Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Lawrence Cannon told the House of Commons Monday that the Harper administration has agreed to accept Guantanamo Bay detainee and convicted terrorist Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST...
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A panel of seven senior US military officers on Sunday sentenced Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr to 40 years in prison, but Khadr will serve no more than...
The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict urged the US on Wednesday not to imprison Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr . Radhika Coomaraswamy...
Former Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr on Monday pleaded guilty to all five charges against him, including conspiracy, murder and aiding the enemy. Under the terms of the...
Federal judge denies Afghan Guantanamo detainee habeas petition
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday denied the habeas corpus petition of Afghan Guantanamo Bay detainee Obaidullah . While Obaidullah has denied the...
US military judge postpones Khadr trial while lawyers seek deal
A US military judge postponed the trial of Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr Thursday while his lawyers attempted to reach a deal exchanging a guilty plea for leniency. The military...
US military judge Army Colonel Patrick Parrish rejected claims by Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr that his confession was a byproduct of torture, in a ruling released Friday....
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Andrea Prasow, senior counter-terrorism counsel at Human Rights Watch, says that the players constituting the military commission that tried Ibrahim al Qosi in Guantanamo last week created their own "mini-justice system" to replace the broken system...
The military trial of Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr was suspended Friday, following the collapse of his lawyer during opening testimony. The lawyer, Lt.-Colonel Jon Jackson, was airlifted to mainland...
The military trial of Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr began Tuesday with jury selection, despite international criticism of the proceedings. Khadr pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and terrorism...