The CIA transferred several high-profile prisoners to Guantánamo in 2003, only to transfer them back to the agency’s secret prison network so they would not be entitled to access to US courts, AP reports.
The ACLU and Center for Constitutional Rights are challenging the government’s Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT) program, under which Anwar al-Awlaqi has been targeted for death.
A federal judge in Washington DC granted the habeas corpus petition of Yemeni citizen Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif and ordered his immediate release from the Guantánamo Bay facility.
US senators are demanding that BP face a criminal investigation into its possible role in freeing convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi as a kickback for a Libyan oil deal.
The US Supreme Court declined to review a decision allowing the transfer of Gitmo detainee Farhi Saeed bin Mohammed to Algeria, despite his fears of torture at the hands of the authorities.
The state of Rhineland-Palatinate announced that two Guantánamo Bay detainees accepted by Germany will be confined for at least a year while undergoing “integration training.”
US Judge John G. Koeltl decided to increase the sentence of attorney Lynne Stewart, 70, from 28 months to 10 years, citing her lack of remorse for distributing a client’s press release.
A federal judge ordered the release of Guantánamo Bay detainee Mohammed Odaini to his homeland of Yemen, despite the Obama administration’s ban on repatriation to the Arab nation.
The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the section of the PATRIOT Act criminalizing speech on behalf of groups designated “terrorist organizations” does not violate the First Amendment.
The DC Circuit Court of Appeals denied a habeas corpus petition for Yemeni Gitmo detainee Adham Mohammed Ali Awad, allowing for his continued incarceration by the US.
Physicians for Human Rights is presenting evidence that doctors and officials performed human experimentation and research on individuals in CIA detention, in violation of the Nuremberg Code.
A Spanish prosecutor requested arrest warrants for 13 CIA agents who allegedly kidnapped a German citizen of Lebanese descent as part of the Bush administration’s “rendition” program.
