Official government reports have documented many horrific abuses inflicted on detainees in U.S. custody. The ACLU is working to stop physical and psychological abuse of detainees and the denial of their essential due process rights in prisons like Guantanamo Bay and "black sites" all over the world.
The Military Commissions Act eliminates protections against unlawful imprisonment — the right of habeas corpus — and violations of due process. Under this law, the president has absolute power to designate enemy combatants, and set his own definitions for torture. MORE >>
The ACLU, together with National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), is assembling defense teams to be available to assist in the representation of detainees facing prosecution in the military commissions proceedings at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
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We are calling on the government to stop indefinite detention, try detainees in the U.S., or release them to countries where they won't be tortured.
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