Mohammed Al-Hamiri is a Yemeni citizen who was detained at Guantánamo for over 14 years, despite being cleared for release in 2009. He was released to the Kingdom of Saudia Arabia on April 16, 2016...
Updated: April 16, 2016
CCR, Palestine Legal, and 20 other rights organizations put out a call on December 9, 2016, International Human Rights Defenders Day, to demand protection for and an end to threats against,...
Updated: March 15, 2017
Artwork by Shereen Masoud-Jointe "Solitary confinement has destroyed me...It was like a huge mountain that was on top of me. And the pressure on me was so high it squeezed tears out of my eyes...I...
Updated: April 4, 2022
Defense for Children International - Palestine v. Biden was filed in November by the Center for Constitutional Rights and co-counsel Van Der Hout LLP against the President, Secretary of State, and...
Updated: January 26, 2024
Updated: December 18, 2010
Since the first detainees were brought to the offshore prison at Guantánamo Bay in January 2002, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and allies have been advocating on behalf of detainees...
Updated: September 8, 2021
David Hicks David Hicks is an Australian citizen and one of the first men detained at Guantánamo Bay after 9/11. During the five and a half years he spent at Guantánamo, he was subjected to some of...
Updated: June 1, 2015
On June 22, 2020, the Center for Constitutional Rights—along with a coalition of other civil rights organizations—released an open letter demanding that Colin Mattis and Urooj Rahman be released...
Updated: July 30, 2020
Photo of plaintiff Naveed Shinwari taken by Lend Frison Naveed Shinwari is a lawful permanent resident who has lived in the United States since 1998, when he was just 14 years old. He currently lives...
Updated: September 8, 2021
The Center for Constitutional Rights has a strong practice of engaging with international human rights bodies to highlight the issues we work on and draw attention to the experiences of those most...
Updated: April 28, 2023
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