On April 22, 2021, the Center for Constitutional Rights joined 190 organizations in supporting the call of Palestinian families facing imminent forced eviction from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah in...
In rare move after courts denied justice, BOP provides funds for six men who were abused, racially and religiously profiled July 5, New York – In a rare move, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has...
January 19, 2018, New York – Today, in a case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court last year, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged a federal court to protect the ability of people detained in...
On March 11, 2022, the anniversary of the American Rescue Plan, the Center for Constitutional Rights sent a letter to President Biden outlining key policy priorities and demands. The letter urges the...
March 26, 2012, Jerusalem, New York - New photographic and video evidence made public today for the first time by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) indicates that controversial archeological...
April 25, 2012, New York —Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights and other Rights Groups issued the following statement in support of student groups promoting awareness in college...
Mohammed al-Qahtani Suffers from Schizophrenia and PTSD and Should Be Returned Home, His Attorneys Say September 29, 2020, Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit...
ICE officials treated deportation as sport February 6, 2023, New York and Atlanta – U.S. government officials expressed racist attitudes toward Black migrants, treated their deportation as sport, and...
Gitanjali Gutierrez, a staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights who was the first habeas corpus lawyer to travel to Guantanamo, wrote this op-ed in The Washington Post on CCR client...
November 2, 2009, New York – Today, a federal Court of Appeals dismissed Canadian citizen Maher Arar’s case against U.S. officials for their role in sending him to Syria to be tortured...
