Rights Attorneys to Argue Post-9/11 Sweeps Case in Supreme Court Week of Trump Inauguration December 22, 2016, New York – Today, Center for Constitutional Rights Legal Director Baher Azmy responded...
February 1, 2017, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with three Department of Justice offices: the Office of Legal Counsel...
July 16, 2009, New York, NY – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and co-counsel Sokolski & Zekaria, P.C . filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Brooklyn, New York...
Please join us in College Station, TX, where CCR attorney J. Wells Dixon will speak on April 16, 2009 at 5:30 p.m. Wells will speak about his experience representing prisoners at Guantánamo Bay, and...
Updated: April 6, 2009
This month, Freedom Flicks, in partnership with DCTV Presents, is proud to host a free screening of dream hampton’s disquieting new documentary, Treasure: from Tragedy to Trans Justice, Mapping...
Updated: October 26, 2015
CCR Staff Attorney Omar Farah and Advocacy Program Manager Aliya Hana Hussain will discuss the important work of CCR's representation of men detained without charge at Guantanamo Bay prison,...
Updated: October 13, 2016
On Wednesday, February 3rd, join Communities United for Police Reform, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and the New York Civil Liberties Union's Teen Activist Project for a conversation...
Updated: January 28, 2021
Post-9/11, the Bush administration has expanded the use of the state secrets privilege (SSP) to withhold evidence and dismiss cases that challenge the administration in U.S. courts. In doing so, the...
Updated: January 11, 2010
September 30, 2021, New York — In response to today’s hearing in Abdulrahman al-Hela v. Biden on whether a man held at Guantánamo has rights under the Due Process Clause of the Constitution, the...
April 16, 2009, New York – In response to President Obama’s decision to guarantee immunity to CIA officials who carried out the drowning torture known as waterboarding, which his attorney...
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