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Washington, D.C. — Detainees released from U.S. detention in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba and Afghanistan live shattered lives as a result of U.S. policies in the “war on terror,” according to a new report by human rights experts at the University… Read More >>
Berlin, November 10, 2008 -- Five leading human rights groups today call on European governments to provide humanitarian protection to Guantánamo detainees who will not be charged with any crime but cannot be returned to their countries of origin for… Read More >>
October 31, 2008, New York – Muslim, Arab, and South Asian men were targeted solely based on race, country of origin, and religion in post-9/11 immigration sweeps with the knowledge of former Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert… Read More >>
October 29, 2008, New York – Yesterday, Judge Abraham Gerges handed down a stiff sentence for Haitian former death squad leader Emanuel “Toto” Constant who was found guilty on all counts of grand larceny and mortgage fraud this summer. Constant… Read More >>
October 28, 2008, Washington, DC – Today, an international human rights tribunal met to review the U.S. government's treatment of detainees at Guantanamo. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) convened the hearing to assess the United States’ compliance with… Read More >>
A former Haitian paramilitary leader, Emmaneul Constant, was sentenced Tuesday to at least 12 years in prison for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme that cheated lenders out of $1.7 million. Click Here for the full article.
The government has begun to backpedal on charges placed against six Algerians who were accused of plotting to bomb the U.S. Embassy. Click Here for the full article.
Ken Saro-Wiwa, with the help of the Center for Constitutional Rights, will sue Shell Oil over the execution of his father and other protestors thirteen years ago. Click Here for the full article.
For the past year, a 28-year-old Muslim American student, Sayed Fahad Hashmi—the first person extradited to the United States from Britain to face charges of terrorism—has been held at the Manhattan Correctional Center under conditions of confinement that…
Montreal supporters of an an Algerian national who has been detained at Guantanamo Bay for nearly seven years without being charged are calling on Canada to take him in... Click Here for the full article.
October, 2007
Shayana Kadidal, CCR Staff Attorney, discusses one of our most important ongoing cases: CCR v. Bush, in which CCR has argued that the warrantless domestic surveillance program conducted by the NSA since 9/11 has been violation of criminal law and the first and fourth amendments.
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July, 2008
In its first 100 days, the next president's administration must not
only take action to close Guantánamo, but also address the broader
array of attacks on our Constitution and our rights that have taken
place - from warrantless wiretapping, to the criminalization of
activists, to the unprecedented expansion of executive power. Hear
about CCR's blueprint for the First 100 days and our exciting new
campaign.
On June 12, 2008, the Supreme Court issued a historic ruling in the
combined cases of Boumediene v. Bush and Al Odah v. United States,
affirming the Constitutional right of Guantánamo detainees to challenge
their detention in the federal courts and undoing the attempts of the
Bush administration and Congress to suspend the fundamental right of
habeas corpus.
After this important decision, what does the future hold for Guantánamo's detainees? For the law? For the U.S.?
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