November 5, 2021...The abuses, which spanned three years after Khan was detained in Karachi in 2003, included being waterboarded, hung naked from a ceiling beam, starved, and being physically and sexually assaulted...
September 21, 2017Earlier this month, Illinois State Senator Daniel Biss removed Chicago Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa as his running mate in the Illinois gubernatorial race due to Ramirez-Rosa’s refusal to oppose the...
Update: this hearing was previously scheduled for 11/9. This is the new date. Join the Center for Constitutional Rights, Muslims for Just Futures, and allies in a solidarity call to support Urooj...
Updated: November 7, 2022
December 4, 2016Palestinian activists have slammed New York Governor Andrew Cuomo over releasing a blacklist of organizations and groups who support and work with the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign...
November 5, 2021...The clemency letter provided a harsh critique of the legal framework and C.I.A. detention system that the Bush administration established after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the legacy of which...
June 1, 2017“Are we going to pretend they’re less than men and walk away?” This beautiful line from Peace Poet Luke Nephew’s piece, “ There is a Man Under the Hood ,” anchors Witness Against Torture’s new...
June 8, 2024...As the humanitarian situation deteriorates inside Gaza , a non-profit in the US is facing a legal battle that could see it lose the ability to be a major source of donations to the UN agency for...
The Center for Constitutional Rights, The Supreme Court Institute & The Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law Invite You to Attend a Panel Discussion of Professor David Cole...
Updated: February 16, 2010
T he new filing in federal court comes after ICE said they would keep Mr. Khalil detained based on false allegations following a court ruling that detention on the Secretary of State’s say-so is...
March 2009Ken Saro-Wiwa swore that one day Shell, the oil giant, would answer for his death in a court of law. Next month, 14 years after his execution, the Nigerian environmental activist's dying wish is to...
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