June 26, 2008, New York and Washington, DC —The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) must no longer be allowed to use classification arguments in its attempts to prevent the disclosure of illegal or...
October 8, 2008, Washington – The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has granted the U.S. government’s request for an administrative stay of District Court Judge Ricardo Urbina’s order that 17 innocent...
New legal documents seek a criminal investigation and prosecution of Rumsfeld, Alberto Gonzales, George Tenet, and other senior U.S. civilian and military officers for their alleged role in abuses...
Article discussing of Ahmed Ghalaini's indictment charges as allegedly helping to plan the US embassy bombing in Tanzania during 1998, and the details and problems of using military tribunals to hear...
The Center for Constitutional Rights has filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to investigate the torture that Djamel Ameziane experianced while in US custody. You can...
His death, which would be the fifth prisoner suicide at the detention center, renews criticism of U.S. policy and calls for Obama to keep his promise to close the offshore prison.
The American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal court Wednesday to force the Obama administration to release records related to the killing of U.S. citizens in drone attacks in Yemen last year.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a lawsuit brought by four inmates of Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison against civilian military military contractors, alleging they were tortured...
...Paul van Zyl, formerly of South Africa's Truth & Reconciliation Commission, and the Center for Constitutional Rights' Vince Warren discuss lessons from South Africa for the U.S. ... Read the...
... February 21, 2002: A US federal judge dismisses a challenge to the detention of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights, a legal advocacy group. ... Read the...
