The Supreme Court said Tuesday it would decide whether Muslims, Arabs and other immigrants rounded up immediately after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks can sue former Attorney General John Ashcroft and...
... Thursday’s actions were organized by a coalition of progressive organizations including MoveOn , About Face: Veterans Against the War , National Iranian-American Council , Center for...
Before he died on Sept. 8, Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif had spent close to 4,000 days and nights in the American prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. He was found unconscious, alone in his cell,...
...“So if we have 100 years of war,” as there were between France and England in the 14 th – 15 th centuries, Judge Hogan asked, “can these same detainees be held that whole time?” “Yes, your honor...
Fending off demands that he resign over the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, thenDefense secretary Donald Rumsfeld told Congress in 2004 that he had found a legal way to compensate Iraqi detainees who...
" Two animal rights activists who have served prison terms for releasing mink and foxes from fur farms in the US midwest are facing federal charges that could see them sentenced to a further 10 years...
Pam Spees of the Center for Constitutional Rights and Barbara Blaine of SNAP say the Catholic Church and Pope Francis are not serious about addressing the church's on-going struggles with child...
Arab and Muslim former detainees who say they faced harsh jail conditions due to their faith and ethnicity following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks can pursue a lawsuit against former top U.S. law...
...The New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights and Paris-based human rights federation FIDH told the court’s chief prosecutor that Hammouri’s case is a “stark example and a warning of new...