Featuring the NYC screening of the short film ISN 310: Djamel Ameziane's Decade in Guantánamo * Special Guests: Vanessa Redgrave (actor, activist), Mia Farrow (actor, activist) Scott Horton (...
In 2003, in the landmark decision Lawrence v. Texas , the United States Supreme Court declared that state statutes that criminalize sodomy are unconstitutional. In its sweeping decision, the Supreme...
... That appeal to the right was noted by the Center for Constitutional rights, which said in a statement that Trump is "sending a message that the xenophobic platform that he ran on is one that he...
The attorneys for Salim Hamdan filed a brief in his military commission asking the judge to declare that Hamdan had been subjected to "abusive interrogation techniques," ie., torture. The...
By Glenn Greenwald A major legal challenge to one of the Obama administration's most radical assertions of executive power began this morning in a federal courthouse in Washington, DC. Early last...
A federal appeals court on Thursday explored the question of who was in charge, the U.S. military or civilian interrogators, when four former Iraqi detainees claim they were tortured at the notorious...
Meejin Richart is the Advocacy and Events Associate at the Center for Constitutional Rights. She coordinates movement support at CCR and produces advocacy and cultural events. Her expertise is in...
Last week, a motion that Center for Constitutional Rights attorneys filed in the case of former ghost detainee Majid Khan was made public. The heavily redacted motion, which was filed in order to...
