In 2002, Maher Arar was stopped while on a layover at John F. Kennedy International Airport on his way home to Canada. US officials detained Arar for two weeks and then told him that, based on...
On March 13, 2015, CCR and co-counsel submitted 10 reports in Ashker v. Brown , our federal class action lawsuit on behalf of prisoners held in the Security Housing Unit (SHU) at California’s Pelican...
Please join CCR, Witness Against Torture, and our partners in the No Separate Justice (NSJ) campaign for our montly vigil on October 5. Organizers, advocates, and attorneys will make connections...
Center for Constitutional Rights issues statement in support November 23, 2015, New York – Today, in response to a detailed submission to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court by a...
Center for Constitutional Rights Applauds Decision February 25, 2016, New York – A U.S. court of appeals today has vacated the immigration fraud conviction of Palestinian-American activist Rasmea...
More than 100 people turned out last night for a CCR discussion titled “Challenging the rise of Islamophobia in America: An honest conversation.” And an honest as well as far-ranging conversation is...
CCR invites you to FilmFest DC’s screening of Guantanamo’s Child: Omar Khadr , a film by Patrick Reed and Michelle Shephard. Following the film, there will be a short talk-back with co-director...
CCR invites you to FilmFest DC’s screening of Guantanamo’s Child: Omar Khadr , a film by Patrick Reed and Michelle Shephard. Following the film, there will be a short talk-back with co-director...
April 13, New York – In response to the Trump administration dropping the 21,600-pound GBU-43/B bomb in Afghanistan, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: Not even 100...
June 2, 2017, New York – In response to reports that the Trump administration has begun returning copies of the Senate Torture Report to the Senate in an effort to keep them from being made public,...
