by Laura Raymond, International Human Rights Program Manager at the Center for Constitutional Rights Unbelievably, in 2011 this question has not yet been settled in the courts of the United States...
Updated: December 21, 2011
by Peter Weiss, Vice President for the Center for Constitutional Rights "Today, it is not merely justice itself, but the idea of justice that is under attack.” The words are those of...
Updated: January 6, 2012
Washington, November 1, 2012 – This morning CCR scored a major victory in our long running effort to hold private military contractors responsible for their role in the torture and war crimes...
Updated: December 20, 2012
February 14, 2013 - Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry calling on the United States...
Updated: February 14, 2013
By Katherine Gallagher, Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights One thing brings these four men together. Hassan bin Attash, Sami el-Hajj, Muhammed Khan Tumani and Murat Kurnaz...
Updated: February 22, 2013
May 16, 2014 - We express our deep concern regarding the brutal beating of José Guadalupe Ruela García, the director of Casa Alianza of Honduras, allegedly by members of the Honduran...
Updated: May 16, 2014
September 2006Government commission in Canada ruled that Maher Arar is not a terrorist/White House seeking to revoke right of habeas corpus to non-citizens held in US custody outside of the US.
February 2006Maher Arar is seeking acknowledgement from the U.S. government that his torture was wrong.
February 2006U.S. district judge David Trager dismissed Maher Arar's lawsuit against the U.S. government.
September 2006Canadian Commission releases report revealing new details about U.S. behavior that led to imprisoning an innocent man.
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