Former Blackwater guards sentenced for killing Iraqi civilians
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday sentenced a former Blackwater security contractor to life in prison and three others to 30 years for the killing of unarmed Iraqi civilians...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Colombia Circuit on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by a former Guantanamo detainee against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld . According to the original...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday affirmed the district court's denial of a writ of habeas corpus for Guantanamo detainee Abdul Razak Ali. Ali, who was captured in...
Federal appeals court rules no jurisdiction in former Guantanamo detainee lawsuit
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that the Detainee Treatment Act prevents the court from having jurisdiction over a former Guantanamo Bay detainee's lawsuit for damages. Adel...
District judge orders release of mentally ill Guantanamo detainee
On Friday, Judge Royce Lamberth for the US District Court for the District of Columbia ordered the release of Guantanamo Bay prisoner Ibrahim Idris , who suffers from a severe mental illness. Idris, originally...
Federal judge affirms denial of habeas petition for Guantanamo detainee
A federal judge for the US District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday affirmed a denial of a petition for habeas corpus from Guantanamo Bay detainee Khirullah Khairkhwa...
Federal judge rejects new restrictions on Guantanamo detainees' access to counsel
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday rejected new restrictions on lawyers representing Guantanamo Bay detainees who have had their habeas corpus challenges denied or dismissed....
Federal judge skeptical about new Guantanamo access to counsel restrictions
The US District Court for the District of Columbia held a hearing Friday regarding a challenge to new restrictions on lawyers representing Guantanamo Bay detainees who have had their habeas corpus challenges denied or dismissed....
DOJ argues continued attorney access at Guantanamo is government decision
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday filed a brief with the US District Court for the District of Columbia asserting that the government should decide when a Guantanamo Bay ...
Iran ordered to pay $44.6 million to US marines injured in 1983 Beirut attacks
A federal judge on Wednesday awarded $44.6 million from Iran to two US marines and their families as a result of injuries sustained in the 1983 suicide-truck bombing on American barracks in Beirut, Lebanon . Relying...
