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Khadr likely to face military commission: Holder
November 13, 2009
[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official website] said Friday that Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] will likely be tried in the US military commission [JURIST news archive] system. Speaking during a news conference Friday after announcing [JURIST....... [more] 
House passes amendments to Military Commissions Act
October 9, 2009
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] on Thursday passed a bill [HR 2647 materials] that amends the Military Commissions Act of 2006 [text, PDF] to provide suspected terrorists with greater due process rights. The Military Commissions Act of 2009 [text, PDF] was approved by a v....... [more]
Military judge grants further delay in Guantanamo trial
September 24, 2009
[JURIST] A US military judge on Wednesday granted a government request to further postpone hearings for Saudi Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al Darbi [DOD materials]. Chief judge for military commissions Colonel James Pohl set a January 11, 2010 date [Miami H....... [more]
Guantanamo detainee lawyers challenge constitutionality of military commissions
September 11, 2009
[JURIST] Military lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee and alleged 9/11 co-conspirator Ramzi bin al-Shibh [JURIST news archives] on Wednesday asked [petition, PDF] the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] to declare the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA) [te....... [more]
Australia High Court rules military justice system unconstitutional
August 26, 2009
[JURIST] The High Court of Australia [official website] ruled [judgment text] Wednesday that the Australian Military Court (AMC) [Department of Defence backgrounder] is unconstitutional. The High Court held that the AMC employed the judicial power of the Commonwealth while AMC judges functioned with....... [more]
Terrorism trials should be held in US federal courts: rights group
July 24, 2009
[JURIST] Terrorism suspects should be prosecuted in US federal courts [press release] instead of military commissions, according to a report [text, PDF] released Thursday by Human Rights First [advocacy website]. The report, prepared by two former federal prosecutors, claims that the civilian court....... [more]
Guantanamo prosecutors seek delays in pending trials
July 16, 2009
[JURIST] Military prosecutors at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] on Wednesday sought to delay the trials of three suspected terrorists while the US government revises the military commission [JURIST news archive] system used to try them. At the second day of hearings held at the detention facil....... [more]
Military commissions system 'broken': former Guantanamo prosecutor
July 8, 2009
[JURIST] A former prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] told the House Judiciary Committee [official website] Wednesday that the military commission [JURIST news archive] system used to try detained enemy combatants is "broken beyond repair." In testimony [prepared remarks, PDF] at a he....... [more]
Former Navy JAG urges end to military commissions at Senate hearing
July 7, 2009
[JURIST] Retired Rear Admiral John Hutson [academic profile], formerly the US Navy's Judge Advocate General [official website], argued [prepared statement, PDF] Tuesday that the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA) [text, PDF] should be repealed rather than reformed. At a hearing [materials] befor....... [more]
Federal judge dismisses Afghan Bagram detainee habeas petition
June 30, 2009
[JURIST] A federal judge on Monday dismissed [opinion, PDF] a habeas corpus challenge brought by Afghan national Haji Wazir detained at Bagram Air Base [JURIST news archive] without charges since 2002. Judge John Bates of the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] dismisse....... [more]
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