June 29, 2016The so-called "guaranteed minimums" assure that a specific number of detainees will be held in captivity at all times at the for-profit ran institutions. "Guaranteed minimums, which appear mostly in...
March 8, 2016Almost a decade ago, in June 2007, as he campaigned for president, then-Sen. Barack Obama told a Texas crowd, “We’re going to close Guantánamo. And we’re going to restore habeas corpus.” One week...
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 Vigil for Justice - Shut Down Guantanamo 10:00 am to 11:00 am JFK Federal Building, Gov't Center, Boston Signs and banners welcome; a few will be provided (along with...
Updated: November 28, 2007
January 11, 2016Fourteen years ago on Monday, the first wave of detainees arrived at the notorious U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba. Seven years ago, President-elect Barack Obama promised that he would...
June 6, 2016... In the years since Yousry’s arrest and trial, the U.S. government has struggled to find competent Arabic-language translators. In sensitive legal cases, like the ongoing military-court hearings...
May 15, 2019... lawyers at the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a motion in Aref v. Session , a lawsuit challenging my father’s placement in the CMU. They have asked the judge to expunge the information...
February 2015"As far I'm concerned, every last one of them can rot in hell. But as long as they don't do that, they can rot in Guantanamo Bay," concluded Senator Tom Cotton in a combative line of questioning...
April 24, 2020...Immigrants rights advocates argue those numbers are likely vast undercounts. The New York Times has reported that dozens of Guatemalans deported by ICE since late March have since tested positive...
November 14, 2018...The company was in the process of trying to use the controversial doctrine of eminent domain to “expropriate” the land, which allows the government to seize land for the public good. But according...
September 1, 2015The way thousands of California inmates tell it, there's prison, and then there's prison. Locked in windowless cells for as much as 23 hours each day, inmates held in solitary confinement have little...
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