July 2013" As toxins from US munitions and the burn pits the US military used to dispose of waste linger in Iraqi cities and villages, doctors and human rights advocates are reporting unprecedented and...
August 7, 2015Obama administration officials are divided over what to do about a detainee at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, who has been on a hunger strike since February 2007 and now weighs less than 75 pounds, according...
August 14, 2015The Obama administration has decided for now to fight any court-ordered release of a detainee at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, who has been on a hunger strike since February 2007 and now weighs less than 75...
April 16, 2016The United States on Saturday transferred nine Yemeni detainees from its wartime prison at Guantánamo Bay to Saudi Arabia, completing a long-sought diplomatic deal ahead of a planned visit to Riyadh...
June 29, 2016The so-called "guaranteed minimums" assure that a specific number of detainees will be held in captivity at all times at the for-profit ran institutions. "Guaranteed minimums, which appear mostly in...
January 18, 2017The federal government’s frantic response to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, sparked renewed debate Wednesday at the Supreme Court, as justices considered whether top officials in the George W. Bush...
November 21, 2019... "We are asking the court to reinstate the jury verdict," says Beth Stephens, an attorney for the Center for Constitutional Rights, a nonprofit legal advocacy organization that has been litigating...
February 21, 2020... It was Chinyere Ezie, a civil rights lawyer who first posted pictures of the blackface figurines from what Prada called its “Pradamalia'' line. After a massive social media upheaval, they pulled...
December 1, 2021... Majid Khan in 2018. He was held for years in the C.I.A.’s overseas prison network. Credit... Center for Constitutional Rights, via Associated Press He anticipated no adverse impact on his career...
Participants: Former Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman , attorney Joshua Dratel , attorney Shayana Kadidal of the Center for Constitutional Rights, Aziz Huq , Martin Garbus , and journalist Richard...
Updated: November 21, 2007
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