Judge Rejects Latest Efforts by Private Contractor to Have Case Dismissed February 27, 2019, Alexandria, VA – Today, a federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by survivors of torture at the...
December 12, 2007, New York, NY – Today, the European Parliament adopted an amendment that calls for the resettlement in European countries of Guantánamo detainees who cannot return to their home...
August 17, 2012, New York – In response today’s ruling by Judge Shira A. Scheindlin of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, which excluded as untested and...
January 25, 2013 – In response to today’s ruling by the D.C. Circuit vacating the conviction of Guantánamo prisoner Ali al-Bahlul, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the...
June 13, 2011, Washington and New York – Today, nearly five years to the day after three men died at Guantánamo in June 2006 under still-unexplained circumstances, the Center for...
Advocates Challenge the Application of ‘Unsafe’ Third Country Rule to Asylum Seekers Turned Back at Ports of Entry December 6, 2019, San Diego – Immigrant rights attorneys filed an emergency motion...
September 1, 2021, San Diego, CA – Immigrant rights advocates released the statement below after presenting oral arguments beforeU.S. District Judge Cynthia Bashant of the Southern District of...
Decision Preserves Important Protection for Thousands of Asylum Seekers Previously Turned Back at Ports of Entry March 5, 2020, San Francisco – A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel today blocked...
August 10, 2022, San Diego, CA — On Friday, August 5, a district court judge ruled in Al Otro Lado v. Mayorkas that the government’s turnback policy — its practice of systematically rejecting asylum...
The “turnback” case and campaign highlight how the fundamental right to seek asylum saves lives January 28, 2026, Washington, D.C. – A coalition of legal and advocacy organizations today launched a...
