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...
Federal judge dismisses lawsuit by former Guantanamo detainee
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit by a former Guantanamo Bay detainee alleging that he was subjected to torture....
Federal appeals court dismisses former Guantanamo detainees' habeas petitions
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday ruled that two former Guantanamo detainees cannot continue to litigate their habeas corpus petitions and refused to order the Government to rescind...
Former Guantanamo detainee suing Egypt regime officials over torture allegations
A former Guantanamo Bay detainee announced Friday that he is suing members of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's regime over allegations that he was tortured by the government while in Egyptian custody. Mamdouh Habib, an Australian...
Former Guantanamo detainee suing US government over torture allegations
A former Guantanamo Bay detainee filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the US military alleging that he was subjected to torture. Abdul Rahim Abdul Razak Al Ginco, a Syrian national who prefers the surname Janko,...
ACLU renews calls for Bush-era detainee 'torture' investigation
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Tuesday called on the Obama administration to stop shielding Bush administration officials from civil suit and criminal prosecution in relation to the treatment of detainees in US custody....
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Adel Hassan Hamad filed suit in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington Wednesday against the US government and more than a dozen...
Ex-Guantanamo prisoners in Sudan demand compensation and apology
A Sudanese aid worker formerly held at Guantanamo Bay was among a group of ex-prisoners that demanded money and an apology from the US government Saturday for physical and mental torture they say they were subjected...
Second US Army officer asserts bias in Guantanamo detainee tribunals
A second US Army officer who sat on Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRTs) at Guantanamo Bay has made an affidavit criticizing the panels for being inconsistent and biased towards the government. Attorneys...
JURIST Special Guest Columnist William Teesdale, an attorney in the Federal Public Defenders Office in Portland, Oregon representing Guantanamo detainee Adel Hamad, a Sudanese national transferred to Guantanamo in early 2003 from Pakistan, says that on the fifth anniversary of...
