October 2009When he took office, President Obama made clear that torture is illegal and that the United States would not abuse detainees in its custody. But when it comes to those tortured during the Bush...
October 13, 2015A federal appeals court has reinstated a civil rights lawsuit against the New York Police Department that accuses police of spying on Muslims in New Jersey. A three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S...
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November 6, 2020... U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement surveilled and targeted outspoken immigrants who have taken sanctuary in churches – including an Austin mother in refuge at St. Andrew's Presbyterian...
October 12, 2015Answer: When the child is Black and the shooter is a police officer. Welcome to America, where #BlackLivesMatter is a trending hashtag, but police impunity is a lethal reality of Black life. There’s...
May 2013President Obama’s speech Thursday was eagerly anticipated by those of us who have worked for years to challenge detentions at Guantanamo and targeted killings abroad. As much as we would like...
February 24, 2016The US president Barack Obama has released a plan to shut down the controversial detention centre at Guantanamo Bay before he leaves office in January He says the facility is an expensive recruiting...
March 1, 2016Retired U.S. Army General Geoffrey Miller, the former commander of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, did not appear for questioning before a French court on Tuesday, after being subpoenaed last month...
March 23, 2016The court-appointed monitor of NYPD stop-and-frisk practices has officially filed a new reporting form that encourages officers to write a narrative of the reasons for a stop instead of relying on...
March 22, 2019... In November 2017, Al Otro Lado filed a class-action lawsuit against then-Department of Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly (since extended to Kirstjen Nielsen) and U.S. Customs and Border...
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