On November 10, 1995, nine Ogoni leaders (the “Ogoni 9”) were executed by the Nigerian government after being falsely accused of murder and tried by a specially created military tribunal. Those...
Updated: January 22, 2008
Royal Dutch Shell, plc (Shell) began oil production in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria in 1958 and has a long history of working closely with the Nigerian government to quell popular opposition to...
Updated: March 24, 2009
On November 13, 2001, President Bush issued an executive order which purported to establish military commissions to try those captured in the “War on Terror.” Under the order, the...
Updated: January 11, 2010
Legal Analysis: Boumediene v. Bush/Al Odah v. United States In February 2002, the Center for Constitutional Rights and our co-counsel brought the first habeas case in federal court on behalf of...
Updated: January 11, 2010
FOREIGN INTERROGATORS IN GUANTÁNAMO BAY US Allows Security Forces from Brutal Human Rights Abusing Regimes into Guantanamo; Many Countries Complicit in Abuses at Guantánamo Since as...
Updated: January 11, 2010
Could Rosa Parks, who was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955 for violating segregation laws by sitting in the white-only section of a bus and refusing to move, be considered a “homegrown...
Updated: January 11, 2010
Since the first habeas corpus petition for detainees was filed on February 19, 2002, CCR has helped coordinate a movement of over 500 pro bono attorneys who have filed habeas petitions for more than...
Updated: January 11, 2010
Q: Why should we lower the rates? If people in prison don’t want expensive calls, they should not break the law. A: People in prison do not pay for the collect calls. That burden falls to the...
Updated: January 11, 2010
In the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which the United States ratified in 1994, torture is defined as "any act by which...
Updated: January 11, 2010
STRANDED AT GUANTÁNAMO: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS REGARDING INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION FOR GUANTÁNAMO PRISONERS WHO CANNOT BE SAFELY REPATRIATED NEED FOR HUMANITARIAN PROTECTION 1. How...
Updated: January 11, 2010
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