In 2023, news reports exposed a years-long pattern of torture, extreme violence, and other abusive practices by deputies in the Sheriff’s Office to coerce confessions and manufacture evidence for...
Updated: January 22, 2026
As part of a continuing effort to challenge bills that threaten core First Amendment-protected activity in support of Palestinian rights, CCR and other rights organizations have engaged in advocacy...
Updated: December 14, 2018
A due process challenge to the Communications Management Units (CMUs), two highly restrictive federal prison units that segregate certain prisoners and severely limit and control their communication...
Updated: March 1, 2022
May 7, 2018No reward for torture: #BlockHaspel as CIA Director Wednesday, the Senate Intelligence Committee will hold a public confirmation hearing for Gina Haspel, Trump's pick for CIA director. No one, not...
Migrant Justice Leaders at Risk of Deportation for Engaging in Protected First Amendment Activity November 14, 2018, Burlington, VT – Today, Vermont-based Migrant Justice filed a lawsuit in federal...
Bill explores the moral and legal implications of using drones to target our enemies -- both foreign and American -- as well as other intelligence issues with Vicki Divoll, a former general counsel...
Updated: February 6, 2013
July 12, 2010, New York, NY – Attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) will be available today for comment on stops-and-frisks and other New York Police Department (NYPD)...
The Center for Constitutional Rights submitted an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to hear the appeal of Edmund Zagorski, a man imprisoned on death row in Tennessee. CCR argued that the death...
Updated: January 23, 2017
July 30, 2010, New York - A group of 72 Iraqi citizens who allege they were tortured while imprisoned at detention facilities across Iraq can continue with their lawsuit against military contractor L...
April 30, 2013, New York – Today, President Obama spoke about Guantanamo at a press conference and said, among other things, "Now Congress determined that they would not let us close it...
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