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The trial of Omar Khadr is set to begin Tuesday at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Khadr is accused of throwing a grenade that killed a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan back in 2002. Khadr was 15 at the time, and is ...
Until yesterday, the Obama administration faced a thorny problem in its effort to show that it had achieved fair and effective results in revamping the system for trying accused terrorists in military ...
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the most comprehensive treaty on children's rights. The convention has been ratified by nearly every country in the world ...
Joshua Boyle, who was held hostage with his wife and children in Afghanistan, faces 15 criminal charges, court records show. By Ian Austen The government said it had violated the rights of the former ...
TORONTO (AP) — A former Guantanamo Bay inmate convicted of killing a U.S. soldier was released on bail Thursday after a judge refused a last-ditch attempt by the Canadian government to keep him ...
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The terrorism trial of Omar Khadr has been suspended after Khadr’s only lawyer ...
(Reuters) - Canadian captive Omar Khadr pleaded guilty to all five terrorism charges against him at the U.S. war crimes tribunal in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Monday, as part of a deal that would limit ...
The youngest detainee at Guantanamo Bay pleaded guilty to war crimes, including murder, on Monday, part of an agreement with prosecutors that allows the Obama administration to avoid a trial that ...
Omar Khadr listens to a question during a news conference after being released on bail in Edmonton, Alberta, May 7, 2015. REUTERS/Todd Korol TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian Omar Khadr, who was once the ...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday that former Guantánamo Bay detainee Omar Ahmed Khadr waived his right to appeal his war crime convictions under the Military ...