Europe
UK denies extradition request for Jordanian cleric
A UK immigration court granted the appeal of Muslim cleric Abu Qatada, blocking his extradition to Jordan on the basis that he could not receive a fair trial there.
Tag: detention
Iraq
Court dismisses torture suit against Rumsfeld
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled that two US citizens cannot sue former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld for alleged torture by US soldiers in Iraq.
Watching the Shadows
ACLU urges Obama to close Gitmo in second term
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) called on US President Barack Obama early on the morning after his re-election to shut down the Guantánamo Bay military prison.
Watching the Shadows
Accused USS Cole bomber boycotts pretrial hearing
Guantánamo Bay detainee Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, accused in the USS Cole bombing, boycotted his pretrial hearing in a military tribunal at the facility.
Watching the Shadows
UK court approves extradition of terror suspects
The High Court of England and Wales approved extradition of five terror suspects to the US, after the European Court of Human Rights dismissed a challenge to the extradition.
Watching the Shadows
US transfers Gitmo detainee Khadr to Canada
Canadian citizen Omar Khadr was transferred to Canada from Guantánamo Bay to serve out the rest of his prison sentence under the authority of the Correctional Service of Canada.
Watching the Shadows
Italy high court upholds sentences of 23 former CIA agents in rendition case
An Italian court upheld the convictions of 23 former CIA officers for the 2003 kidnapping and rendition of Egyptian terror suspect Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr.
The Andes
Assange and Ecuador: no monopoly on hypocrisy
Julian Assange’s supporters accuse the media of hypocrisy in pointing to Ecuador’s sketchy record on press freedom—but come dangerously close to apologizing for repression.
Afghanistan
Taliban attack Bagram, skateboarders
Insurgents attacked Bagram Air Base outside Kabul—and a skateboarding program run by a nonprofit for Kabul youth, killing four kids.
Watching the Shadows
Guantánamo detainee dies after being found unconscious in cell
Yemeni Guantánamo Bay detainee Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif died over the weekend at a hospital on the US Navy base after guards found him unconscious in his cell.
Afghanistan
US to maintain control of foreign, new detainees at Bagram Air Base
Officials from both the US and Afghanistan say that the US military will maintain control over foreign detainees at Bagram Air Base for the indefinite future
North Africa
HRW: Bush administration engaged in torture, rendition of Qaddafi opponents
During the administration of George W. Bush, the US tortured opponents of Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi and transferred them to Libya, Human Rights Watch charges.