May 31, 2011, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement today on the recent return of President Zelaya to Honduras almost two years after a military coup d...
June 8, 2011, New York and Washington – Today, advocates and attorneys critical of the controversial immigration program Secure Communities (S-Comm) decried the agency’s placing of...
June 8, 2011, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights announced the selection of its new legal director, Baher Azmy. Mr. Azmy is an esteemed lawyer, professor and scholar, who...
June 14, 2011, Phoenix and New York -- Nearly a year after the arrest of three lawyers who were monitoring the police response to protestors opposing the controversial Arizona immigration law, SB1070...
June 22, 2011, Lansing, MI - Citizens from across Michigan today announced they are taking Michigan’s controversial emergency manager law to court, filing a lawsuit that charges Gov. Rick...
July 1, 2011, New York – Yesterday, the U.S. Justice Department announced that it will drop 99 out of 101 C.I.A. detainee torture cases that had been under preliminary review by Federal...
July 19, 2011, New York – Yesterday, victims of drone attacks in Pakistan and their families filed a "First Information Report" (FIR) in Islamabad seeking an arrest warrant for John...
December 10, 2008, New York – Today the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in a post-9/11 detainee’s challenge to former Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director...
May 18, 2009, New York – Today the United States Supreme Court issued a decision against a post-9/11 detainee’s challenge to former Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert...