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
November 20, 2018...The request was made by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights, who took legal action after President Donald Trump issued the ban this month in response to the...
July 17, 2020...“I guess the initial reaction is that we’ve heard this before from the police department, this is kind of a tool from their classic playbook, which is that they respond to any sort of change or...
January 7, 2022... Hale, who has personally rejected the “whistleblower” label , is currently incarcerated at USP Marion, a federal penitentiary in Marion, Illinois, where he has been held in a “Communications...
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