January 11, 2018Few things could more appropriately commemorate Thursday's 16th anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility than a new lawsuit filed by 11 of the 41 detainees still in US...
January 11, 2018As of today, January 11, 2018, the United States has used its Guantanamo Bay facility for 16 years to detain people it alleges pose a security threat without charge or fair trial. The number of...
January 11, 2018Today, the Guantanamo prison enters its 17 th year. 41 Muslim men still languish there, trapped in an ever-present reminder of their captors’ official experiment with torture. Five of them have long...
January 11, 2018President Donald Trump’s declaration that he intends to keep all current prisoners at the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo indefinitely is being used as justification by legal advocates that the courts...
January 11, 2018Feinstein, who serves on the Senate's Judiciary and Intelligence committees, has been fighting against the detention facility since its creation 16 years ago, under President George W. Bush, and has...
January 13, 2018Eleven Guantanamo detainees filed a petition in a federal court in Washington that claims their continued imprisonment is due to President Donald Trump’s alleged dislike of Muslims. The inmates point...
January 12, 2018I represent one of the last remaining detainees in Guantánamo, Sharqawi Al Hajj, a 43-year-old man from Yemen whom the United States has been holding without charge for over 15 years and plans to...
January 16, 2018...If the Constitution stands for anything, the plaintiffs argue in their suit, which was filed on their behalf by the Center for Constitutional Rights , it must stand for the proposition that the...
January 16, 2018...“Eminent domain is an extraordinary and controversial power, and those most often burdened frequently lack the financial means and political clout to protect their rights in the process,” attorney...
CCR is proud to co-sponsor the inaugural celebration of Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution in New York City. The program will honor Fred Korematsu as a civil liberties role...
Updated: January 18, 2018
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