More than a decade after graphic images of the American-run prison camp Abu Ghraib in Iraq were leaked, four of the cleared detainees are finally getting their day in court. But will accountability...
Updated: April 7, 2017
October 31, 2016This post originally appeared on the Open Society Foundations website . “It is beyond the power of even the president to declare [torture] lawful,” wrote Judge Henry Floyd on October 21. These words...
December 19, 2016On January 18, 2017, CCR will argue the last case to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court during Obama’s presidency, Ziglar v. Abbasi , which by the time it is decided may become the most important...
“It’s not constitutional… This is a historic act of discrimination that singles out in broad fashion one religion, treats them differently, and is motivated by this venomous dislike for Muslims…...
Updated: February 6, 2017
Two judges have now struck down Donald Trump's second attempt at banning Muslims from a handful of countries to enter the United States. A federal judge in Hawaii issued a temporary restraining order...
Updated: March 22, 2017
May 11, 2017The day I learned of Michael Ratner’s passing, one year ago today, I had to travel to Richmond, Virginia to argue an appeal related to one of the Abu Ghraib torture suits CCR brought against an...
August 9, 2017Last week, the New York Times published a remarkable piece by Bari Weiss, newly hired by the Times from the Wall Street Journal , titled “ When Progressives Embrace Hate .” The piece, which self-...
January 19, 2018Ahmer Abbasi came to the Unites States from Pakistan on a visitor visa in 1993. After he arrived, he applied for political asylum, and remained in the country after his visa was denied. Two weeks...
April 16, 2018CCR and Muslim Advocates have entered into a settlement agreement with the New York City Police Department (NYPD) , ending litigation over the NYPD’s suspicionless surveillance of Muslim Americans in...
In the latest pushback against President Trump’s attack on immigrants rights, a federal judge in California has temporarily halted Trump’s asylum ban, which attempted to deny asylum to anyone...
Updated: November 20, 2018
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