FEB. 5, 2014 GENEVA — A sharply critical United Nations panel accused the Vatican on Wednesday of putting its reputation and interests above those of children who had been sexually abused by...
"When we filed the first case challenging detentions at Guantánamo Bay shortly after the first men arrived there in 2002, we didn’t know what to expect. Family members of a few of...
"Though it received scant attention at the time, with a grand total of one Congressperson opposing and one witness testifying against it, condemnation of the federal Animal Enterprise Terrorism...
The Ferguson grand jury operated in an unorthodox way in the Darren Wilson case: The prosecutor, Robert McCullough, presented all the evidence and then took a hands-off approach designed to shift...
Reminders of Fahd's absence are everywhere. I see Fahd's face whenever I visit our mother, or call Fahd's wife, or give a gift to Hafsa. It is not a burden; I am honored to have become the guardian...
"Last week, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) quietly published a final rule governing conditions and policies at the Communications Management Units (CMUs) -- two highly restrictive prison units...
The No Separate Justice Campaign together with the Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement will kick off Torture Awareness Month with a focus on the interrelated abuses in the federal so-...
CCR has proudly stood up for LGBTQI people and communities for decades, and we’re very excited that this year for the first time we will be marching as an official contingent in the annual NYC Pride...
Former top U.S. officials can be held liable for the abuse of hundreds of detainees rounded up after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks for minor immigration violations, a federal appeals court said...
