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Canada government to accept Khadr after one year

November 2, 2010 08:06:55 AM

Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Lawrence Cannon told the House of Commons Monday that the Harper administration has agreed to accept Guantanamo Bay detainee and convicted terrorist Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST...

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Khadr sentenced by military jury

November 1, 2010 07:55:38 AM

A panel of seven senior US military officers on Sunday sentenced Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr to 40 years in prison, but Khadr will serve no more than...

October 28, 2010 09:18:26 AM

The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict urged the US on Wednesday not to imprison Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr . Radhika Coomaraswamy...

October 27, 2010 04:39:04 PM

Polish prosecutors investigating the secret CIA prison in Poland on Wednesday gave Saudi terror suspect Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri victim status, recognizing the validity of his claims that he was mistreated by...

October 25, 2010 11:14:04 AM

Former Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr on Monday pleaded guilty to all five charges against him, including conspiracy, murder and aiding the enemy. Under the terms of the...

October 20, 2010 09:51:56 AM

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday denied the habeas corpus petition of Afghan Guantanamo Bay detainee Obaidullah . While Obaidullah has denied the...

October 15, 2010 09:02:26 AM

A US military judge postponed the trial of Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr Thursday while his lawyers attempted to reach a deal exchanging a guilty plea for leniency. The military...

October 13, 2010 12:04:49 PM

The US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Tuesday heard opening statements in the first civilian trial of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee. An attorney for Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani [GlobalSecurity...

October 9, 2010 04:39:03 PM

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Wednesday that governmental interests in the protection of sensitive information supersede a detainee's request for its disclosure. The decision overturns the district court's...

October 7, 2010 08:49:22 AM

A former Guantanamo Bay detainee filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the US military alleging that he was subjected to torture. Abdul Rahim Abdul Razak Al Ginco, a Syrian national who prefers the surname Janko,...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Communist Poland bans trade union Solidarity

Communist Poland banned the trade union Solidarity on October 9, 1982, two years after the union started a large-scale strike in the Gdansk shipyard, where it was founded. Solidarity would later become instrumental in the fall of communism in Poland. The union's leader, Lech Wałęsa, was later elected the first president of post-communist Poland in 1990. Learn more about the history of Solidarity.

Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts for preaching religious freedom

On October 9, 1635, separatist Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts colony for preaching that civil government had no right to interfere in religious affairs. Read Williams' Plea for Religious Liberty.

Che Guevara executed

On October 9, 1967, communist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara was executed by Bolivian military officials for attempting to overthrow the government there. Learn more about the life of Che Guevara.

Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts for preaching religious freedom