November 30, 2021Since a hearing in May, where Ashley Diamond detailed abuse by both incarcerated men and prison officials, she has suffered two more sexual assaults
December 6, 2016Thanks to Donald Trump, the concept of a “Muslim registry” has become part of the public political discourse. Well-meaning allies have promised that they will be among the first to sign up if such a...
March 4, 2019After 11 years, Abu Ghraib torture case headed to trial The Center for Constitutional Rights is headed to trial in an historic lawsuit about torture at the infamous “hard site” at Abu Ghraib prison...
May 1, 2023Groups urge U.N. to call for abolition of Death by Incarceration during historic U.S. visit Amid the historic visit of the U.N. Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law...
The Alien Tort Statute (ATS), also known as the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA), is a powerful legal tool that allows foreign victims of human rights abuse to seek civil remedies in U.S. courts. It has...
Updated: September 24, 2012
April 2010A memo leaked from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency is has immigration reform activist groups up in arms, calling the government's plans to argue on behalf of its programs...
The father of a U.S.-Yemeni citizen known as al Qaeda's top English-language Internet recruiter is fighting to have his son removed from a list of potential targets for kill or capture by the CIA or...
July 15, 2016I d ealt with David Margolis at the Department of Justice, and generally share the positive feelings about his character and integrity expressed by many following his recent death [July 13, courant...
August 2, 2016Jill Stein, the Green Party’s presumptive presidential nominee , has chosen human rights activist Ajamu Baraka as her running mate. Baraka was founding executive director of the U.S. Human Rights...
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