December 21, 2015In 2015, we continued many long and hard-fought battles against powerful and well-resourced institutions – the U.S. government, the NYPD, the NY Fire Department, the FBI, and the California...
October 8, 2010, New York – The Center For Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the American Civil Liberties Union today filed a brief in federal court responding to the Obama administration's...
The heartrending documentary “Waiting for Fahd,” tells the story of CCR client Fahd Ghazy, a Yemeni national unlawfully detained at Guantánamo since he was 17..
Updated: September 4, 2021
February 12, 2021TO HONOR BLACK HISTORY IS TO CELEBRATE BLACK FUTURES In our weekly call to action, we will highlight different partners and organizations who are doing movement work today to create a better tomorrow...
On May 31, 2010, a six-boat flotilla, carrying more than 700 civilians from almost 40 countries seeking to bring humanitarian and rebuilding supplies to the Gaza Strip as well as to break the Israeli...
Updated: October 9, 2014
April 28, 2016It’s now been nine months since the first news stories were published about a cancer cluster, possibly linked to the presence of environmental toxins, afflicting lawyers and other staff at the...
New York, September 11, 2008 – This week, the United States District Court in Manhattan ordered the New York City Police Department (NYPD) to provide the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) with...
CCR Senior Staff Attorney Katherine Gallagher will speak at a symposium at Michigan State University College of Law on the responses of the legal system to U.S. torture. The event will feature...
Updated: February 26, 2016
December 1, 2023...In an effort backed by some of the world's leading genocide and Holocaust experts, a progressive legal advocacy group on Monday sued U.S. President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken,...
After only 10 transfers in three years, 30 Muslim men still languish January 9, 2023 – As we approach the 22nd anniversary of the opening of the U.S. prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the Center for...
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