Press Releases
Justice
U.S. Government Admits It Destroyed Videotape in Enemy Combatant Case
Yesterday the U.S. government admitted, for the first time, that officials destroyed videotapes that documented interrogations of Ali Almarri, the only alleged “enemy combatant” still detained on U. S. soil.
– 05/02/08
Discredited Yoo Memos Led to “Enemy Combatant” Detainment and Denial of Habeas Corpus
Today, the Brennan Center for Justice asked a federal court to end the detention of a U.S. resident who is being held on the advice of long-discredited Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) memos which sought to justify torture and indefinite detention.
– 04/08/08
Government Fails to Muzzle “Peace Pastor” Frederick Boyle
Rev. Boyle, the ordained minister known as the Peace Pastor, reached an agreement with the federal government today that ends his unfair prosecution and maintains his right to speak out against the Iraq War.
– 04/01/08
Court Asked To Investigate Why Interrogation Tapes Were Destroyed
Brennan Center files motion to order the U.S. Government to stop destroying videotaped evidence of interrogations.
– 03/21/08
Motion Filed Questioning Brutal Conditions of Al-Marri Confinement
Brennan Center asked a U.S. District Court to order the government to redress the prolonged isolation and inhuman treatment of a U.S. resident who is being held at the navy brig in South Carolina. The motion raises fundamental questions about so-called “enemy combatants” and the laws that should govern their detention.
– 03/13/08
“Peace Pastor” Sues Director of OFAC
On Wednesday, February 27, the Brennan Center will argue the case of a Reverend who says his due process and other Constitutional rights were violated by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
– 02/26/08
Brief Filed in Munaf v. Geren and Geren v. Omar Habeas Cases
Today the Brennan Center for Justice, along with the MacArthur Center for Justice, filed a brief with the Supreme Court seeking judicial review and a writ of habeas corpus for two U.S. citizens detained in Iraq and held by U.S. personnel for the past two to three years.
– 02/21/08
Supreme Court Must Uphold the Sixth Amendment
Brennan Center for Justice files a friend of the court brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the Sixth Amendment’s requirement that people are provided with counsel in a very timely manner.
– 01/31/08
NAFTA Violation: Mexican Government Asks U.S. to Respond to Labor Violations
In a response to a complaint filed by sixteen Latin American workers, BC lawyers and a coalition of workers’ rights organizations urge the U.S. to act.
– 12/12/07