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CJA Drink + Think: Assaults on the Press

CJA’s Young Professionals’ Committee for Human Rights held a thought-provoking happy hour and discussion on the evolving threats faced by both domestic and international journalists, including issues around freedom of the press, cyber attacks, and the

Important Human Rights Remedies at Stake in Mamani v. Berzain

CJA along with pro bono co-counsel Ropes & Gray LLP submitted an amicus brief to the Eleventh Circuit addressing human rights remedies at stake in the Center for Constitutional Rights’ case Mamani v. Berzain. This blog post by Jonathan Schmidt and attorneys from Ropes & Gray LLP analyzes the human rights remedies at stake and outlines the arguments in our amicus brief.

Senate Votes to Approve Torture Amendment

The U.S. Senate votes for amendment banning the U.S. from ever again subjecting prisoners to brutal interrogation techniques, including waterboarding, “rectal feeding” and other practices. Click here to read more.

Wall Street Journal: Letter to the Editor

CJA Executive Director C. Dixon Osburn notes that two former Reagan administration officials’ objection to the recent deportation of former Salvadoran defense minister Gen. Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova is misguided.

CJA’s 17th Anniversary Dinner

Thank you to everyone who attended CJA’s 17th Anniversary Dinner, which was held on Thursday, May 7, 2015 at The Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco. Thank you to our honorees U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, recipient of the 201