July 23, 2010 - Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement in response to the Algerian government’s denial that it is detaining Abdul Aziz Naji: “...
Visa Approvals Unlawfully Rescinded, Wrongly Invoking Ban December 18, 2018, New York – Yesterday evening, a group of Yemeni-Americans filed a federal lawsuit over the State Department’s refusal to...
Join law students, lawyers and organizers from across the U.S. for a one-day conference in New York City that will explore how lawyers can support and build the power of social movements. By...
Updated: August 12, 2014
UPDATE: On February 2, 2023, Majid Khan was transferred to Belize. Read our press release about the transfer, and his statement . Majid Khan was born in Saudi Arabia in February 1980. A citizen of...
Updated: February 2, 2023
A civil action filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) on behalf of the families and estates of two men who died at Guantánamo Bay in June 2006. The case was brought against the...
Updated: August 30, 2021
June 2012Imagine spending a month alone in a windowless cell the size of a small bathroom. Now multiply that by 100, and you can begin to understand the average period of solitary confinement endured by...
September 1, 2015..."I think there is a deepening movement away from solitary confinement in the country and I think this settlement will be a spur to that movement," Jules Lobel, the inmates' lead attorney and...
Federal lawsuit against a U.S.-based anti-gay extremist for his active role in the conspiracy to strip away fundamental rights from LGBTI people in Uganda, which constitutes persecution.
Updated: October 11, 2019
November 2, 2011 - Two boats carrying twenty-seven human rights activists from five countries, including the United States, have made it to international waters and are headed to Gaza. Today, the...
CLINIC v. Rubio — Organizations and individuals are suing to enforce the law and make sure that the State Department follows federal immigration law as passed by Congress, and returns to processing...
Updated: February 17, 2026
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