With the release of the Senate CIA Torture Report earlier this month, the torture debate is going strong. Despite President Obama’s admission that “we crossed a line” and “...
Updated: January 2, 2015
Please join CCR Senior Staff Attorney Wells Dixon and Professor Alex Whiting and as they discuss the role of lawyers in authorizing the post-9/11 US torture program. The panelists will speak about...
Updated: February 11, 2015
Join CCR Legal Director Baher Azmy, alongside other speakers, as they examine the impact of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) Report on Torture on the ongoing prosecutions and habeas...
Updated: February 23, 2015
*Please note new date!* Please join CCR Bertha Justice Fellow Omar Shakir and the No Separate Justice Campaign on March 2nd as we continue to build a growing voice of people of conscience and shine a...
Updated: February 26, 2015
Join CCR Legal Director Baher Azmy and co-counsel Jeena Shah for a discussion of our Al Shimari case and CCR’s history challenging corporate immunity and seeking justice for torture. Discussion...
Updated: March 31, 2015
Join CCR Senior Staff Attorney Pardiss Kebriaei and Advocacy Program Manager Aliya Hussain for a discussion about their legal and political advocacy for the victims of the so-called U.S. "war on...
Updated: March 31, 2015
Please join CCR and the Bertha Foundation on April 30th, 2015, for a free screening of The Square , an Academy Award-nominated film. Since 2011, the Egyptian Revolution and Egypt’s shifting...
Updated: April 27, 2015
March, 27, 2015 - Today, CCR and other human rights organizations submitted an amicus brief to the Fourth Circuit U.S. Appeals Court in a case concerning the government’s international law...
Updated: March 30, 2015
December 2014"Under U.S. law, torture is a crime that can lead to life in prison – so why hasn’t it? The Senate report documents comprehensive and detailed evidence of a criminal conspiracy of U.S. government...
December 2014"The CIA is engaged in a campaign of deception aimed at preventing the nation from knowing the whole truth about detainee abuses, charged Democratic Senator Mark Udall of Colorado in a blistering...
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