Another US military prosecutor at Guantanamo has resigned due to ethical concerns.  Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld alleges the prosecution suppressed evidence that could potentially prove the innocence of defendant Mohammed Jawad.  Colonel Vandeveld becomes at least the fourth prosecutor to quit the controversial Guantanamo tribunals.

It should be of serious concern to people who value justice for all that several military prosecutors have felt compelled to ruin thier careers and endure scorn from their colleagues in order to extricate themselves from the injustice at Guantanamo Bay.

Read the full story from Sept 25, 2008 at news.bbc.co.uk

  Jawed "JoJo" Ahmad was released on September 21, 2008 after almost a year of being held in U.S. custody. JoJo suffered broken ribs and other abuse, but like so many victims of the U.S.'s illegal and bizarre detention policies, he was never charged or given a chance to prove his innocence. 

The International Justice Network, acting as co-counsel with the International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) of Stanford Law School's Mills Legal Clinic, had fought for JoJo's release. Jawed Ahmad, a 22-year-old Canadian Television (CTV) journalist, had been held without charge in military custody at the detention facility at the United States Air Base in Bagram, Afghanistan since October 2007.

On August 8, 2007 friends and family celebrated the release of Isa Al Murbati, the final Bahraini prisoner held at the Guantanamo Bay military prison.  Murbati had been detained illegally for five years without charge or trial by the United States government in the name of the war on terror.

While the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights applauds Murbati’s release, they stress the importance of providing continuing care and compensation for the suffering and injustice experienced by Murbati and other illegally held detainees at the hands of the United States government.

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FAMILY OF 'GHOST PRISONER' DETAINED WITHOUT CHARGE FOR 6 YEARS IN US CUSTODY AT BAGRAM AIRBASE FILES LAWSUIT

Tuesday, July 29, 2008, New York, NY --Nearly six years after his son's disappearance, Muhammad Al Bakri filed a habeas corpus petition in Washington, D.C. today on behalf of his son, Amin Al Bakri.  According to the petition filed today in Al Bakri v. Bush, U.S. agents abducted Mr. Al Bakri, a forty year-old Yemeni gemstone trader and father of three, from Bangkok, Thailand.  At the time of his abduction in December 2002, Mr. Al Bakri was on his way back home after a brief five-day business trip and was headed to the Bangkok airport after checking out of his hotel when he disappeared.