Artist and printmaker Daniel Heyman has sketched many Iraqi torture victims. Daniels artistry makes its return to New York City in this thought provoking exibition: Close Encounters: Acts of A Social...
Op-ed columnist praises the Center for Constitutional Rights for being "committed to fairness, justice and the rule of law," while Obama maintains policies similar to those of his...
June 4, 2009, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR ) issued the following statement in response to the agreement reached by EU Ministries of the Interior and Schengen associated...
Laura Flanders Journalist and host of GRITtv Chris Hedges Senior fellow at The Nation Institute and former Middle East correspondent for the New York Times Sister Diana Ortiz Survivor of torture,...
Warren reacts to President Obama and Vice President Dick Cheney’s dueling speeches on torture. Warren took part in a secret meeting Wednesday between Obama and several human rights groups. Warren...
Vincent Warren speaks with Rachel Maddow after President Obama's national security speech about Guantanamo detainees and prolonged detention on Thursday, May 21, 2009. To watch the full episode,...
May 21, 2009, New York – Center for Constitutional Rights President Michael Ratner and Managing Attorney for CCR’s Guantanamo project Shayana Kadidal responded with disappointment to President Obama’...
May 15, 2009, New York, New York – Today, Lakhdar Boumediene, an Algerian citizen who had been detained at Guantánamo Bay since his seizure in Bosnia in 2001, was released to France. Mr...
May 15, 2009, New York, New York – In response to President Obama’s announcement of his plans to revive the military commissions at Guantanamo, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR...
