• US: Make Guantanamo’s 10th Anniversary Its Last
    Jan 11, 2012
    US President Barack Obama’s signing of a bill permitting indefinite detention without trial mere days before the 10th anniversary of the first prisoners arriving at Guantanamo highlights the need for immediate, decisive action to close the detention facility.
  • US: Refusal to Veto Detainee Bill A Historic Tragedy for Rights
    Dec 14, 2011
    US President Barack Obama’s apparent decision to not veto a defense spending bill that codifies indefinite detention without trial into US law and expands the military’s role in holding terrorism suspects does enormous damage to the rule of law both in the US and abroad.
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Guantanamo

  • Justice on Trial
    May 9, 2012

    Andrea Prasow writes on Huffington Post regarding the significance of the military commission arraignment of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks.

  • Justice Cheated
    May 6, 2012
    As I sat in the Guantánamo courtroom this weekend for the arraignment of the five leading suspects, the alleged masterminds of the September 11th attacks, I couldn’t help but feel cheated.
  • No real justice in Guantanamo
    Apr 19, 2012
  • Letter to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta: Repatriate or Resettle Detainees Cleared for Transfer and Implement PRBs
    Apr 9, 2012
    Human Rights Watch wrote to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta urging the administration to redouble its efforts to facilitate the repatriation and or appropriate resettlement of those detainees already cleared for transfer and to implement as soon as possible the Periodic Review Board (PRB) process to facilitate identification of additional detainees for repatriation or resettlement.
  • Majid Shoukat Khan
    Mar 23, 2012
    Majid Shoukat Khan is a Pakistani citizen who lived in the United States for several years.While visiting Pakistan again in March 2003, Khan was arrested by Pakistani agents along with his brother Mohammed and other family members. Khan faced a potential life sentence but on February 29, 2012, pleaded guilty as part of a pre-trial agreement. In exchange for the promise of a reduced sentence, he agreed to cooperate with the prosecution, presumably by providing evidence against other Guantanamo detainees.
  • Hidden Torture: Behind the Plea Bargain of Majid Khan
    Mar 2, 2012

    JURIST Special Guest Columnist Andrea Prasow of Human Rights Watch says that one of the reasons Majid Khan was not tried in civilian court and was offered a plea deal by Guantanamo prosecutors was to prevent him from testifying on his mistreatment while in CIA custody.

  • Guantanamo’s System of Injustice
    Jan 19, 2012
    Brig. Gen. Mark Martins, chief prosecutor for the Office of Military Commissions, has lately appeared at bar association conferences promoting “reformed military commissions” at Guantanamo. Yet this week, behind thick bulletproof glass in a secure hangar-like courtroom at Guantanamo, I saw vast differences between the two systems.
  • US: Make Guantanamo’s 10th Anniversary Its Last
    Jan 11, 2012
    US President Barack Obama’s signing of a bill permitting indefinite detention without trial mere days before the 10th anniversary of the first prisoners arriving at Guantanamo highlights the need for immediate, decisive action to close the detention facility.
  • Letter to President Obama: End Detention Without Trial and Close Guantanamo
    Jan 10, 2012
    Human Rights Watch writes to President Obama on the eve of the tenth anniversary of the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to urge him to reaffirm his stated commitment to closing Guantanamo by prosecuting detainees in federal court and repatriating and resettling those who will not be prosecuted.
  • US: Refusal to Veto Detainee Bill A Historic Tragedy for Rights
    Dec 14, 2011
    US President Barack Obama’s apparent decision to not veto a defense spending bill that codifies indefinite detention without trial into US law and expands the military’s role in holding terrorism suspects does enormous damage to the rule of law both in the US and abroad.
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