Shayana D. Kadidal

Shayana D. Kadidal is an American lawyer and writer. Kadidal has worked at the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York City since 2001, and is senior managing attorney of the Guantánamo Global Justice Initiative there, coordinating legal representation for the captives held in extrajudicial detention in the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. Previously a writer on patent, drug and obscenity law, since 2001 he has played a role in various notable human rights cases, including: :{| class="wikitable" border="1" | CCR v. Bush || * Challenging the wireless wiretaps of the lawyers who volunteered to aid Guantanamo captives. |- | Turkmen v. Ashcroft || * Individuals suing the former Attorney General for how they were rounded up following al Qaeda's attack on September 11, 2001. |- | Vulcan Society of Black Firefighters || * A discriminatory hiring case, in New York City. |- | Sikh Coalition || * Opposing religious discrimination on the part of the New York Transit Authority. |} Provided by Wikipedia