An up-to-date list of major press coverage of CCR's work, "CCR in the News" provides summaries of each article's content, the publication and publication date, as well as a scanned version of the original article. The scanned articles can be viewed or downloaded as pdf files.
Currently "CCR in the News" covers the last two years of our major press coverage.
A US appeals court upheld the dismissal of the case of Maher Arar, a client of the Center for Constitutional Rights. Arar had been sent to Syria by the US where he was tortured,…
The lawsuit filed by Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen who was sent by the US to Syria and client of the Center for Constitutional Rights, was dismissed, despite his claims that he was deliberately rendered…
Men formerly held at Abu Ghraib and represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights have filed lawsuits against CACI and L-3, two US private security firms. You can access the full article here.
Mohammed Sulaymon Barre, a client of the Center for Constitutional Rights and detainee at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, filed a habeas corpus petition in US federal court in Washington to challenge his detention. Barre's resettlement options…
In Wilner v. National Security Agency, a case involving attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights who believe their phones were wiretapped by the government, a federal judge ruled that the NSA does not need…
The fight for detainees is costly and time consuming for Wilmer Hale law firm, part of the defense coordinated by the Center for Constitutional Rights. You can access the article here.
Medical evaluations done by Physicians for Human Rights on former Guantánamo Bay detainees, who were identified by the Center for Constitutional Rights, found evidence of injuries consistent with the alleged abuse. This means…
The US Supreme Court granted detainees in the detention camp in Guantánamo Bay the legal right to challenge their detention in the Center for Constitutional Rights' case, Boumediene v. Bush. You can access the article here.
The 5-4 ruling by the US Supreme Court in the Center for Constitutional Rights' case Boumediene v. Bush that the US Constitution permits detainees in Guantánamo Bay to challenge their detentions is expected to trigger…
The Supreme Court ruled in the Center for Constitutional Rights' case Boumediene v. Bush that foreign prisoners held at Guantánamo Bay may challenge their detention in front of a federal judge, going against the Bush…