Silent protest during a Senate hearing on Guantanamo Bay.
By getting involved CCR supporters sent tens of thousands of letters to Congress and other targets, convinced a New York State Supreme Court judge to revoke the plea bargain he had accepted for Emanuel “Toto” Constant the Haiti paramilitary leader and human rights abuser.
This list displays actions you can take today, from demanding that Congress restore habeas corpus and close Guantánamo, to asking a German federal prosecutor take up our case against Donald Rumsfeld and Alberto Gonzales or asking Condoleezza Rice to prevent one of our clients from being sent home to Libya to be tortured.
Sort this list to find ways to act on the issues most important to you.
After a decade of war, Iraqis and U.S. military veterans are coming together to launch the Right to Heal Initiative in order to raise awareness about how the invasion and occupation have affected the lives…
The Center for Constitutional Rights currently represents prisoners at Guantánamo, including Djamel Ameziane, Fahd Ghazy, Tariq Ba Odah, Mohammed Al-Hamiri, and Ghaleb Al Bihani. A grave crisis is currently unfolding at the U.S. prison in…
When writing to the detained men, please ensure you include their full name and ISN (internment serial number) below. (These are the numbers before their names, i.e. Djamel Ameziane ISN 310). Send a copy of your…
We urgently need you to call your Congressional representative and ask that they contact the State Department and demand to know why the U.S. is funding Honduran police units with alleged ties to death squad…
A sign-on letter is currently circulating among members of Congress to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Attorney General Eric Holder calling for the investigation of alleged abuses by Honduran security forces and Drug Enforcement…
The Ugandan Parliament has reintroduced its notorious Anti-Homosexuality Bill, and we need your help to pressure our government to take action in two ways: ask President Obama to denounce the bill publicly, and demand the…
Pelican Bay Security Housing Unit (SHU) prisoners have organized to combat cruel conditions of confinement, and have launched two hunger strikes to raise attention to their demands. (Learn more about this here) Tell the California Governor…
Call the White House today at 202-456-1111, 202-456-6213 (TTY) and sign our statement to demand that Obama close Guantanamo now.
Sign the petition to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging the U.S. government to conduct thorough, credible, and transparent investigations into the death of Rachel Corrie and into each case involving the death or…
Please write to your representative today and demand an end to U.S. financing of the Honduran police and military, the withdrawal of all U.S. security forces from Honduras, including the Drug Enforcement Agency and private…
Ten years have passed since Bush administration lawyers drafted the infamous"torture memos" that provided legal cover for U.S. officials to torture individuals in U.S. detention. No senior government officials have ever been held accountable for torture--despite…
Please support our work by writing the White House and demanding that President Obama end unlawful targeted killings.
Write to your representatives today and urge that they get behind the call to cut U.S. funding to the Honduran police and military.
A letter to Secretary Clinton is circulating in the House of Representatives regarding the murder of at least 70 LGBT Hondurans since the 2009 coup d'etat. Contact the foreign policy staffer in the Washington, DC…
Pelican Bay Security Housing Unit (SHU) prisoners have organized to combat cruel conditions of confinement, and have launched two hunger strikes thus far to raise attention to their demands. Tell the California Department of Corrections and…
Sign the petition for an apology to Maher Arar.
We urgently need you to contact your representative and ask that they sign on to a letter circulated in the House of Representatives initiated by Representative Jan Schakowsky. The letter urges the State Department to…
Urge President Obama to Veto the National Defense Authorization Act, End US wars,Scale Back the US Military & Block Legislation that Makes it More Difficult to Close Guantánamo
Please take two minutes to sign the petition to “Ask the UN to Stand Up for Haitian Cholera Victims' Human Rights on Human Rights Day.”
This week marked a new low in the efforts of the 1% to suppress dissent. Join CCR in supporting the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Call the U.S. State Department and White House at the numbers provided and demand they act for justice for passengers on the flotillas and an end to the disastrous blockade of Gaza.
Help support four torture survivors in their effort to hold Bush accountable when he visits Canada by emailing Canadian Attorney General Robert Nicholson (at [email protected]) and urging him to support the private prosecutions. Prior to…
Demand the Department of Justice conduct an independent and full investigation into the deaths of men who have died in detention at Guantánamo, including the three men who died in June 2006.…
The situation of forced evictions from Haiti’s Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps has grown even more critical since President Michel “Sweet Mickey” Martelly took office this May. Martelly has pledged to close all camps within…
Take action now and tell President Obama to publicly call on Israel to desist from attacking or otherwise interfering with The Audacity of Hope and the flotilla to Gaza. Also, please call the State Department…
