July 7, 2011, New York – In response to reports that the Obama administration had flown a Somali man accused of ties to terrorism to New York to face prosecution after holding and interrogating...
July 6, 2011, New York and Washington – Documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation by the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), the Center for...
July 1, 2011, New York – Yesterday, the U.S. Justice Department announced that it will drop 99 out of 101 C.I.A. detainee torture cases that had been under preliminary review by Federal...
Washington DC , June 30, 2011 Yesterday the Department of Homeland Security launched its advisory committee as part of the response to the growing controversy and resistance from states and law...
June 29, 2011, New York, Jerusalem – Working under cover of dark in the early morning hours of June 26, Israeli bulldozers entered an intact part of the ancient Mamilla Cemetery, Jerusalem...
June 29, 2011, New Orleans – Late last night, legislation eliminating the mandatory sex offender registration requirement for individuals convicted of Louisiana’s Solicitation of a Crime...
WASHINGTON, June 27 /PRNewswire/ - The U.S. Supreme Court sent a terrible message with its refusal today to hear the case of 250 civilians allegedly tortured and seriously harmed by corporate...
June 22, 2011, Lansing, MI - Citizens from across Michigan today announced they are taking Michigan’s controversial emergency manager law to court, filing a lawsuit that charges Gov. Rick...
by Leili Kashani, Center for Constitutional Rights This month marks five years since three men who were never charged with any crime died in US custody at Guantánamo under circumstances that...