Groups argue “Death by Incarceration” is torture and violates ban on racial discrimination September 15, 2022, New York ‒ A national coalition of advocacy and legal groups today submitted a complaint...
U.S. victims seek money to satisfy judgments against Taliban, but those are sovereign funds and Taliban is not recognized government, judge says August 29, 2022, New York – A federal judge found that...
Ashley Diamond Home at Last August 9, 2022 – Ashley Diamond, a Black transgender woman who has twice sued the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) for refusing to protect her from sexual assault...
August 2, 2022, New York – In response to the U.S. government’s extrajudicial killing of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: More...
In a new submission to the court, Salah Hammouri details years of persecution and new tactics to forcibly transfer Palestinians from occupied East Jerusalem May 16, 2022, Jerusalem/Paris/New York – A...
70 Percent of People Serving These Sentences for Felony Murder are Black April 13, 2022, Pittsburgh, PA ‒ Today, a lawsuit brought by people serving Death-By-Incarceration sentences, commonly known...
Attorneys Say He Must Now Be Transferred From Guantánamo Without Delay March 11, 2022, New York and Washington, D.C. – Today, the Convening Authority for Military Commissions approved a final...
March 7, 2022, New York – Mohammed al-Qahtani, held at Guantánamo since 2002, arrived in Saudi Arabia today, where he will receive psychiatric care for schizophrenia that was exacerbated by...
Georgia prison officials refuse to protect Ashley Diamond despite repeated sexual assaults and sexual harassment February 23, 2022, Macon, GA– Ashley Diamond , a Black transgender woman held in a men...
Twenty years later, men who were religiously and racially profiled seek damages from warden who allowed abuse February 16, New York – A group of Muslim, Arab, and South Asian men rounded up after 9/...