February 9, 2012, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement in response to the release of a report on detainees released from Guantánamo by...
November 1, 2023...In the United States, the highest levels of power have long supported voices backing Israel and its military. Now, supporters of Palestine fear the war presents an opportunity for supporters of...
Biden Must Take Swift Action on Gitmo Before Men Die January 11, 2021, New York – On the 19th anniversary of the transfer of the first Muslim men to Guantánamo, the Center for Constitutional Rights...
October 30, 2017This is CCR's weekly "Frontlines of Justice" news round-up, keeping you in the loop about what we've been up to and what's coming soon. Check it out every Monday, your one-stop-shop for CCR opinions...
Center for Constitutional Rights Senior Staff Attorney J. Wells Dixon will speak at a virtual webinar organized by the Episcopal Church and the National Religious Campaign Against Torture to mark the...
Updated: January 11, 2022
Originally filed without legal assistance by Pelican Bay prisoners, CCR joined Ashker v. Brown in 2012, and turned it into a class action challenging prolonged solitary confinement as a violation of...
Updated: June 1, 2015
For the December 9, 2014 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "The State of Civil and Human Rights in the United States," called by the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and...
Updated: December 9, 2014
January 27, 2017...The conference on seeking justice for victims of US torture was organised by leading rights groups including the International Federation for Human Rights and the US-based Center for...
February 2011The United Israel Appeal scrapped a plan to showcase former President George W. Bush at a Feb. 12 gala in Geneva amid reports that human rights groups were poised to protest and file a torture...
On May 8, 2017, CCR joined a coalition of human rights advocates calling on the U.S. Government to demosntrate leadership on human rights in the Americans, focusing on constructive engagement with...
Updated: May 25, 2017
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