November 22, 2017Two years ago, a settlement in our case, Ashker vs. Governor of California , ended the practice of indefinite solitary confinement in California, resulting in the transfer of over 1,600 men into...
Originally filed without legal assistance by Pelican Bay prisoners, CCR joined Ashker v. Brown in 2012, and turned it into a class action challenging prolonged solitary confinement as a violation of...
Updated: June 1, 2015
September 3, 2013, New York – Today, in a case filed on behalf of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), attorneys argued that video recordings of CCR client Mohammed al Qahtani at...
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...
Updated: October 2, 2015
CCR is proud to co-sponsor this NYC performance of There Is A Field , a new play, written by Jen Marlowe and directed by Noelle Ghoussaini, about Aseel Asleh, a 17-year old Palestinian citizen of...
Updated: February 26, 2016
June 22, 2017 To: Chairman John Thune Ranking Member Bill Nelson Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation CC: All Other Senators We write to express our serious concerns regarding the...
Updated: June 27, 2017
*Please note new date!* Please join CCR Bertha Justice Fellow Omar Shakir and the No Separate Justice Campaign on March 2nd as we continue to build a growing voice of people of conscience and shine a...
Updated: February 26, 2015
May 2012The prolonged use of solitary confinement at a high-security prison in California "strips prisoners of their basic humanity" and amounts to illegal torture, a human rights group charged in a federal...
A challenge to the U.S. drone killing of three U.S. citizens in Yemen.
Updated: August 30, 2021
WHEN: 7:30pm - 9:00pm Details below are for January 5th. Please click here for January 7th . WHEN: 7:30pm - 9:00pm January 2012 marks the shameful tenth anniversary of Guantánamo's opening...
Updated: January 5, 2012
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