September 29, 2011, Vancouver – Today, the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the Canadian Centre for International Justice (CCIJ) lodged a detailed and lengthy...
July 18, 2012, New York -- The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) today filed a lawsuit charging that senior CIA and military officials violated the...
Alwan for the Arts Presents Accountability for Torture and Rendition in the War on Terror- A Book Reading and Discussion with Professor David Cole, Introduced and Moderated by Issa Mikel Wednesday,...
Updated: November 24, 2008
Habeas corpus, or the Great Writ, is the legal procedure that keeps the government from holding you indefinitely without showing cause. When you challenge your detention by filing a habeas corpus...
Updated: January 11, 2010
February 2014By Rachel Meeropol, Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights and lead counsel on Blum v. Holder, a first amendment challenge to the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. Today, I am...
April 27, 2016Last week , community members in San Jose, California spoke out at a forum on police body-cameras. Their number one concern: cameras being turned on or off “when police officers feel like it.” This...
FBI Agents Listed them for Refusing to Inform, Suit Says March 1, 2017, New York – Today, civil rights attorneys urged a federal appeals court to reinstate a lawsuit against the FBI for retaliating...
Horrific Treatment of Victims Constitutes Torture and War Crimes February 21, 2018, Alexandria, VA – Today, a Virginia federal judge ruled that the treatment of three Iraqi individuals formerly...
Movement lawyering is focus of fellowship December 6, 2018, New York – Four Bertha Justice Fellows will be spending the next two years at the Center for Constitutional Rights getting first-hand...
Spouses, Children of Plaintiffs Are Arriving in New York January 11, 2019, New York – Yemeni-Americans who for more than a year had been prevented from joining their families in the United States...
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