November 21, 2019... IHRA's redefinition of antisemitism has been criticised by Jewish scholars and numerous civil liberties organisations, including the Center for Constitutional Rights, the American Civil Liberties...
February 17, 2021...The idea was that if the detainees were not on U.S. soil, they would have no legal right to seek a judge’s order of habeas corpus. That principle is a centuries-old protection against unlawful...
September 13, 2016Mahmood Khan had no idea that his brother had succumbed to "this poison" of terrorism. When Majid Khan was arrested by Pakistani security forces in 2003, family members — many of whom still live in...
June 2, 2015A detainee currently held at the US military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba told his lawyers he was subject to forms of "enhanced interrogation techniques" beyond what was disclosed in a US...
Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing enters its third day today. On Wednesday Capitol Police arrested 73 people protesting Kavanaugh’s nomination. The protests began almost...
Updated: September 6, 2018
June 2009The new evidence from Guantanamo.
The ten years since the attacks of 9/11 and range of government responses have featured two important and competing trends in the arena of civil rights damages litigation. On the one hand, federal...
Updated: November 29, 2011
December 14, 2016...The nomination instantly provoked rebuke, with Baher Azmy, legal director for the Center for Constitutional Rights, telling AlterNet, "It is chilling that someone who oversaw, defended and...
This event has been postponed; please check back for an updated time and location January 11, 2025, marks 23 years since the first group of Muslim men and boys captured in the “War on Terror...
Updated: January 9, 2025
Join advocates from Palestine Legal, the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, and the Center for Constitutional Rights for a Facebook Live discussion on the meritless lawsuit filed in...
Updated: April 8, 2020
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