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Nov 17, 20101 min read
First Guantánamo Detainee Tried in Federal Court is Aquitted
The first former Guantánamo detainee to be tried in federal court, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, was convicted of one count of conspiracy to...
Oct 27, 20101 min read
Second Detainee Convicted Under Obama Administration
Omar Khadr, the Canadian pick up off the Afghan battlefield in 2002, when he was 15 years old, was convicted Monday as part of a plea...
Oct 21, 20102 min read
Possible Plea Deal for Canadian Detained in Guantánamo Bay
Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen held in the U.S. detention facility in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, was set to be the second detainee tried under...
Apr 7, 20101 min read
Focus Shift for Guantanamo Detainees
In Boumediene v. Bush the Supreme Court ruled that Guantanamo detainees have a right to challenge their detention.  Since Boumediene more...
Mar 3, 20101 min read
Kiyemba: Vacated and Remanded
On Monday, March 1, the Justices on the High Court vacated the D.C. Circuit Court decision in  Kiyemba v. Obama and remanded to the lower...
Feb 17, 20102 min read
Justices Deliver Order for New Kiyemba Briefs: Possible Dismissal?
On Friday, February 12 the Supreme Court Justices issued an order requesting the parties in the Kiyemba case to file new briefs by this...
Jan 22, 20101 min read
Mixed Fates for Gitmo Detainees
The Obama administration failed to close Guantanamo Bay by its January 2010 deadline. Now the administration has announced that it will...
Jan 14, 20101 min read
What We've All Been Waiting For: The Reach of Boumediene
In Boumediene v. Bush the Supreme Court held that alien enemy combatants detained in Guantanamo Bay have a right to Habeas Corpus, and...
Jan 14, 20101 min read
What We’ve All Been Waiting For: The Reach of Boumediene
In Boumediene v. Bush the Supreme Court held that alien enemy combatants detained in Guantanamo Bay have a right to Habeas Corpus, and...
Oct 15, 20091 min read
Lithuania Yet to Decide on Guantanamo Inmates
Globalsecurity.org links to an article by the RIA Novosti news service, on Lithuania’s delay to accept Guantanamo inmates. Dalia...
Oct 13, 20091 min read
Ireland Aids United States in Relocation of Gitmo Detainees
As noted in tomorrow’s online edition of the Irish Examiner, Hillary Clinton recently thanked Ireland and Taoiseach Cowen for assisting...
Oct 12, 20091 min read
Difficulties Facing the Closure of Guantanamo
As the Voice of America news agency reported earlier this week, Attorney General Holder has indicated that full closure of the Guantanamo...
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