June 23, 2017To mark the 23rd of the month, invoking the 23 hours per day that prisoners spend isolated in special housing units, activists throughout California are taking action to bring attention to prison...
Updated: September 10, 2008
April 2015Experts at the forum, which took place at Hunter College and previewed the country’s upcoming human rights review by the United Nations, acknowledged that the U.S. is not typically considered an...
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
June 11, 2015The U.S. government recently removed four law-abiding Muslim men from the no-fly list just days before a New York federal district court hears their case, scheduled for Friday. Tanvir v. Lynch...
August 15, 2015President Barack Obama’s administration opposes the release of a Guantanamo Bay prisoner, who has never been charged with a crime, weighs around 75 pounds, and is near death. But the administration...
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...
Questions are mounting about the first covert counterterrorism operation approved by President Donald Trump. Authorities say it was a success.
Updated: February 6, 2017
September 14, 2017WASHINGTON — A man believed to be an American citizen who was fighting with Islamic State militants has surrendered in Syria and is now in U.S. custody, raising questions about how the Trump...
October 11, 2017WASHINGTON — American military officials at the Guantánamo Bay prison recently hardened their approach to hunger-striking prisoners, detainees have told their lawyers, and are allowing protesters to...
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