Almost a decade ago, in June 2007, as he campaigned for president, then-Sen. Barack Obama told a Texas crowd, “We’re going to close Guantánamo. And we’re going to restore habeas corpus.” One week...
...Baher Azmy, legal director for the Center for Constitutional Rights, provided Teen Vogue with examples of some of these crimes: “These death-eligible federal statutes have what is called a federal...
Fourteen years ago on Monday, the first wave of detainees arrived at the notorious U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba. Seven years ago, President-elect Barack Obama promised that he would...
... In the years since Yousry’s arrest and trial, the U.S. government has struggled to find competent Arabic-language translators. In sensitive legal cases, like the ongoing military-court hearings...
... lawyers at the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a motion in Aref v. Session , a lawsuit challenging my father’s placement in the CMU. They have asked the judge to expunge the information...
"As far I'm concerned, every last one of them can rot in hell. But as long as they don't do that, they can rot in Guantanamo Bay," concluded Senator Tom Cotton in a combative line of questioning...
The New York Campaign for Telephone Justice does not condone call blocking and we are working with the Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) to develop other calling and billing methods for the...
Jeffrey Weinrich is the Finance Director at the Center for Constitutional Rights. He oversees all finance operations including general accounting, creation and monitoring of the organizational and...
...Trump's decision is "unsurprising given Trump's deep-seated racism, his well-documented antipathy toward all Muslims, and his endless puffing and posturing. The entire Trump White House is stacked...
