Search Results for: jawad

Obama administration may bring more Guantanamo detainees to US

July 25, 2009 08:43:00 AM

The Obama administration is considering transferring more Guantanamo Bay detainees to the US, according to testimony Friday by US Defense Department General Counsel Jeh Charles Johnson to the the House Armed Services Committee . Some...

July 20, 2009 01:37:00 PM

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday ordered the suppression of all out-of-court statements made by Guantanamo detainee Mohammed Jawad that may have...

July 17, 2009 03:53:00 PM

Saki Bacha v. Obama, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, July 17, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's...

July 16, 2009 01:36:00 PM

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) stated on Wednesday that they do not oppose a motion to suppress the allegedly torture-induced confession of Guantanamo detainee Mohammed Jawad . Jawad's...

June 30, 2009 01:10:00 PM

A federal judge on Monday dismissed a habeas corpus challenge brought by Afghan national Haji Wazir detained at Bagram Air Base without charges since 2002. Judge John Bates of the US District Court for...

June 19, 2009 10:17:00 AM

Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki created a special committee Thursday to investigate alleged abuse and torture in the country's prisons. Comprised of eight members, the committee reportedly includes representatives from human...

June 17, 2009 08:19:00 AM

Iraqi Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani said Tuesday that more than 40 police officers face charges following an investigation that revealed abuses in the country's prisons and criminal justice system. Among the alleged abuses, police are believed to...

June 2, 2009 10:32:00 AM

A federal court on Monday stayed habeas corpus challenges brought by three detainees held at Bagram Air Base pending appeal. Judge John Bates of the US District Court for the District of Columbia...

May 26, 2009 08:34:00 AM

US military lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Jawad asked the Supreme Court of Afghanistan Monday to demand his release from the facility. The lawyers have petitioned the Afghan...

April 30, 2009 09:18:00 AM

Lawyers for two Guantanamo Bay detainees who were captured as juveniles called for their release Wednesday, the same day as the UN Security Council held an open meeting on children in armed conflict. Lawyers...

READ MORE ▸

Newest
Newer

…

Older
Oldest

THIS DAY @ LAW

UK parliament rejected J.S. Mill's proposal to give women the vote

On May 20, 1867, the British Parliament rejected by 196-73 an amendment to the 1867 Reform Act presented by John Stuart Mill that would have permitted women to vote. Review Mill's 1869 work The Subjection of Women.

Supreme Court applies Free Exercise Clause to state governments

On May 20, 1940, the United States Supreme Court held that the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment applied to state governments in Cantwell v. Connecticut under the incorporation doctrine, which applied the protections of the Bill of Rights to state governments through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Learn more about the Incorporation Doctrine from the Cornell Law Schools' Legal Information Institute.