The Left Forum brings together organizers and intellectuals from across the globe to share ideas for understanding and transforming the world. At this year's event, two of CCR's brightest and...
Updated: March 19, 2010
Join CCR President Michael Ratner for a special event sponsored by the Lannan Foundation as part of their lecture series on political, economic, environmental and human rights issues. Michael will...
Updated: May 11, 2011
On October 7, 2011, Members of Congress wrote to the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) with questions and concerns about the policies and practices at the Communications Management Units (CMUs), and...
Updated: October 13, 2011
Guantánamo's roots here at home Guantánamo Bay prison is one of the most notorious examples of post-9/11 U.S. human rights violations, but it has roots here at home. Join us on June 3rd, for CCR's...
Updated: June 3, 2015
August 14, 2015U.S. Justice Department lawyers on Friday blocked a legal request that a Guantanamo Bay detainee who weighs just 74 lbs (33.5 kg) after an eight-year hunger strike be released for health reasons...
August 20, 2015On Aug. 14, the Department of Justice (DOJ) blocked the release from the Guantánamo Bay prison of Tariq Ba Odah, a gravely ill detainee who was cleared for transfer by the Guantánamo Review Task...
November 13, 2015After 15 months, two lawsuits, a chancellor's resignation, an academic censure and a boycott, the University of Illinois settled with Steven Salaita on Thursday. The price tag for the university’s...
April 26, 2016Public awareness of police brutality is growing, spurred by stories about individual Black men who have been murdered by police across the country. But Black women and women of color have been...
June 19, 2017WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that several high-ranking Bush administration officials may not be sued for policies adopted after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The officials include...
June 19, 2017“If you are cold, put on a sweater, perhaps an overcoat, and maybe even turn up the heat,” Justice Stephen Breyer told his colleagues from the Supreme Court bench Monday. “But don’t set fire to the...
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