The Legacy of Guantanamo Bay

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The Legacy of Guantanamo Bay

Zachariah Rivenbark

August 31, 2014 03:04:00 pm

08/20/2014: Ex-Guantanamo detainee appealed conviction

07/03/2014: Guantanamo Bay detainees filed motion for religious prayer

06/10/2014: Federal appeals court dismissed Guantanamo detainee lawsuit

06/02/2014: Pentagon approved war crimes trial for al Qaeda leader

05/31/2014: Final known US prisoner of war released in exchange for Guantanamo detainees

05/22/2014: US judge allowed force feeding of Guantanamo prisoner to continue

04/28/2014: Guantanamo prosecutor fought release of classified information to defense

04/07/2014: HRW urged US to expedite the return of cleared Guantanamo detainees

03/20/2014: Uruguay president agreed to take five Guantanamo prisoners

02/25/2014: UK police arrested former Guantanamo detainee on Syria terrorism charges

THIS DAY @ LAW

Supreme Court upheld wartime detention of Japanese-Americans

On December 18, 1944, the US Supreme Court decided Korematsu v. United States, upholding the wartime relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps. Read Executive Order 9066, issued by President Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, under which the internments were authorized. View photos from the Japanese American internment camps, collected by the University of Utah Library.

International Migrants Day

December 18 is International Migrants Day, marking the 1990 adoption of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.