Editing Michael Ratner (section)

====The Center for Constitutional Rights====
The [[Center for Constitutional Rights]], which Ratner led, states that its mission is to defend [[Civil rights|civil liberties]] in the US. The group's efforts have included a legal challenge to the [[USA PATRIOT Act]] and a lawsuit on behalf of post-[[9/11]] immigration detainees in the US.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2016/05/11/today_we_mourn_tomorrow_we_carry_on_his_work_journalists_activists_more_death_of_human_rights_lawyer_michael_ratner/|title="Tomorrow we carry on his work": Journalists, activists mourn death of human rights lawyer Michael Ratner|author=Ben Norton|work=Salon|date=12 May 2016}}</ref> The center also represented [[Maher Arar]], a [[Canadians|Canadian]] citizen who was "[[Rendition (law)|rendered]]", to [[Syria]], where he was tortured.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}} . Ratner and his office have also sued two [[private military companies]] working as part of the [[History of Iraq (2003–2011)|occupation of Iraq]], alleging their employees were involved in the [[Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse]].<ref name=":0" />