Habeas corpus petition on behalf of Tariq Ba Odah, a cleared Yemeni man who was detained at Guantánamo without charge from 2002 - 2016.
Updated: March 2, 2017
President-elect Biden has been a supporter of closing the Guantánamo Bay prison since he was a senator. The Center for Constitutional Rights welcomes his support as president, and calls on him to...
Updated: January 18, 2022
Join the Center for Constitutional Rights, Muslim Counterpublics Lab , No More Guantanamos , and Witness Against Torture for a virtual conversation with Guantánamo survivors at 4 p.m. ET on June...
Updated: June 20, 2023
June 23, 2015It is well-known that the United States incarcerates more people than any other country. While the US makes up only 5% of the global population, it holds a quarter of the world's prisoners. The US’s...
September 22, 2017, Alexandria, VA – Today, a Virginia federal court ruled that three Iraqi individuals formerly detained at the infamous “hard site” at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq were subjected...
September 7, 2020Prisoners held in solitary ask full Ninth Circuit for review Last week, men who sued the state of California for imprisoning them in solitary confinement for over a decade continued their fight. A...
Artist and printmaker Daniel Heyman has sketched many Iraqi torture victims. Daniels artistry makes its return to New York City in this thought provoking exibition: Close Encounters: Acts of A Social...
Updated: June 25, 2009
July 8, 2013, New York – Today, in response to the resumption of a hunger strike by prisoners in the Security Housing Unit (SHU) at Pelican Bay State Prison in California, the Center for...
January 6, 2022While no one can replace him, we should all strive to live up to his example
April 3, 2010Today in New York City, the U.S. is torturing a Muslim detainee with no prior criminal record who has not even gone to trial.
Updated: April 5, 2010
Pages