April 14, 2021, New York – In response to President Biden’s announcement that all U.S. troops will leave Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, the Center for Constitutional Rights released the following...
April 2014Awais Sajjad, a lawful permanent U.S. resident living in the New York area, learned he was on the no-fly list in September 2012 after he tried to board a flight to Pakistan at John F. Kennedy...
February 14, 2014, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement in response to reports that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has decided to sign...
Yesterday, CCR Legal Director, Baher Azmy, issued a letter to the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement urging an end to the controversial Secure Communities...
On June 21 at 11 AM, Yemeni-American community members, along with local community and human rights organizations, will launch a new report, Window Dressing the Muslim Ban: Reports of waivers...
Updated: June 18, 2018
Center for Constitutional Rights Staff Attorney Astha Sharma Pokharel will speak at a virtual event organized by American Muslims for Palestine (AMP). The event will be streamed on AMP’s...
Updated: January 18, 2024
Freedom Flicks will partner with DOC NYC on November 16th to screen the award-winning documentary Soft Vengeance . SOFT VENGEANCE is a film about Albie Sachs, a lawyer, writer, art lover and freedom...
Updated: October 20, 2014
Please join the No Separate Justice (NSJ) campaign on Monday, August 4, 2014 as we remember Yassin Aref on the ten-year anniversary of his arrest by the federal government. CCR Senior Staff Attorney...
Updated: July 31, 2014
Tuesday, December 4, 2007: National Demonstrations for Justice at Guantanamo On December 5th, the Supreme Court will hear arguments for the cases of Boumediene v. Bush and Al Odah v. U.S. , brought...
Updated: November 29, 2007
April 9, 2012 — Pakistani lawyer Shahzad Akbar has been invited to speak at an International Drone Summit in Washington DC on April 28, but the U.S. government is failing to grant him a visa...
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