February 9, 2021...“An expansion of domestic terrorism won’t mean more focus on white terrorism,” said Diala Shamas, an attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights. “When you consider the biases that law...
July 15, 2022...When I was growing up on Buffalo’s East Side, most, if not all, of my neighbors were Black. The racial composition of my neighborhood was no accident; it was the byproduct of Buffalo’s shameful...
July 6, 2023...Wells Dixon, senior staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights and council to several Gitmo detainees, similarly declared that "the Biden administration needs to get out of its own way...
June 2014"When we filed the first case challenging detentions at Guantánamo Bay shortly after the first men arrived there in 2002, we didn’t know what to expect. Family members of a few of...
July 2014"Ten years ago Saturday, the Supreme Court ruled, in Rasul v. Bush, that foreign 'enemy combatants' held at Guantánamo Bay Naval Station had a right to challenge the legality of their detention in...
June 11, 2015A watchdog report released Thursday alleges that federal immigration officials face considerable pressure to maintain "lockup quotas" that are worked into deals with private contractors at certain...
June 14, 2015In a decision that may have long-lasting repercussions for the university's reputation, a leading university group on Saturday voted to censure the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)...
July 28, 2015A Guantanamo lawyer’s request for an investigation into cancer deaths among those working on detainee trials has gotten the attention of the U.S. Navy. Guantanamo base spokeswoman Kelly Wirfel said...
November 12, 2015The University of Illinois Board of Trustees approved Thursday an $875,000 settlement agreement with Professor Steven Salaita that will end his lawsuits against the university—but will not provide...
In a major victory for civil rights advocates, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has unanimously refused to reinstate Donald Trump’s executive order that banned people from seven Muslim-...
Updated: February 10, 2017
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