Cases

Al-Aulaqi v. Panetta

A challenge to the U.S. drone killing of three U.S. citizens in Yemen.
Updated: August 30, 2021

Al-Zahrani v. Rumsfeld & Al-Zahrani v. United States

A civil action filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) on behalf of the families and estates of two men who died at Guantánamo Bay in June 2006. The case was brought against the...
Updated: August 30, 2021

al Qahtani v. Obama

A habeas corpus petition on behalf of the only Guantánamo detainee who the government has openly admitted was tortured.
Updated: April 4, 2022

Hamad v. Gates (amicus brief)

CCR argues that an appeals court wrongly decided that Congress has the power to forbid federal courts from considering claims by former Guantánamo detainees.
Updated: March 9, 2017

Ameziane v. Obama / Ameziane v. United States

Guantanamo habeas petition in D.C. District Court, and human rights petition and request for precautionary measures before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (“IACHR”) for Djamel Ameziane
Updated: May 27, 2020

Aref v. Garland

A due process challenge to the Communications Management Units (CMUs), two highly restrictive federal prison units that segregate certain prisoners and severely limit and control their communication...
Updated: March 1, 2022

Al-Bihani v. Obama

Representing a Yemeni citizen held without charge at Guantanamo 2002 - 2016.
Updated: August 30, 2021

Ba Odah v. Obama

Habeas corpus petition on behalf of Tariq Ba Odah, a cleared Yemeni man who was detained at Guantánamo without charge from 2002 - 2016.
Updated: March 2, 2017

Hicks v. United States

Representing David Hicks, an Australian citizen who was detained for five and a half years at Guantánamo, where he was tortured.
Updated: August 19, 2015

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