Mohammed Abushanab fled persecution by the Israeli military in West Bank, only to be incarcerated by ICE in Texas April 15, 2026, Houston – Mohammed Abushanab, a 27-year-old Palestinian asylum-seeker...
March 7, 2023Those targeted by the suit included our client Dr. Steven Salaita
May 11, 2017The day I learned of Michael Ratner’s passing, one year ago today, I had to travel to Richmond, Virginia to argue an appeal related to one of the Abu Ghraib torture suits CCR brought against an...
November 21, 2023...A fter Israel’s assault on Gaza killed five members of Monadel Herzallah’s family, he decided to sue President Joe Biden. Herzallah—a U.S. citizen—had already taken part in protests and written to...
Background: From taking on the NYPD’s racially discriminatory stop-and-frisk program to challenging indefinite detention and torture at Guantánamo, the Center for Constitutional Rights has been on...
Updated: May 30, 2017
CCR Staff Attorney Omar Farah and Advocacy Program Manager Aliya Hana Hussain will discuss the important work of CCR's representation of men detained without charge at Guantanamo Bay prison,...
Updated: October 13, 2016
November 1, 2023...Israel has turned its incremental genocide of the Palestinian people into full-fledged genocide — with the unconditional support of the U.S. government. “There is a plausible and credible case...
Greenham Women Against Cruise Missiles v. Reagan is a case which sought to use the U.S. legal system to enjoin the United States from deploying first-use nuclear missiles in Great Britain. The threat...
Updated: October 9, 2007
The Center for Constitutional Rights works with communities under threat to fight for justice and liberation through litigation, advocacy, and strategic communications. Since 1966, we have taken on...
Updated: April 30, 2019
The Bush Administration, through an amendment introduced by South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, has just successfully stripped federal courts of jurisdiction to hear applications for habeas corpus...
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