Five suspects, including the alleged mastermind of the 11 September attacks, will be transferred from Guantanamo Bay to the US mainland for trial in civilian court, reports Tamam Ahmed Jama
One of the highest profile terrorism trials in America will (...)
Canadian courts are shaming the government into standing up for the rights of a Canadian in Guantanamo, reports Tamam Ahmed Jama from Ottawa
In a string of victories in the legal saga of Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen held at Guantanamo Bay, the (...)
Having being swept into office with the promise of change, Obama has moved swiftly to dismantle some of the most controversial policies of the Bush administration's "war on terror", Tamam Ahmed Jama reports
Under the Bush administration, Guantanamo (...)
The saga of a Canadian youth held in Guantanamo Bay has taken another twist with the release of an interrogation video shot inside the military prison, Tamam Ahmed Jama reports from Ottawa
The video footage, taken in February 2003 and released two (...)
American soldiers who deserted the US army because of their opposition to the war in Iraq are fighting a legal battle to obtain political asylum in Canada, Tamam Ahmed Jama reports from Ottawa
On 4 July, a Canadian federal court ordered the (...)
A UN panel has criticised the US for its treatment of captured children in American custody, Tamam Ahmed Jama reports from Ottawa
A new report by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child criticises the US for its treatment of captured children (...)
A landmark international treaty banning the use and stockpiling of the highly controversial cluster bombs has been adopted, Tamam Ahmed Jama reports
Hailed as a "big step forward to make the world a safer place" by British Prime Minister Gordon (...)
A US federal court has struck down a section of the controversial Patriot Act, reports Tamam Ahmed Jama
Earlier this month, a federal judge ruled unconstitutional the provision of the Patriot Act known as the National Security Letters (NSLs), which (...)
The US attorney-general Alberto Gonzales, the man responsible for much of the controversial counter-terrorism measures of the Bush administration, has resigned. Tamam Ahmed Jama reports
n his resignation statement last week, describing his (...)
Pressure is mounting to save a Canadian held in Guantanamo, reports Tamam Ahmed Jama
At its annual national conference earlier this month, the Canadian Bar Association, an organisation representing the country's lawyers and judges, called publicly (...)
The first Guantanamo Bay detainee to stand trial before the controversial US military commissions is expected to be back home in Australia within weeks, and free within months, Tamam Ahmed Jama reports
After an ordeal lasting more than five years in (...)
Outgoing Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld and other high-ranking US officials face war crime charges in Germany, reports Tamam Ahmed Jama
Announcing the resignation of Donald Rumsfeld following the Republican Party's heavy poll losses in the United (...)
On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of 11 September, US authorities finally acknowledge CIA secret prisons and promise to try suspected top Al-Qaeda figures, reports Tamam Ahmed Jama
Just days before the fifth anniversary of the 11 September (...)
The suicide of three Guantanamo Bay detainees, which did not come as a surprise to many, is intensifying increasing calls for closing the notorious military prison, Tamam Ahmed Jama reports
For some, it was only a matter of time before despair drove (...)
Zacarias Moussaoui, sentenced to life in prison for his supposed role in the 11 September terrorist attacks, wants to recant his guilty plea and have a new trial, Tamam Ahmed Jama reports from Paris
When Zacarias Moussaoui pleaded guilty to six (...)
The verdict sparing the life of Zacarias Moussaoui, who was facing execution in connection with 11 September, has been received with mixed emotions, Tamam Ahmed Jama reports from Paris
In closing arguments in the final phase of the death penalty (...)
The human cost and the lingering emotional impact of the 11 September terrorist attacks have been the focus of the final phase of the death penalty trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, Tamam Ahmed Jama reports from Paris
After the prosecution rested its (...)
Zacarias Moussaoui, charged with terrorist conspiracy in connection with the 11 September attacks, has been found eligible for the death penalty, reports Tamam Ahmed Jama from Paris
The jury in the death penalty trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, the only (...)
The sudden death before verdict of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic while on trial for war crimes has disappointed many and dealt a blow to the Hague tribunal, reports Tamam Ahmed Jama from the Hague
Reviled by many as "the Butcher of (...)
Amid mounting international pressure, the Pentagon revealed the identities of hundreds of detainees in Guantanamo Bay, but calls for closing the controversial camp continue, reports Tamam Ahmed Jama
Two weeks after a damning United Nations report (...)
In the first report of its kind, a team of UN human rights experts says Guantanamo Bay should be closed immediately, reports Tamam Ahmed Jama
Described by the United States Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as the "least worst place" to hold people (...)
Amid unrelenting protests around the world against the cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohamed, French Muslims take their case to court
France's leading Muslim organisation, Le Conseil Français du Culte Musulman, CFCM (The French Council of the (...)
A damning report accuses Europe of turning a blind eye to human rights abuses allegedly committed on its soil in the name of fighting terrorism. Tamam Ahmed Jama reports from Paris
A Swiss senator leading an investigation into the alleged existence (...)
In the face of growing anger across the continent over the US's treatment of detainees, Condoleezza Rice's European tour was overshadowed by allegations of secret CIA camps. Tamam Ahmed Jama from London reports
When Condoleezza Rice, United States (...)
A conference on torture and ill-treatment of detainees highlighted the human cost of the war on terror. Tamam Ahmed Jama reports from London
The largest group of former detainees of the "war on terror" came together for a London conference on (...)