... Islamophobia, or anti-Muslim racism, and the parallel US-driven militarism in Muslim countries across the globe, have created a political and legal framework to alienate and stigmatize Muslim...
... Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch, investigates human rights abuses in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza. Prior to his current role, he was a Bertha Fellow at the...
... Mr. Qahtani’s approval for repatriation follows litigation by his defense lawyers, Mr. Kassem and Shayana Kadidal of the Center for Constitutional Rights. They have argued that he deserves to be...
During a hearing before a federal judge, a lawyer for Khalil said the Trump administration was taking a “radical” position on his case. “Everyone knows about this case and is wondering whether they’...
On Tuesday, February 28, the Supreme Court will hear a challenge brought by 12 Nigerian plaintiffs who say a Shell oil subsidiary aided and abetted acts of murder, rape and systematic torture by the...
The US Department of Defense announced on Saturday that nine Yemeni detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were transferred from the controversial offshore detention facility to Saudi Arabia. Among the...
The US Department of Defense announced on Saturday that nine Yemeni detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were transferred from the controversial offshore detention facility to Saudi Arabia. Among the...
Yemeni man granted Muslim Ban waiver, reunites with family in U.S. after 17 years [caption align="right"] [/caption] Last week, after 17 years, Ali Ahmad, a Yemeni man CCR profiled in our report on...
Omar Khadr isn't the only Guantanamo inmate who could look northward if the incoming Obama administration carries through on its promise to shut the military prison. Three other men who once lived in...
Judges of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted 7-4 to uphold a decision by a lower court judge dismissing a lawsuit brought by Maher Arar, a Syrian-born man who was detained in 2002 and sent...
