A habeas corpus petition on behalf of the only Guantánamo detainee who the government has openly admitted was tortured.
Updated: January 19, 2021
April 2008The attorneys for Salim Hamdan filed a brief in his military commission asking the judge to declare that Hamdan had been subjected to "abusive interrogation techniques," ie., torture. The...
May 2008This article focuses on Wilner v. NSA , CCR's case which alleges that the U.S. government has been spying on Guantanamo attorneys.
July 2008The judge handling the habeas appeals for more than 200 detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, ordered government lawyers to prioritize these cases after urging from the detainees' lawyers, including...
July 2008Center for Constitutional Rights attorneys, Gita Gutierrez and Shayana Kadidal, represented lawyers for Guantánamo detainees before Judge Hogan, who ordered government lawyers to speed up the process...
August 2008CCR attorney, Shayana Kadidal, comments on the lack of finality and legal significance in the military commission that convicted Salim Ahmed Hamdan. You can access the full article here .
May 2012For accused WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning, none of the court's orders have been published; none of the transcripts have been released, and none of the government filings have been posted. Read the...
June 2013Revelations that the National Security Agency is collecting data, "on an ongoing, daily basis," on all domestic and foreign telephone calls made by Verizon customers should absolutely...
June 2013Today, amid all the other news about the government’s vast surveillance network, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in California dismissed a case brought seven years ago against the National...
June 2013by Shayana Kadidal, Center for Constitutional Rights Staff Attorney There is something very wrong with this picture: Today I am in a federal court arguing that the press and public have a right to...
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