From Amnesty International
MILAN, ITALY – The convictions of US and Italian intelligence agents for their involvement in the abduction of Usama Mostafa Hassan Nasr (better known as Abu Omar) mark a step toward accountability for …

Department of Justice
Office of Public Affairs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Saturday, October 31, 2009

United States Transfers Six Uighur Detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Palau
Six detainees who are Chinese nationals of Uighur ethnicity have been transferred from the …

TORONTO STAR EXCLUSIVE: Classified photos show Toronto-born Omar Khadr lying buried and hurt in a trench during a firefight in Afghanistan that killed a U.S. commando. His lawyers say that proves he couldn’t have thrown the lethal grenade

By Robert Barnes
Washington Post
The Supreme Court today put aside objections from the Obama administration and said it will consider whether judges have the right to release into the U.S. detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, …

By Leslie Harris
President and CEO of the Center for Democracy & Technology
Yesterday [October 8, 2009], the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to reauthorize three expiring provisions in the USA PATRIOT Act. While the bill they passed …

By Dafna Linzer, ProPublica, and Peter Finn, Washington Post
Obama administration officials, fearing a battle with Congress that could stall plans to close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, are crafting language for an executive order …

Order Would Authorize Unconstitutional And Unjust System
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 26, 2009
CONTACT: Rachel Myers, (646) 206-8643; media@aclu.org
NEW YORK – According to news reports, the Obama administration is considering issuing an executive order that would reassert executive …

By PAUL KORING
May 14, 2009
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, jettisoning previous pledges of openness, ordered a new court battle yesterday to keep secret photographs of U.S. soldiers abusing prisoners in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Allowing publication of …

Obama Administration To Revive Fatally Flawed Military Commissions
Move Would Strike A Blow To Due Process, Says ACLU
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May 9, 2009
CONTACT: Rachel Myers, (646) 206-8643; media@aclu.org
NEW YORK – News …

By Teresita C. Schaffer
Publisher: Centre for Strategic and International Studies
The attack on the authority of the Pakistani state that is …

By Hassan Abbas
ISPU Fellow
It is a globally recognized fact that a state’s police and law enforcement agencies play a critical role as the first line of defense against the threats of terrorism and insurgencies. …

By Anwar Ibrahim
Publisher: New Perspective Quarterly
Ibrahim comments favourably on early efforts by the Obama administration to be a better partner for the Muslim World but argues that Muslims themselves must change in …

By Mike Blanchfield
Canwest News Service
Barack Obama’s arrival in the White House won’t change one thing for at least one Canadian — Maher Arar remains banned from the United States.
“Mr. Arar is not welcome in the …

By Spencer S. Hsu
Washington Post Staff Writer
Civil liberties groups are renewing calls for the Obama administration to change screening at border posts by limiting questions about Americans’ political beliefs …