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An up-to-date list of major press coverage of CCR's work, "CCR in the News" provides summaries of each article's content, the publication and publication date, as well as a scanned version of the original article. The scanned articles can be viewed or downloaded as pdf files.

Currently "CCR in the News" covers the last two years of our major press coverage.

  1. Prison camp inmates protest treatment

    The Miami Herald, Jan 28 2011 02/25/2011 - 15:45

    Dozens of Guantanamo inmates protested their imprisonment with a sit-in and signs to mark the ninth anniversary of the prison camp's opening.

  2. Groups rally at White House to urge closing of Guantanamo

    The Washington Post, Jan 12 2011 02/24/2011 - 17:39

    A group of 173 human rights activists, each wearing an orange jumpsuit and a black hood and representing the remaining 173 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, rallied in front of the White House on Tuesday…

  3. Guantanamo detainee sent home against his will

    Agence France-Presse, Jan 6 2011 02/24/2011 - 17:23

    US officials said Thursday an Algerian national who was held at Guantanamo and cleared of terror suspicious by a US judge more than a year ago was repatriated, despite his objections.

  4. WikiLeaks and Democracy

    The Huffington Post, January 19 201102/24/2011 - 17:11

    It is disappointing to see the same president who ran on his constitutional law professor bona fides devote so much time and effort to discrediting WikiLeaks and working up charges against its founder, Julian Assange.

  5. Charity: Bush speech cut over security

    The Miami Herald, Feb 8 201102/24/2011 - 17:08

    Security worries on the ground in Switzerland, not fear of a torture complaint over waterboarding, led organizers to cancel former President George W. Bush's speech at a gala this week in a luxurious Swiss hotel,…

  6. Bush cancels Swiss trip as foes call for protests, torture prosecution

    The Washington Post, Feb 6 2011 02/24/2011 - 17:00

    A planned trip to Switzerland this week by George W. Bush was canceled after human rights activists called for demonstrations and threatened legal action over allegations that the former president sanctioned the torture of terrorism…

  7. Government Told to Provide 'Searchable' Documents in FOIA Request

    New York Law Journal02/24/2011 - 16:01

    The federal government must provide documents "in a usable format" when it responds to FOIA requests, a federal judge in Manhattan has ruled.

  8. President's Decision To Assassinate US Citizens Abroad Without Due Process Is 'Judicially Unreviewable'-EurasiaReview

    Eurasia Review, December 10 2010 12/15/2010 - 14:46

    On Tuesday, in an extremely troubling ruling in the District Court in Washington D.C., Judge John D. Bates dismissed a lawsuit contesting what is described as President Obama’s “targeted killing” policy,…

  9. Judge throws out assassination lawsuit-CNN

    CNN, December 7 201012/15/2010 - 14:33

    A judge threw a "unique and extraordinary" lawsuit out of court Tuesday, leaving open the question of whether the U.S. government can legally target American citizens for death abroad without a trial.  

  10. Obama to stay course on terrorism trials-LATimes

    Los Angeles Times, November 19 2010 12/15/2010 - 14:09

    The Obama administration remains committed to trying more terrorism suspects in civilian court even though a federal jury acquitted a Tanzanian of all but one charge in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings,…