Senate compromise on the Graham Amendment limiting judicial review for Guantanamo detainees leaves the way open for grave mistakes and injustices that may further damage America's...
US Senate passes compromise on Gitmo detainee federal court access
The US Senate on Tuesday passed a compromise amendment to the 2006 Defense Appropriations Bill that would curtail, but not totally cut off, Guantanamo Bay detainees' access to the federal court system...
Senate to vote on compromise allowing Gitmo detainees to challenge detentions
The US Senate is set to vote Tuesday on a compromise offered by senators in response to last Thursday's 49-42 vote to deny Guantanamo prisoners habeas corpus access to federal courts in order...
Bush bill conditions Nepal assistance on civil liberties, UN access to detainees
President Bush is set to sign a bill this week providing for US military assistance to Nepal if its government "has restored civil liberties, is protecting human rights, and has demonstrated, through dialogue with Nepal's...
Senate may revisit ban on court access for Guantanamo detainees
The US Senate may reconsider Thursday's 49-42 vote to deny Guantanamo prisoners habeas corpus access to federal courts to contest their detentions as early as next week, according to negotiators on the issue. Sen. Jeff...
Text of Senate Amendment 2516 to S. 1042 (the 2006 defense appropriations bill), US Senate, November 10, 2005 [blocking Guantanamo Bay detainees from challenging their imprisonment in US federal courts, save for claims may brought in the DC Circuit to...
Graham proposes barring foreign terror suspects from US courts
US Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has proposed legislation that would block suspected foreign terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay from using US courts to challenge their detentions. The amendment to the 2006 defense appropriations bill...
