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Federal judge refuses to drop charges against ex-Guantanamo detainee

May 11, 2010 10:59:22 AM

A federal judge on Monday refused to dismiss criminal charges against former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ghailani , despite his lawyers claims that he had been tortured in prison. Judge Lewis Kaplan of the US...

May 11, 2010 10:31:52 AM

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has confirmed the existence of a secret detention facility at Bagram Air Base , according to a Tuesday BBC News report . The BBC reported...

May 7, 2010 11:10:36 AM

A UN official on Thursday urged the US and Canada to respect international convention and release Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr into Canadian custody. UN Special Representative for Children and...

May 6, 2010 02:09:24 PM

A federal judge ruled Thursday that former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ghailani must attend the opening of his trial, requiring him to submit to strip searches he claims are traumatic. Judge...

May 6, 2010 10:47:08 AM

JURIST Special Guest Columnist Shayana Kadidal, senior managing attorney of the Guantanamo project at the Center for Constitutional Rights, says the question of whether the government can criminally prosecute an attorney for representing a client said by the executive to...

May 5, 2010 10:19:43 AM

Ken Gude "Spain is leading the way among US allies in assisting the Obama administration in the critical counterterrorism mission to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. With domestic...

May 4, 2010 12:45:09 PM

The England and Wales Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday that state intelligence agencies cannot use secret evidence in their defense against abuse accusations by Binyam Mohamed and several other UK...

May 4, 2010 11:33:09 AM

Spain Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos announced Tuesday that the country has accepted its second Guantanamo Bay detainee. The man, a Yemeni citizen, arrived in Spain Tuesday and will be...

April 30, 2010 04:24:33 PM

Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr on Friday refused for the second straight day to attend preliminary hearings relating to his pending murder and terrorism charges , claiming he is...

April 30, 2010 03:11:00 PM

Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr on Friday refused for the second straight day to attend preliminary hearings relating to his pending murder and terrorism charges , claiming he is...

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