In March 2003, Center for Constitutional Rights client Majid Khan was captured, forcibly disappeared, and tortured by U.S. officials at overseas "black sites" operated by the CIA. He was brought to...
Updated: October 27, 2021
The Senate Judiciary Committee scheduled a hearing on December 7, 2021, to examine the situation at the Guantanamo Bay prison twenty years after its opening and the path toward closure. Statements...
Updated: December 7, 2021
Where is the world to save us from torture? Where is the world to save us from the fire and sadness? – Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif Twenty years after the opening of Guantánamo , Adnan's questions remain...
Updated: February 2, 2022
On March 11, 2022, the anniversary of the American Rescue Plan, the Center for Constitutional Rights sent a letter to President Biden outlining key policy priorities and demands. The letter urges the...
Updated: March 11, 2022
March 23, 2022 The Honorable Dick Durbin Chair, Senate Judiciary Committee The Honorable Chuck Grassley Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee Dear Chairman Durbin and Ranking Member Grassley: We...
Updated: March 23, 2022
On January 11, 2023, the 21st anniversary of the prison's opening, 159 organizations sent a letter to President Biden urging him to prioritize closing Guantánamo and ending indefinited detention...
Updated: January 11, 2023
UPDATE: On February 2, 2023, Majid Khan was transferred to Belize. Read our press release about the transfer, and his statement . Majid Khan was born in Saudi Arabia in February 1980. A citizen of...
Updated: February 2, 2023
On October 28, 2021, Majid Khan read an unclassified personal statement during his sentencing hearing before a Guantánamo military commission. In his words, it is the story that he has been waiting...
Updated: February 2, 2023
On February 2, 2023, Majid Khan was transferred to Belize. He is the first of the prisoners transferred from secret CIA detention to Guantánamo in September 2006 to be released, and the first third-...
Updated: February 4, 2023
Abdul Razak Ali* (also known as Saeed Bakhouch ) is an Algerian citizen who was detained at Guantánamo without charge from 2002 until April 2023, when he was transferred to Algeria. Before Guantánamo...
Updated: April 21, 2023
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