International human rights officials toured the new US detention facility in Parwan, Afghanistan, at the edge of Bagram Air Base on Sunday. The new facility , which has room for 1,400 detainees, is part of the...
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Rights group urges US government to reform Afghanistan detainee policy
The US should reform its detention policy at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan in order to combat counterinsurgency, according to a report released Thursday by Human Rights First (HRF) . HRF...
Federal judge rules against releasing Guantanamo interrogation documents
A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia refused Friday to force the Department of Defense (DOD) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to release non-redacted versions of documents that...
A US military judge on Wednesday granted a government request to further postpone hearings for Saudi Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al Darbi . Chief judge for military commissions Colonel James Pohl set...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking information related to the treatment of prisoners at the US detention facility at Bagram Air Base in...
New US guidelines for Afghan prison will allow prisoners to challenge detention
The Obama administration is preparing to issue new guidelines for the US detention facility at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan that would allow detainees to oppose their indefinite incarceration, according to media reports Sunday....
British government must release names of unidentified Bagram rendition victims
Clare Algar : "It is really extraordinary that the British government is relying on the Data Protection Act to avoid disclosing the identities of those in whose renditions it was complicit. Imagine, if you will, a kidnapper who...
Rights group suing UK government over rendition of terrorism suspects to Bagram
UK human rights group Reprieve announced Monday that it is initiating legal action against the British government over the rendition of two terrorism suspects to Afghanistan. The two men were arrested by...
Federal judge rules Pakistan woman alleged to be al Qaeda agent fit to stand trial
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday ruled that Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman with alleged ties to al Qaeda, is mentally competent to stand trial....
US military recommends overhaul of Afghanistan prison system: report
A US military study has recommended a complete overhaul of both the US-run and Afghan-run prisons in Afghanistan, the New York Times reported Sunday. After prison conditions continued to deteriorate, and a January report by the UN...