US senators introduce bill restricting Guantanamo detainee transfers
US Senator John McCain (R-AZ) , along with five cosponsors, introduced legislation Thursday that would prohibit funding for civilian trials of Guantanamo Bay detainees and place restrictions on the transfer of detainees to foreign countries....
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Wednesday condemned the assassination of Pakistani Minister for Minority Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti and expressed her opposition to Pakistan's controversial blasphemy law . Bhatti,...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday denied a petition for writ of habeas corpus of a Yemeni man currently detained at Guantanamo Bay . Judge...
US military tribunal sentences Guantanamo prisoner to 14 years
A US military tribunal on Friday sentenced Sudanese Guantanamo Bay detainee Noor Uthman Mohammed to 14 years in prison following a plea agreement in which he admitted to helping al Qaeda and...
Federal appeals court overturns Guantanamo detainee release order
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday overturned a lower court's decision to grant habeas corpus to Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Saeed Hatim, blocking his release....
Guantanamo detainee pleads guilty to terror charges before military tribunal
Sudanese Guantanamo Bay detainee Noor Uthman Mohammed pleaded guilty before a military tribunal Tuesday to terrorism charges. Mohammed entered guilty pleas to one count of providing material support of terrorism...
Rights group chides prolonged detention of UK man in Guantanamo
Amnesty International (AI) on Friday denounced the detention of British resident Shaker Aamer at Guantanamo Bay , calling it a "mockery of justice". Aamer has been held by the US since 2002 on...
A federal judge on Thursday upheld the detention of Mashur Al Sabri , a Saudi-born Yemeni citizen who was captured between Afghanistan and Pakistan and detained as an enemy combatant in December 2002. Sabri is currently...
Rights group claims Guantanamo detainee death shows failure of detention system
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) on Thursday used the death of a Guantanamo detainee to highlight what it claims are problems with the detention system currently used by the US for...
Supreme Court declines to rule on DC same-sex marriage, Guantanamo habeas cases
The US Supreme Court declined Tuesday to rule on a DC same-sex marriage referendum and a Guantanamo detainee appeal but granted certiorari in a consolidated case involving Medicaid reimbursement rates. In...
