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J. Wells Dixon

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Al-Quraishi, et al. v. Nakhla and L-3 Services

Al Quraishi v. Nakhla and L-3 Services challenged corporate impunity for torture and other war crimes at Abu Ghraib and other prisons in Iraq.

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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

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CCR’s representation of Guantánamo prisoner and victim of CIA torture Majid Khan.

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Habeas corpus and Detainee Treatment Act petitions on behalf of Guantánamo detainee Mohammed Sulaymon Barre

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Opinion

Mike Pompeo: Unfit to be CIA director

Mike Pompeo
January 13, 2017

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  • J. Wells Dixon
Congressman Mike Pompeo is ill-suited to be CIA director. His résumé is impressive: West Point valedictorian, Army officer, Harvard Law graduate, successful businessman, and a multi-term congressman...
  • torture, Donald Trump

Obama’s Guantánamo: Essay Excerpt by CCR's Wells Dixon

December 21, 2016

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  • J. Wells Dixon
As President Obama’s terms in office come to an end, eight years after he entered office he has yet to deliver on one of his most prominent campaign promises: to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay...
  • Guantanamo

Guantánamo Litigation as Legal Warfare

Protester in detainee garb holding sign, "I am still waiting for your humanity"
April 13, 2016

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  • J. Wells Dixon
Amid a news cycle crowded with reports about Republican fearmongering and the Obama Administration’s bureaucratic paralysis on closing Guantánamo, a local news article last week from Fort Wayne,...
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Closing Guantanamo: Fordham Law School Panel discussion

February 21, 2016
Fordham Law School hosted a discussion on the policy challenges, legal concerns, and security considerations relating to the future of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.

U.S. Allows Torture Victims To Discuss Memories

June 15, 2015
The U.S. government begins to allow torture victims like Majid Khan to discuss their accounts while in CIA custody...

"These are War Crimes": Shocking Details Emerge of U.S. Resident Majid Khan’s Torture by CIA

June 4, 2015
Shocking new details have emerged about how the CIA tortured a former resident of Baltimore, Maryland, who has been in U.S. detention since 2003, first at a CIA black site, then at Guantánamo. Majid...
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