November 5, 2021...The abuses, which spanned three years after Khan was detained in Karachi in 2003, included being waterboarded, hung naked from a ceiling beam, starved, and being physically and sexually assaulted...
November 5, 2021...The clemency letter provided a harsh critique of the legal framework and C.I.A. detention system that the Bush administration established after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the legacy of which...
June 1, 2017“Are we going to pretend they’re less than men and walk away?” This beautiful line from Peace Poet Luke Nephew’s piece, “ There is a Man Under the Hood ,” anchors Witness Against Torture’s new...
Vigil at the Supreme Court 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m . Join Witness Against Torture for a vigil in support of the human and constitutional rights of the men held at Guantanamo before and during the oral...
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November 21, 2019... The groups, which also include the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and Voto Latino, noted that none of the 2020 Democratic presidential...
Case Scheduled Inauguration Week, Newly Urgent in Face of Trump Presidency December 19, 2016, Washington, D.C. – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme...
October 2, 2017This is CCR's weekly "Frontlines of Justice" news round-up, keeping you in the loop about what we've been up to and what's coming soon. Check it out every Monday, your one-stop-shop for CCR opinions...
March 2009Ken Saro-Wiwa swore that one day Shell, the oil giant, would answer for his death in a court of law. Next month, 14 years after his execution, the Nigerian environmental activist's dying wish is to...
March 6, 2020...Katherine Gallagher, senior staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, is representing two of the victims in the case, Sharqawi Al Hajj and Guled Hassan Duran. Both remain detained at...
May 1, 2019...Omar Shakir is the Israel and Palestine Director at the Human Rights Watch. He investigates human rights abuses in Israel and the West Bank and Gaza. He has been responsible for many of the...
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