Press release: On September 29, 2005, CCR attorneys lauded the landmark decision issued today by federal district court Judge Alvin Hellerstein that ordered the Department of Defense to release hundreds of new photographs and videotapes of abuse in Iraq that the DOD has attempted to withhold from the public. The ruling was in the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation brought by CCR and other civil rights groups to compel the United States Government to produce relevant documents concerning the treatment, torture, death, and rendition of detainees in U.S. custody.”