Gay rights activists in the East African nation of Uganda say they’ve been persecuted for years, subject to arrest simply for meeting, to physical violence for being gay. In an unlikely twist, their...
Muslim Advocates and the Center for Constitutional Rights, two organizations headquartered in New York City, said they hoped the settlement would prompt de Blasio to speak out against profiling. "...
Palestinian activist and torture survivor Rasmea Odeh today received a significant boost from the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, which unanimously vacated her 2014 conviction of an immigration...
The United States on Saturday transferred nine Yemeni detainees from its wartime prison at Guantánamo Bay to Saudi Arabia, completing a long-sought diplomatic deal ahead of a planned visit to Riyadh...
The Pentagon said Monday it delivered two prisoners to Serbia, ending their more than 14 years of detention without charges and wrapping up a weekend of releases that downsized the captive population...
The Supreme Court limped its way into a dispute over post-9/11 detentions Tuesday, announcing that it will hear a long-running lawsuits on the issue but also indicating that only the bare minimum of...
The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide whether officials in President George W. Bush’s administration — including John Ashcroft, the former attorney general, and Robert Mueller, the former FBI...
H igh theater was on full display during Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions’ confirmation hearing for attorney general this week. He fielded compliments on his character and knocked softball...
Wells Dixon, a senior staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), which represented the Algerian prisoner, said the Obama administration's instinct to fight off legal challenges...
...Vince Warren: “What we’re really talking about is structural racism. So, if you’re thinking about structures that you are dismantling, rather than thinking about policies that you’re passing, you’...
