Oral argument on Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss in Al-Aulaqi v. Panetta lawsuit challenging U.S. "Targeted Killings" will be heard by Judge Rosemary M. Collyer of the United States...
Updated: July 17, 2013
CCR senior staff attorney Rachel Meeropol will be speaking at the Practising Law Institute's (PLI) Prison Law 2017 webinar. This PLI program is designed for lawyers who represent incarcerated persons...
Updated: October 13, 2017
Still suffering effects of CIA abuse, Guled Duran is one of many stranded at Gitmo due to inaction by courts, Biden admin November 7, 2022, Washington, D.C. – A Somali man held without charge at...
June 3, 2022...“Obviously we’re disappointed in the ruling,” Pam Spees, senior staff attorney at the Center For Constitutional Rights who’s helping to represent the Descendants Project told The Lens. “This...
October 2013"This week, one of the world's most renowned and respected medical journals, The Lancet, joined the chorus of epidemiologists challenging the credibility of a recently-released report by the...
Lawyers and civil liberties groups say the legal battle against Bush's expansion of government's powers could last many years and redefine the powers of the executive branch.
January 2012CCR Executive Director, Vince Warren, explains the importance and need of closing Guantánamo, before its travesty of justice continues into another decade.
February 2008Article that details the initial attempt by US Military prosecutors to charge and convict Guantanamo Bay detainees for their alleged connections to the 9-11 attacks.
November 2006CNN's senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin has sharply criticized the legal action to bring war crimes charges against Rumsfeld and other top U.S. officials in a German court.
February 2005Three former Guantanamo detainees from Britain say they confessed to involvement in terrorist activity in Afghanistan after being subjected to months of physical and mental abuse.
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