January 27, 2016A federal judge gave final approval to the settlement of a class action filed on behalf of hundreds of prisoners held in solitary confinement, sometimes for years, at California's Pelican Bay prison...
November 17, 2025, Washington, D.C. – Today, the Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's request to review a Ninth Circuit decision that declared unlawful the U.S. government’s prior...
The undersigned civil liberties, human rights, national security, and religious organizations write to urge you to oppose H.R. 401 introduced by Representative Walorski barring transfers out of...
Updated: June 1, 2015
During an intense civil war that displaced 700,000 people and left 3.9 million in need of humanitarian support, Cameroonian security forces have been responsible for extrajudicial killings and...
Updated: April 2, 2025
On Friday, October 21, 2016 the Public Safety Committee of the New York City Council held an oversight hearing of the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB). CCR Advocacy Program Manager Nahal Zamani...
Updated: January 10, 2017
The decision creates a circuit split on whether federal courts can review claims of unconstitutional immigration detention July 23, 2026, Richmond, VA – The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals today...
A case brought by four former Guantanamo prisoners against former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld seeking damages for their arbitrary detention and torture.
Updated: July 11, 2011
As part of its widespread investigation of universities in response to Palestine solidarity organizing, the U.S. House Committee on Education and Workforce sent a letter to Northwestern University on...
Updated: April 11, 2025
Updated: December 18, 2010
In March 2025, federal and state officials announced a massive incentive package for a planned industrial park on the west bank of Ascension Parish, Louisiana. The plan would spell the end of the...
Updated: July 2, 2026
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