This Saturday will mark 40 years since political prisoner Leonard Peltier was arrested and charged with the deaths of two federal agents on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 1975. Since that time...
This morning in Flint, Michigan I stood together with our community and legal partners to announce the Center for Constitutional Rights’ latest challenge to Michigan’s undemocratic and racially...
Prisoners’ Rights Attorneys Urge Appellate Court to Revive Lawsuit over Federal Communication Management Units March 15, 2016, Washington, D.C. – Today, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional...
Top photo credit: Giau Truong Beauty does not typically come to mind when you think of Guantánamo, but it’s a central theme in artists Aaron Hughes and Amber Ginsburg ’s Tea Project , a collection of...
Optimistic that future for justice lies with growing Palestinian solidarity movement April 25, 2016, Ramallah, Gaza City, New York – Two of Palestine’s most prominent human rights defenders – Raji...
All day yesterday I got text messages from queer friends. “Are you OK?” “OMG it could have been me.” “I had two friends who were there.” “How are you holding up?” “I used to go to Pulse all the time...
Lawyer, professor, and writer Jonathan Hafetz shares his memories of late CCR President Emeritus Michael Ratner and the enduring mission of efforts to close Guantánamo, which is further explored in...
Two years ago today, Michael Brown, an unarmed Black teenager, was killed by Police Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. Some witness accounts say he had his hands up and said “don’t shoot.”...
Decision Reinstates Lawsuit Over Communications Management Units August 19, 2016, Washington, D.C. – Today, the D.C. Court of Appeals reinstated a lawsuit challenging the Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP)...
