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Guantanamo Bay
June 18, 2013 by Clay Flaherty
Guantanamo Bay was leased to the US by Cuba on February 23, 1903, as part of the Cuban-American Treaty. Although the US maintained a military presence at Guantanamo Bay since the Spanish-American War, the perpetual lease allowed the US military to construct a permanent naval base on the site. The.... [more]
US military prosecutors charge Guantanamo detainee with war crimes
June 11, 2013 by Theresa Donovan
The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Monday announced that military commission charges have been filed against Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi. Al-Hadi is an Iraqi prisoner who has been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba since 2007. The official charge sheet alleges, among other things,.... [more]
Federal appeals court blocks Florida law barring contracts with Cuba, Syria businesses
May 7, 2013 by Jaclyn Belczyk
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Monday upheld a lower court ruling blocking enforcement of a Florida law that denies government contracts to companies that do business in Cuba or Syria. The law was challenged last year by Odebrecht Construction, a Brazilian company that would.... [more]
Anti-Castro militant was acquitted of perjury charges [this day at law]
April 8, 2013 by Sarah Steers
On April 8, 2011, Luis Posada Carriles, an anti-Castro Cuban militant, was acquitted of two counts of perjury and nine counts of making false statements by a jury for the US District Court for the Western District of Texas. These charges were brought following his purported involvement in a 1976.... [more]
Guantanamo detainee requests immediate relief amid alleged mistreatment, hunger strike
March 28, 2013 by Brandon Gatto
Human rights lawyers on Tuesday filed an emergency motion in the US District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that guards at Guantanamo Bay have denied drinking water and sufficient clothing to a Yemeni prisoner. The motion was filed only a day before a fact-finding visit to the US.... [more]
President Kennedy banned all trade with Cuba [this day at law]
February 7, 2013 by Kyle Webster
On February 7, 1962, an executive order by President John F. Kennedy banning all imports and exports to and from Cuba went into full effect. This order furthered action taken against Cuba by the US Congress in the form of the Cuban Democracy Act, resulting in a near full embargo against the.... [more]
US Senate approved Treaty of Paris, effectively ending the Spanish-American War [this day at law]
February 6, 2013 by Kyle Webster
On February 6, 1899, the US Senate passed a resolution ratifying the Treaty of Paris, effectively ending the Spanish-American War. The treaty, which was drafted and originally signed in 1898 by President William McKinley, did not officially go into effect until April 11, 1899, ending the one year.... [more]
Cuba rights abuses against political opposition increasing: report
January 6, 2013 by Matthew Pomy
Dissident groups, such as the Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation, said Sunday that the Cuban government imprisoned more than 6,000 political activists last year. This is more than 2,000 more than were arrested in 2011. Most prisoners are released within a few days, but.... [more]
Venezuela will not hold a new election despite Chavez critical health
December 24, 2012 by Sarah Posner
Venezuelan official stated on Saturday that the country will not be holding a new election, even if President Hugo Chavez is unable to take office on January 10 because of his cancer. Although there is a constitutional mandate that the President be sworn in on January 10, Chavez is currently.... [more]
In Cuba: Justice in Gitmo and Across the Fence [comment]
November 16, 2012 by Jordan Barry
JURIST Guest Columnist Kathleen Doty of the American Society of International Law argues that justice has not been best served in Guantanamo Bay military trials...In August 2001, I stood inside Cuba and looked through the gate into the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay. It was an overwhelmingly.... [more]
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