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Detainee is neutral term used to indicate people held by a government, such as those it does not classify and treat as either prisoners of war or suspects in criminal cases... [ Wikipedia ]
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Evidence of torture, arbitrary detention found in Syria government centers: HRW
May 17, 2013
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday urged Syrian opposition leaders and neutral international experts to safeguard evidence of torture and arbitrary detention uncovered in government intelligence facilities in Raqqa, the first city to fall to rebel forces. HRW visited the area in April and discovered....... [more]
Release the Cleared Guantanamo Detainees to End the Hunger Strike
April 30, 2013
JURIST Guest Columnist David Frakt of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that the Obama administration should release those detainees held at Guantanamo Bay who have already been declared to not be a danger to the US...One of the most vexing problems currently facing the administration....... [more]
More than half of Guantanamo detainees now on hunger strike
April 22, 2013
The US Military confirmed on Monday that 84 of the 166 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay are on hunger strike, protesting their conditions and indefinite detention. The hunger strike began in February with just a few prisoners and has grown over the past weeks to include more than half of the detainees. A....... [more]
Senate declassified Bush administration interrogation report
April 21, 2013
On April 21, 2009, the US Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) declassified a report that described to what extent high-ranking George W. Bush administration officials were involved in subscribing to harsh interrogation policies used on prisoners of war. The release of the report followed the rele....... [more]
US has engaged in torture authorized by highest officials: report
April 16, 2013
US authorities have engaged in the torture of detainees, and the nation's "highest officials" bear some of the responsibility, according to a report released on Tuesday by the Constitution Project, a bi-partisan legal advocacy and watchdog group. The Task Force on Detainee Treatment was established....... [more]
US to notify Guantanamo prisoners' lawyers of force-feeding
April 14, 2013
Lawyers for prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay said on Monday that the US government has started to notify them when their clients participating in a hunger strike are being force-fed. The hunger strike, which has been ongoing since February, is a protest against indefinite detainment and the c....... [more]
UN rights chief calls for Guantanamo prison closure
April 5, 2013
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday called for US authorities to close down the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, emphasizing the continued indefinite incarcerations of many detainees as a clear violation of international law. Of the 166 detainees in Guantanamo, about half have bee....... [more]
Sudan to release all political detainees
April 1, 2013
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said Monday that he will release all political detainees and renew a commitment to maintain an open dialogue. The president made these statements after implementing a peace agreement with South Sudan. The rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) had b....... [more]
Yemen protesters demand release of Guantanamo detainees
April 1, 2013
Approximately 250 Yemeni demonstrators gathered Monday in front of the US Embassy in Sanna to demand the release of Yemeni detainees held at Guantanamo Bay. According to media sources, 90 out the 166 remaining Guantanamo detainees are Yemeni, and several have been detained for more than a decade....... [more]
UN rights group expresses concern about excessive detention in Brazil
March 29, 2013
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on Wednesday expressed concern about excessive detention and lack of legal assistance in Brazil, after a ten day visit to the country. The group found that Brazil regularly detains individuals for minor criminal offenses, and some detainees hav....... [more]
The Government is Using al Bahlul v. US to Maintain the Political Status Quo
March 21, 2013
JURIST Guest Columnist Shane Kadidal of the Center for Constitutional Rights argues that even if the government's petition for en banc review of al Bahlul v. US fails, it will nonetheless succeed in maintaining the political status quo of the Obama administration...There are, basically, only two way....... [more]
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