Guantanamo / Illegal Detention

Amnesty International, Articles of Impeachment Against George W. Bush, Bush Administration, CCR, Center for Constitutional Rights, Death Penalty, Donald Rumsfeld, Entrapment, Guantanamo, International Law, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Peter B. Collins, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, Secret Sites, Senator Russ Feingold, Torture, Vice-President Dick Cheney, Warrantless Wiretapping, Zacarias Moussaoui

The Veil Jourde Guantanamo Meeting – The Air Conditioning Case – Cartoon – PDF

Author: Michael Ratner April 17, 2017

Veil Jourde

Guantanamo / Illegal Detention, Personal & Profiles

Cartoon, Guantanamo, Veil Jourde

European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) Colloquium on Michael Ratner and Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) – Challenging the Powerful with Legal Means: Back to the Streets – Black Lives Matter (6/6) – Vince Warren with Moderator: Claire Tixteire

Author: Michael Ratner November 3, 2016

2016 marked the 50th anniversary of the founding of the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the passing away of its President Emeritus Michael Ratner (1943-2016), who had made CCR his political home for 40 years. In 2007,…
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Civil Liberties, Guantanamo / Illegal Detention, Personal & Profiles

Activism, Attorney Vince Warren, Attorney Wolfgang Kaleck, Bertha Foundation, Black Lives Matter, Blue Lives Matter, CCR, Center for Constitutional Rights, Claire Tixeire, Daniels v. New York City, ECCHR, European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, Ferguson, Floyd v. New York City, Guantanamo, Lotte Leicht, Michael Ratner, Police Brutality, Racial Profiling, Radical Lawyer, Social Movements, Stop and Frisk, Street Crimes Unit, Tony Tabatznik

European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) Colloquium on Michael Ratner and Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) – Challenging the Powerful with Legal Means: Filing 100% on Principle – Post 9/11 Legal Sagas (5/6) – Baher Azmy, Manfred Nowak, with Moderator: Florian Jessberger

Author: Michael Ratner November 3, 2016

2016 marked the 50th anniversary of the founding of the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the passing away of its President Emeritus Michael Ratner (1943-2016), who had made CCR his political home for 40 years. In 2007,…
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Guantanamo / Illegal Detention, International War Crimes, Personal & Profiles

9/11, Attorney Baher Azmy, Attorney Wolfgang Kaleck, Bertha Foundation, Bush Administration, CCR, Center for Constitutional Rights, ECCHR, Enemy Combatant, European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, Florian Jessberger, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Detainees, Indefinite Detention, Lotte Leicht, Manfred Nowak, Military Commissions, Military Order Number One, Rasul v. Bush, Tony Tabatznik, Torture, War on Terror

European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) Colloquium on Michael Ratner and Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) – Challenging the Powerful with Legal Means: Hate Mail- A Theatrical Interlude (4/6) – Robin Martin

Author: Michael Ratner November 3, 2016

2016 marked the 50th anniversary of the founding of the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the passing away of its President Emeritus Michael Ratner (1943-2016), who had made CCR his political home for 40 years. In 2007,…
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Guantanamo / Illegal Detention, Personal & Profiles

Attorney Wolfgang Kaleck, Bertha Foundation, CCR, Center for Constitutional Rights, ECCHR, European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Detainees, Hate Mail, Lotte Leicht, Muslim Targeting, Radical Lawyer, Robin Martin, Tony Tabatznik

Michael Ratner’s Army – The New York Review of Books – by David Cole

Author: Michael Ratner May 15, 2016

As Barack Obama looks to the end of his tenure as president and commander-in-chief, the prison camp he inherited at Guantánamo Bay remains one of his most frustrating challenges. He promised to close it on his second day in office….
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Guantanamo / Illegal Detention, Personal & Profiles

Activist, Attorney Clive Stafford Smith, Attorney David Cole, Attorney David Remes, Attorney Harold Hongju Koh, Attorney Joe Margulies, Attorney Steven Watt, Attorney Wells Dixon, Barack Obama, CCR, Center for Constitutional Rights, Columbia Law School, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Detainees, Lisa Daugaard, Lowentein Center for International Human Rights Clinic Yale Law School, Mike Wishnie, Paul Sonn, President George W. Bush, Radical Lawyer, Rasul v. Bush, Seema Ahmad

Michael Ratner, Bold Civil Liberties Lawyer, Dies at 72 – Obituary – New York Times – by Sam Roberts – PDF

Author: Michael Ratner May 12, 2016

2016 Michael Ratner, Bold Civil Liberties Lawyer, Dies at 72 Michael Ratner, a fearless civil liberties lawyer who successfully challenged the United States government’s detention of terrorism suspects at Guantánamo Bay without judicial review, died on Wednesday in Manhattan. He was 72….
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Civil Liberties, Guantanamo / Illegal Detention, Personal & Profiles

Attica, Attorney Margaret Ratner Kunstler, Brandeis University, Center for Constitutional Rights, Constance Baker Motley, Donald Rumsfeld, Guantanamo, Habeas Corpus, Military Commissions Act, Obituary, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, The New York Times, Torture, WikiLeaks

Remembering Michael Ratner … An American Hero – Thom Hartman

Author: Michael Ratner May 12, 2016

For tonight’s Daily Take – we’re honoring Michael Ratner – a true American hero who changed the course of history with his fierce pursuit of justice. Michael’s very first case was a lawsuit against prison guards and state troopers who…
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Civil Liberties, Guantanamo / Illegal Detention, International War Crimes, Internet Freedom, Palestine, Personal & Profiles