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New Army Documents Confirm Black Ops "Special Access Program" Unit Covered Up Detainee Abuse (01/12/2006)
NEW YORK -- The American Civil Liberties Union today released new documents obtained from the Defense Department detailing abuse at U.S. facilities in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantánamo Bay. Included in the release is the first publicly available government document confirming the existence of a secret “Special Access Program” involving a special ops unit, Task Force 6-26, which has been implicated in numerous detainee abuse incidents in Iraq, and whose operatives used fake names to thwart an Army investigation.

Mother of Slain Children Takes Case to International Tribunal (12/27/2005)
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on behalf of Jessica Gonzales, the mother of three girls killed by her estranged husband whose domestic violence protection claims were rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court. The petition, the first of its kind, asserts that domestic violence victims have the right to be protected by the state from the violent acts of their abusers.

ACLU Challenges CIA Refusal to Admit Existence of Presidential Order on Detention Facilities Abroad (12/12/2005)
NEW YORK -- In the wake of controversy over CIA “extraordinary rendition” policies and secret prisons, the American Civil Liberties Union has asked a federal court to reconsider its previous decision to uphold the CIA’s refusal to even admit the existence of two key documents on interrogation techniques and detention facilities abroad.

U.S. Operatives Killed Detainees During Interrogations in Afghanistan and Iraq (10/24/2005)
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union today made public an analysis of new and previously released autopsy and death reports of detainees held in U.S. facilities in Iraq and Afghanistan, many of whom died while being interrogated. The documents show that detainees were hooded, gagged, strangled, beaten with blunt objects, subjected to sleep deprivation and to hot and cold environmental conditions.

Court Orders Release of Images of Detainee Abuse at Abu Ghraib (09/29/2005)
NEW YORK - A federal judge has ordered the release of photos and videos of detainee abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, saying that the photos may answer important questions about government accountability. In seeking the release of the images, the American Civil Liberties Union and its allies said the images are a critical component in the quest for public accountability.

New Documents Contradict Army Report Denying Systemic Failures in Treatment of Detainees (09/15/2005)
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union today made public more than 1,800 pages documenting the investigation into at least three military units' detainee operations in Iraq. Among the documents were reports of untrained soldiers using interrogation techniques they "remembered from the movies," as well as reports of deaths that could have been prevented with proper training.

ACLU Responds to Court Ruling Upholding Detention of Jose Padilla (09/09/2005)
NEW YORK -- The American Civil Liberties Union expressed disappointment at today's ruling upholding the military detention of Jose Padilla, and reversing a trial court decision that had ordered the government either to criminally charge him or to release him.

Innocent Civilian Held in Iraq Released Days After ACLU Files Lawsuit (09/06/2005)
LOS ANGELES -- The American Civil Liberties Union today celebrated the release of a long-time U.S. resident who was being held in Iraq by the U.S. military. The release came less than a week after the ACLU filed a lawsuit against top U.S. officials, almost two months after a military court declared Numan Adnan Al Kaby innocent and just two days before a judge was to hear his case in Washington.

ACLU Calls On U.S. Government to Release Innocent Civilian Held in Iraq (08/31/2005)
WASHINGTON -- The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit today against top U.S. officials demanding the release of a legal permanent resident of the United States who is in custody in a U.S. military jail in Iraq after being declared innocent by a military court eight weeks ago.