The Justice Department on Friday sought a third extension for its response to a Guantanamo hunger striker’s lawsuit seeking release from detention while officials considered whether to stop fighting...
The Obama administration has decided for now to fight any court-ordered release of a detainee at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, who has been on a hunger strike since February 2007 and now weighs less than 75...
The administration of President Barack Obama urged a federal judge on Friday not to order the release of a prisoner at Guantánamo Bay who has been on hunger strike for more than eight years and is...
In an effort to spark a more productive and powerful discussion about racial justice, the NYU School of Law hosted activists and academics for a panel discussion that questioned the larger...
An American pastor is publicly appealing for donations after experiencing “major financial hardship” as the result of a lawsuit in which he is accused of inciting violence and discrimination against...
Saying that the prison at Guantánamo Bay “undermines our standing in the world,” President Barack Obama today announced a detailed plan to close the facility, 14 years after it was first inaugurated...
“Israel is occupation-addicted,” said renowned Israeli journalist Gideon Levy, a columnist for the leading Israeli newspaper Haaretz. “The drug addict who is your friend, if you give him money, he...
...“The government played Russian roulette with Mr. Ba Odah’s life for more than a year,” his lawyer, Omar Farah, an attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights Attorney said. “That he survived...
Civil rights attorneys knew that Public Act 436, Michigan’s current emergency manager law , was likely illegal and unconstitutional way back when it was first enacted, in December 2012. This was well...
The Pentagon said Monday it delivered two prisoners to Serbia, ending their more than 14 years of detention without charges and wrapping up a weekend of releases that downsized the captive population...
