September 23, 2008, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed an opening brief for rehearing en banc with the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of Canadian rendition...
An evening with Baher Azmy, Berhard Docke, Phillpe Sands, Michael Ratner, Wallace Shawn & James Yee. This evening will bring together the lawyers in Germany and the U.S. who fought for Murats...
Updated: March 31, 2008
by Vincent Warren, Executive Director at the Center for Constitutional Rights Two big things happened in the last week, and they're both going to require our attention for the next four years and...
Updated: November 6, 2014
June 25, 2015Not a single U.S. government official has been called to account in a federal court for the sadistic crimes described in the CIA Torture Report. Waterboarding, rape, sleep deprivation, the list goes...
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: April 12, 2017
April 16, 2018CCR has launched a podcast! [caption align="right"] [/caption] We are excited to announce the launch of the CCR podcast, The Activist Files ! The monthly series will feature the stories of people of...
January 21, 2019Fireside Chat with Wolfgang Kaleck [caption align="right"] [/caption] This Friday, January 25, the Center for Constitutional Rights will host a fireside chat with renowned human rights secretary for...
January 18, 2021Attorney General's case highlights disparity in police treatment of racial justice protesters and white supremacists In response to New York Attorney General Letitia James’s announcement that her...
Mohammed Abushanab has been detained for 17 months even though an immigration judge granted him relief from deportation December 11, 2025, New York – Mohammed Abushanab, a 27-year-old Palestinian...
January 12, 2017As President Obama’s terms in office come to an end, eight years after he entered office he has yet to deliver on one of his most prominent campaign promises: to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay...
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