The groundbreaking human rights attorney Michael Ratner has died at the age of 72. For over four decades, he defended, investigated and spoke up for victims of human rights abuses across the world...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday refused to intervene to overturn a Defense Department decision to continue the detention of Algerian prisoner Sufyian...
US District Judge Leonie Brinkema on Wednesday allowed a lawsuit brought by three former inmates of Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq against military contractor CACI Premier Technology to proceed. The case...
...Baher Azmy, legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, also arguing for the plaintiffs, said that in addition to the violations Medlock discussed, the policy also ran counter to an...
The partial reinstitution of President Trump's travel ban is leading to confusion for many New Yorkers, who say they're not clear how they'll be affected. NY1's Lori Chung filed the following report...
La demanda, de acción de clase, fue presentada este miércoles por el American Inmigración Council, un grupo que promueve leyes y políticas proinmigrantes, junto con la organización de derechos...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court said Friday she is seeking an investigation of alleged war crimes committed in the war in Afghanistan, an...
...Advocates have called on Biden to consider alternatives to commission trials, including plea deals that could give prisoners credit for time served. Already, one prisoner, Majid Khan, is set to be...
Activists released Homeland Security documents suggesting a majority of immigrants deported after being booked at county jails had no criminal background.
December 21, 2012, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement calling on President Obama to veto the controversial National Defense Authorization Act (...
