The CIA announced that the agency will no longer use secret overseas prisons to hold terrorism suspects—but the Obama administration has not officially abandoned the practice of “rendition.”
US military judge Colonel Patrick Parrish ruled April 7 that Pentagon officials lacked the authority to dismiss Lieutenant Commander William Kuebler as defense counsel for Canadian Guantánamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr. Chief defense counsel Colonel Peter Masciola reassigned Kuebler earlier… Read moreGitmo defendant Omar Khadr’s lawyer reinstated by military judge
A US appeals court ruled that courts cannot prevent the government from transferring Guantánamo detainees to foreign countries on the grounds that they may face prosecution or torture.
Medical professionals violated codes of medical ethics by participating in and assisting in ill-treatment of Guantánamo Bay detainees, says a report by the International Committee of the Red Cross.
The US Navy reassigned William Kuebler, a military lawyer defending Guantánamo detainee Omar Khadr, after he filed a complaint against an official overseeing the case.
French President Nicholas Sarkozy said his country will accept one Guantánamo Bay detainee in a symbolic effort to aid the closure of the detention center.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said he is willing to accept detainees from the Guantánamo Bay military prison. But his ally China is demanding extradition of the 17 Uighurs detained at Gitmo.
Our March issue featured stories on new challenges to the Pentagon’s Afghanistan operation, fears of Mexico’s imminent destabilization, and NAFTA’s hidden military agenda. Our multiple-choice March Exit Poll was: Which will be Obama’s biggest foreign policy challenge? We received 17… Read moreObama’s biggest foreign policy challenge: our readers write
Former US State Department lawyer Vijay Padmanabhan publicly criticized the administration of ex-president Bush for approving the use of torture against terrorism suspects.
Human Rights Watch called for the US and Yemen to agree on a repatriation plan that provides “meaningful legal process” for the nearly 100 Yemeni detainees still at Guantánamo Bay.
Crusading Spanish judge Baltazar Garzon has asked prosecutors to investigate the US lawyers reportedly behind the establishment of the Guantánamo Bay detention center.
A US judge in New York March 27 ordered the CIA to release reports on the destruction of 92 videotapes of terrorism suspect interrogations within 30 days or explain why it should not do so.
