August 24, 2009, New York, NY – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the statement below in response to the rumored announcement of the appointment of a special prosecutor...
Updated: April 26, 2010
Fifth Circuit Ruling Confirms State Must Stop Making People Convicted Under Law Register as Sex Offenders April 11, 2023, New Orleans – Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit...
June 13, 2017Counting the days takes on a whole new meaning when you’re 22 years into a 25-year federal drug sentence. I was biding my time in a federal prison in Arkansas in 2013, when I was abruptly yanked from...
The Media Associate will provide support for various aspects of the Communications Department and its department director’s work, including the weekly e-newsletter, press lists, and day-to-day...
Updated: May 28, 2026
On February 27, 2006, The first violation of the McCain torture amendment was alleged in federal court in an emergency injunction to end further torture of Guantánamo detainees. The court made public...
November 20, New York – In response to the transfer of five men from Guantanamo, including our Yemeni client Abd Al Hakim Ghalib Ahmad Alhag, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued...
Arar v Ashcroft Argument and Rally - New York, NY In 2002, Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen, was detained at JFK airport while on a stopover. He was interrogated, detained for two weeks, denied his...
Updated: December 8, 2008
October 24, 2022...five years ago, when the Pentagon implemented its ban, officials claimed that it was “because the exhibition included an email address for people interested in buying artwork by the prisoners,...
August 3, 2018, New York, NY – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) was granted official special consultative status last week with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC...
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