Goldsmith slams revised detainee rules
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Revised rules for the treatment and military trials of detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp are "too little and too late," Britain's attorney general said Monday, repeating his call to close the facility.
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U.N. human rights investigators criticized the United States on Thursday for failing to take steps to close the Guantanamo Bay military prison for terror suspects, which they say facilitates torture and violates international law.
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Details of the role civilian contractors played in the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison sparked fresh debate yesterday about the effectiveness of laws and rules meant to govern workers hired to support the military.
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A senior Justice Department official says laws and other limits enacted since three terrorism suspects were waterboarded has eliminated the technique from what is now legally allowed
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Controversial amendments to Australia's terror laws could speed the release of the country's only Guantanamo Bay detainee, his father said, following reports his son's mental health was worsening.
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Plans to increase the amount of time for which terrorist suspects can be held without charge are criticised.
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The U.N. human rights chief expressed concern Wednesday at recent U.S. legislative and judicial actions that she said leave hundreds of detainees without any way to challenge their indefinite imprisonment.
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The way the public are protected from criminals released from prisons is strongly criticised in a report.
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Non-Iraqi prisoners caught by US forces in Iraq may no longer be treated under the protections of the Geneva convention, according to a report in today&#39;s New York Times.
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A U.N. human rights expert said Wednesday he found on a recent visit to Guantanamo Bay that the prison camp is not meeting international justice standards.
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The Administration falls in line with the Supreme Court on treatment of detainees. But questions remain about how and when the new standards will be applied
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The United States is violating international law by holding prisoners in its war on terror incommunicado and in secret hiding places, Human Rights Watch said in a report to be published on Tuesday calling for an end to such practices.
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Three House Democrats are urging colleagues to revoke key parts of new personnel rules that would curb union rights at the Defense Department, contending the rules are a "bad deal" for Defense civil service employees.
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A human rights group says the United States needs to need act faster and more transparently in its investigation into the abuse of prisoners held by the US military in Afghanistan.
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The project has prompted criticism from those who worry that lawyers could skew new rules in favor of their clients.
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A Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee must face a military commission after a previous ruling is overturned.
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The Justice Department late yesterday published a revised and expansive definition of acts that constitute torture under domestic and international law, overtly