A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit by a former Guantanamo detainee seeking damages for torture and abuse he suffered while in U.S. custody. Abdul Rahim Abdul Razak al Janko, a Syrian national, was captured in 2002 and was released in 2009 after finally being...
In response to a court order, the British government has asked the U.S. to return to their custody a Bagram detainee held in U.S. custody for seven years without charge or trial. Yunus Rahmatullah, a 29-year-old Pakistani, was captured by British troops in Iraq in...
The Senate passed the 2012 defense authorization bill 86-13 on Thursday, one day after the House of Representatives passed it in a 283-136 vote. The bill, which codifies a system of indefinite detention for terrorism suspects, will be sent to the President's desk...
