From DemocracyNow.org: The Obama administration launched a drone strike in Yemen last week in an attempt to assassinate a U.S.-born Muslim cleric who has never been convicted of a crime. Anwar al-...
Updated: August 16, 2012
June 23, 2015At last count, there were an estimated 80,000 prisoners in isolation across the United States. ... There are more than 1,000 prisoners in isolation in Pelican Bay alone. For 25 years, until a 2011...
August 6, 2015Every four years, the U.N. Human Rights Committee evaluates whether a government is in compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and is following previous...
October 13, 2015A federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated a lawsuit challenging the New York Police Department's surveillance of Muslim groups in New Jersey after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, saying any...
As the Obama administration accelerates the transfer of men from Guantánamo, the closing of the infamous prison looks to be on the horizon. Join CCR Senior Staff Attorney J. Wells...
Updated: January 21, 2016
The third event in the Stanford Human Rights Center’s Speaker Series, Perspectives on the Current Israel-Palestine Conflict. The Israel-Palestine conflict is a complex and sensitive issue that...
Updated: January 5, 2016
January 14, 2016, New York – In response to the news of the departure of Gen. John F. Kelly, who oversees Guantánamo prison, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: We...
August 23, 2017A funny thing happened on the way to the new administration’s march towards removing New York City’s reputation as the marijuana arrest capital of the world: three years under Mayor de Blasio and the...
September 13, 2017Transparency Goals We are huge fans of transparency in government. In fact, truth in all forms is a pretty good goal. The Center for Constitutional Rights and Defending Rights & Dissent just...
Join CCR at Netroots Nation 2018 for this important discussion, which will take place in Room 210 . In 2017, under court order, the Department of Homeland Security and FBI turned over hundreds of...
Updated: July 20, 2018
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