July 11, 2018, Washington, D.C. – Today, lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) argued before a federal judge in a challenge to Donald Trump’s ongoing detention of men at Guantánamo...
Dana Rasso is the Digital Engagement Manager at the Center for Constitutional Rights. She is responsible for overseeing CCR’s social media strategy and implementation. Prior to coming to the Center,...
... The next day, Dr. Filártiga and his daughter filed a wrongful-death suit in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn. Although both parties were Paraguayan and the death occurred overseas, Dr. Filártiga’s...
... “This case is on behalf of Black elders and all of those who have been denied redemption,” said Samah Sisay, attorney and Bertha Justice Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights. “Through...
August 23, 2014 March for Justice / We Will not Go Back. This march for justice for all vicims of police brutality will take place in Staten Island, New York. Over the past several weeks, people...
Today marks the two-year anniversary of the release of the Senate Torture Report Executive Summary detailing some of the barbarity and brutality of the CIA’s post-9/11 interrogation and detention...
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...
