May 23, 2016The Obama administration is defending former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft and his FBI director Robert Mueller III in the U.S. Supreme Court over claims they are liable for their roles in the...
October 27, 2016Shortly after a recent gala celebration of its 50th anniversary, the Center for Constitutional rights (CCR), received word that the U.S. Supreme Court is going to take another look at a favorable...
April 5, 2018...Al-Darbi is the only prisoner who’s pleaded guilty in the military commissions at the U.S. naval base in Guantánamo, located on illegally-occupied Cuban territory. In a statement, the Center for...
Join Center for Constitutional Rights Staff Attorney, Diala Shamas , on Wednesday, February 27, 2019 from 6pm-8pm, as she celebrates and discusses her chapter in "New York After 9/11" entitled "...
Updated: February 8, 2019
January 11, 2016As we begin a new year fighting for justice (our 50 th !), we’d like to thank the thousands of CCR supporters and donors who helped make last year’s victories possible and who, through their...
December 11, 2015, New York – Today, in a case brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the Second Circuit Court of Appeals refused to reconsider a historic ruling by a three-judge...
October 13, 2015A federal appeals court on Tuesday revived a lawsuit challenging the New York Police Department's post-9/11 surveillance of Muslim religious and civic groups, comparing the program to other dark...
July 3, 2018Amid the national outcry over the family-separation crisis at the border, the Supreme Court last week ruled to uphold President Trump’s Muslim ban . This decision will increase the number of families...
November 1, 2017A non-profit legal advocacy group with a long history of defending Guantanamo Bay detainees slammed President Donald Trump on Wednesday for the suggestion that the suspect behind a terrorist attack...
June 17, 2015A federal appeals court reinstated complaints in a lawsuit against former Justice Department officials, who allegedly violated the rights of Arab or Muslim immigrants in the immediate months after...
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