While many of the interrogation methods employed are torture, this term is meant to carve out a space for "new" torture, this is such a big issue that simply lumping it with torture in general would muddy the waters.
Khan Tumani, et al., v. Obama, el al ., was a habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of Abdul Nasser Khan Tumani and Muhammed Khan Tumani, a father and son from Syria who were unlawfully detained in...
Lisbon, June 29, 2009 – Guantanamo detainee lawyers visiting Portugal this week urged government ministries to meet with them regarding the requests of their clients for resettlement in...
Artist and printmaker Daniel Heyman has sketched many Iraqi torture victims. Daniels artistry makes its return to New York City in this thought provoking exibition: Close Encounters: Acts of A Social...
Op-ed columnist praises the Center for Constitutional Rights for being "committed to fairness, justice and the rule of law," while Obama maintains policies similar to those of his...
June 4, 2009, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR ) issued the following statement in response to the agreement reached by EU Ministries of the Interior and Schengen associated...
His death, which would be the fifth prisoner suicide at the detention center, renews criticism of U.S. policy and calls for Obama to keep his promise to close the offshore prison.
Laura Flanders Journalist and host of GRITtv Chris Hedges Senior fellow at The Nation Institute and former Middle East correspondent for the New York Times Sister Diana Ortiz Survivor of torture,...
Warren reacts to President Obama and Vice President Dick Cheney’s dueling speeches on torture. Warren took part in a secret meeting Wednesday between Obama and several human rights groups. Warren...
