We look at the extraordinary story from Guantánamo of a father and son who were held for many years and what became of them after their release. Abdul Nasser Khantumani and his son Muhammed were...
Updated: June 1, 2015
April 2015In 2008, I became the lawyer for Abdul Nasser Khantumani and his son Muhammed, two men who were being held at Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba. When the United States took them into custody, in...
August 31, 2015I feel like there is a heavy weight on my chest – it’s as if I’m breathing through a needle hole. And then I ask myself, “If I write or say something, is anybody going to listen to me? Is it really...
September 16, 2015CCR's Pardiss Kebriaei and Omar Shakir spent this week at Guantánamo meeting with our clients. They give a live report back on their visits.
In the final debate before Tuesday’s primary in New Hampshire, Republican presidential contenders battled it out Saturday night at...
Updated: February 8, 2016
March 26, 2016When a United States detention center is hundreds of miles off the coast, it can be difficult for Americans to imagine the plight of the people who have been held there for the past 15 years. The...
June 8, 2016Earlier this year, a man named Mohammed Bawazir, one of dozens of remaining Guantanamo detainees whom the Obama administration has cleared for release and is working to transfer, rejected an offer of...
January 17, 2017As President Obama’s terms in office come to an end, eight years after he entered office he has yet to deliver on one of his most prominent campaign promises: to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay...
Questions are mounting about the first covert counterterrorism operation approved by President Donald Trump. Authorities say it was a success.
Updated: February 6, 2017
September 8, 2017This week, CCR made an emergency request in the district court in Washington, DC, for an independent medical evaluation of Sharqawi Al Hajj , a 43-year-old citizen of Yemen who remains detained at...
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