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.
Los Angeles, California, May 5, 2008 – New torture claims have been leveled at two U.S. military contractors by a former Abu Ghraib “ghost” detainee who was wrongly imprisoned and later released...
April 23, 2008, New York and Washington, DC — The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) must stop stonewalling congressional oversight committees and release vital documents related to the program of...
April 10, 2008, New York, NY – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement on the accountability of top Bush administration officials for the U.S. government...
The South Asian Bar Association presents an evening with CCR staff attorney Gitanjali Gutierrez. She will give a lecture entitled "American-Style Torture: Guantanamo, Black Sites and American...
Join CCR Staff Attorney Gitanjali Gutierrez for an afternoon discussion on Guantanamo, American torture and CIA detention and Interrogation Practices. Time: 12:45
Four months after 9/11, on January 11, 2002, the U.S. military flew 20 prisoners from Afghanistan to the U.S. Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. More would soon follow, as would allegations...
Article covering the Ahmed Ghalaini indictment and delving into the rationale and implications for using miltary tribunals rather than the Federal court system. It also covers details of the Ghalaini...
An evening with Baher Azmy, Berhard Docke, Phillpe Sands, Michael Ratner, Wallace Shawn & James Yee. This evening will bring together the lawyers in Germany and the U.S. who fought for Murats...
Join the Center for Constitutional Rights to celebrate the publication of the new book by former Guantanamo detainee Murat Kurnaz. In October 2001, nineteen year old Murat Kurnaz, a Turkish citizen...
Join CCR staff attorney Gitanjali Gutierrez, et al., for a discussion about Guantanamo Bay and the Conscience of Asian American Studies. Talking points include: Defending Detainees: Why, How,...
