Closing Guantánamo Bay prison is in the national interest of the United States, and fears of recidivism among prisoners released from the detention center are unfounded, a top defense official said...
"Anti-Semitism remains a very real problem. The line of questioning put to UCLA student Rachel Beyda during her confirmation hearing for a student government position was inappropriate, and yes, anti...
A predominantly Muslim community in Paterson, New Jersey was one of the areas under police surveillance after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. New York Police Department officers monitored...
Lawyers representing thousands of inmates who have been held in small, windowless rooms say they’ve reached a settlement with the state of California to end the practice of extreme long-term...
President Obama made what appeared to be a hail Mary pass on Tuesday as he announced, once again , that his administration had prepared a closure plan for the Guantánamo Bay detention center. Evoking...
Legendary human rights lawyer Michael Ratner passed away of cancer on Wednesday at age 72. Ratner was the president emeritus of the Center for Constitutional Rights , a nonprofit legal organization...
Human rights groups are praising provisions in the Senate version of an annual defense policy bill that would allow detainees at Guantanamo Bay to plead guilty in civilian courts and get emergency...
CCR Deputy Legal Director Maria LaHood will join U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights Executive Director Yousef Munayyer for a discussion on Palestinian advocacy in the Trump era. This discussion is...
Today, students at Fordham University filed a lawsuit against the school over its refusal to grant club status to Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). Represented by the Center for Constitutional...
A new lawsuit accuses Fordham University administrators of unfairly blocking recognition for a pro-Palestinian student organization on campus. In announcing the lawsuit, students represented by the...
