...Civil liberties groups immediately denounced the executive order, and the Center for Constitutional Rights said it would file a legal challenge. “In trying to give new life to a prison that...
...But the Center for Constitutional Rights, which filed a federal court brief this month seeking the release of 11 Gitmo detainees, said Mr. Trump ’s executive order “is not the last word.” “It is...
...European allies, Muslim leaders and other critics have been vehemently opposed to how detainees have been held at Guantanamo for decades without charge. "I have no doubt terrorist groups like ISIS...
...“The Trump administration is making a signature departure from the political and diplomatic consensus that once existed, that it’s necessary and, indeed, imperative to the national security of the...
... Below is the text of the letter sent to Defense Secretary James Mattis. Click here to download the pdf, including footnotes, of the Guantánamo Bay letter . ... Sincerely, Beth D. Jacob Counsel...
Please join CCR's senior staff attorney, Katherine Gallagher , at San Diego State University for her keynote speech on the U.S. detention and interrogation program in response to 9/11. Katherine will...
Please join CCR and partners for Refest 2.0 , CultureHub's annual festival, which brings together artists, activists, and technologists to explore technology's role in shaping our future. In this "un...
...And we should not forget that it was in his tenure overseeing Guantanamo that we first heard about John Kelly, the currently embattled White House chief of staff. When the president* nominated...
President Donald Trump’s administration responded to a legal challenge that alleges the continued detention of detainees at the Guantánamo Bay military prison amounts to “perpetual detention for...
...But a new court challenge, brought by Kebriaei and her colleagues at the Center for Constitution Rights, could upend the status quo and signal the largest shift in U.S. military detention policies...
