Majid Khan Released From Guantánamo, To Begin New Life In Belize – OpEd
Today, more than 16 years after he was brought to Guantánamo Bay and almost a year after he completed a
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Articles by The Center for Constitutional Rights :
Guantanamo: 20 Years Later, Closure Of Prison Still Pending – OpEd
The Center for Constitutional Rights and the Center for Justice and International Law – CEJIL addressed the Inter-American Commission on
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Majid Khan Challenges Imprisonment At Guantánamo Beyond Completion Of Sentence – OpEd
Majid Khan’s lawyers Tuesday filed a habeas petition on his behalf in federal court, challenging his imprisonment beyond the end of his
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Descendants Of Enslaved People Ask Louisiana Court To Stop ‘Pre-Construction’ On Land Likely Containing Ancestral Graves – OpEd
An organization that advocates for descendants of enslaved people filed a motion requesting a temporary restraining order yesterday to prevent
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Man Imprisoned At Guantánamo Since 2002 Sent Home – OpEd
The U.S. government made public today that Sufyian Barhoumi was sent home to Algeria, nearly twenty years after arriving at Guantánamo
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As Guantánamo Turns 20, All Biden Needs To Shut It Down Is Political Will – OpEd
Today, on the eve of 20th anniversary of the arrival of the first men detained in the so-called war on
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Descendants Project Sues Parish To Invalidate Zoning Ordinance That Threatens Health And Safety Of Black Historic Community – OpEd
The Descendants Project, an organization founded to advocate for descendants of people once enslaved in Louisiana’s river parishes, today asked
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Lawsuit Filed Over Migrant Deaths At US-Mexico Border
As the humanitarian-aid group No More Deaths and community organization La Coalición de Derechos Humanos released the third installment of
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Court Rules Communities United For Police Reform May Intervene In NYPD Misconduct Database Case – OpEd
A federal court ruled Tuesday that Communities United for Police Reform (CPR), represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights and
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Inter-American Commission On Human Rights Issues Historic Decision On Former Guantanamo Detainee’s Case – OpEd
Almost two decades after Algerian citizen Djamel Ameziane was detained and sent to Guantanamo Bay detention center, the Inter-American Commission
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