January 18, 2010, New York – An article published today in Harper’s Magazine by Scott Horton raises grave questions about the manner in which three prisoners died in Guantanamo in June...
November 1, 2017, New York – In response to a military judge’s decision to hold Brigadier General John Baker in contempt of court, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following...
December 11, 2008, New York – Today, Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado said that Portugal is willing to accept Guantanamo detainees who cannot return to their home countries, and urged other...
Board Will Not Reconsider Prisoner for Release May 4, 2017, New York – Today, lawyers at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) criticized a decision by the Guantánamo Periodic Review Board (PRB...
Camilo E. Mejia is a former staff sergeant with the Florida National Guard who, in 2004, after over eight years of military service and a five-month tour in ar-Ramadi in southern Iraq, became the...
Updated: March 8, 2010
Biden Must Take Swift Action on Gitmo Before Men Die January 11, 2021, New York – On the 19th anniversary of the transfer of the first Muslim men to Guantánamo, the Center for Constitutional Rights...
September 11, 2012, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement in response to the Defense Department’s announcement today of the death of Adnan Latif...
On January 2, 2015, the State of Palestine acceded to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), and, on April 1, 2015, Palestine became the 123rd Member State of the ICC . Palestine...
Updated: January 13, 2025
Palestinian human rights organizations, together with Palestinians in Gaza and the U.S., filed a lawsuit in U.S. federal court against President Biden, Secretary of State Blinken, and Secretary of...
Updated: April 16, 2025
Declarations included from former Biden State Department official Josh Paul and from plaintiffs December 23, 2023, New York – Hours after the U.S. abstained on a United Nations Security Council...
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