May 11 Watch Iranian-American Scholar Sent to Tehran Prison Iranian-American Haleh Esfandiari of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars has been held in Iran since a trip there in December and was recently moved to a prison in Tehran. Analysts discuss her jailing and what it indicates about… Continue watching
Mar 26 Watch Prisoner Faces New Tribunal Process at Guantanamo Bay Australian prisoner David Hicks faced charges of providing material support for terrorism before a revamped military tribunal system at Guantanamo Bay on Monday. Miami Herald reporter Carol Rosenberg, who was in the courtroom, talks about the case, then analysts Neal… Continue watching
Sep 20 Watch Inquiry Finds Canadian Terror Suspect Wrongly Accused and Tortured As Congress debates on how to treat terror suspects, an inquiry found that Maher Arar, a Canadian Muslim detained by U.S. authorities for suspected links to al-Qaida and sent to Syria, had no links to terrorism. The commission's lead counsel… Continue watching
Aug 25 Watch New York Times Researcher Sentenced in China A New York Times researcher in China, Zhao Yan, was charged with revealing state secrets and has been detained by authorities in Beijing for almost two years. The court announced Friday that Yan will be given a three-year prison sentence. Continue watching
Jun 12 Watch Guantanamo Suicides Stir Criticism of U.S. Policy Over the weekend, news of three suicides at the Guantanamo detention facility in Cuba raised new questions about the manner in which the United States is treating terror suspects. Continue watching
Jun 12 Watch Supreme Court Allows Lethal Injection Challenge In one of two major decisions handed down Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that inmates on death row could make last-minute claims that the chemicals in lethal injections are too painful and violate the Constitution's Eighth Amendment. Continue watching
May 17 Watch Enron Executives Finish Closing Arguments Lawyers in the trial of former Enron executives Jeffrey Skilling and Kenneth Lay finished their closing arguments Wednesday and the jury began deliberations. Continue watching
May 12 Red Cross Criticizes Lack of Access to U.S. Secret Prisons By PBS News Hour The International Committee of the Red Cross criticized the Bush administration Friday for denying access by neutral visitors to those held in secret detention. Continue reading
May 03 Watch Moussaoui Sentenced to Life in Prison, Spared Death Penalty A federal jury sentenced Zacarias Moussaoui to life in prison Wednesday after failing to unanimously agree that he deserved to be executed for his role in the Sept. 11 attacks. Continue watching
Mar 14 Palestinians Surrender After Israeli Prison Raid By PBS News Hour Six Palestinian militants holed up inside a Palestinian prison surrendered to Israeli forces Tuesday, almost 10 hours after soldiers raided the compound to seize militants convicted of killing an Israeli Cabinet minister. Continue reading