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Remaining Ethnic Uighur Chinese Detainees Transferred from Guantanamo
Today the Department of Defense announced that Yusef Abbas, Saidullah Khalik, and Hajiakbar Abdul Ghuper have been transferred to the government of Slovakia, and will voluntarily settle in that country. ... -
The D.C. Circuit's Opinion in the Bagram Habeas Petitions
On Christmas Eve, a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit handed down its opinion in a habeas appeal brought by three detainees held by the United States at Bagram Air Force Base's Parwan detention facil... -
A Cert Petition in Hedges v. Obama
It was filed two Mondays ago, evidently, in this long-running detention case; I've only seen the Westlaw version, which interested readers can access here. -
Abdullah Files His Reply-Brief Before the D.C. Circuit
As Raffaela previously noted, the case of Abdullah v. Obama is an exercise in "heel dragging and losing arguments." A brief refresher on the case: the legal saga started when Guantanamo detainee Hani Sal... -
Cert Petition Filed in Al Warafi v. Obama
Shortly before Christmas, counsel for Guantanamo detainee Mukhtar Yahia Naji Al Warafi filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in his habeas petition, having been denied earlier this year an en banc re... -
Al Laithi Reply Brief Before the D.C. Circuit: Defining the Scope of Employment
In response to the government's brief, counsel for the Plaintiffs in Al Laithi v. Rumsfeld et. al. filed a reply brief on Dec. 18th. (The Plaintiffs---all former Guantanamo detainees---allege various a... -
President Obama Signs 2014 NDAA, Releases Statement on GTMO Provisions
The president's statement today upon signing the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act focuses almost exclusively on the provisions related to the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. -
D.C. Circuit Dismisses Bagram Habeas Petitions
This Christmas Eve opinion, authored by Circuit Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson for a three-judge panel composed of Judge Thomas B. Griffith and Senior Circuit Judge Stephen F. Williams, affirms the distri... -
CTA9 Decides Al-Nashiri v. MacDonald
I've only skimmed this unsurprising ruling from the panel, which affirms the district court's dismissal of the detainee's suit against the military commissions' Convening Authority. From its opening: ... -
Noor Uthman & Ibrahim Idris Transferred to Sudan
This latest pair of repatriations brings the total number of detainees transferred to eight in 2013. Noor Uthman Muhammed pleaded guilty in a military commission in 2011, and has since completed his sent... -
Judge Pohl Rules on Classification Motions in 9/11 Case
Earlier this week, Military Judge James Pohl, the presiding judge at the military commission case United States v. Mohammed et al, issued three orders that relate to secrecy in the military commissions. ... -
12/19 Motions Session #1: Bin Al Shibh's Capacity, and a Quick End to the Hearing
The military judge ascends the bench at Guantanamo; our proceedings resume, with Walid Bin Attash and Mustafa Al-Hawsawi having absented themselves. Did they do so voluntarily? Yes, according to the pr...
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