CCR submitted an amicus brief in this case on behalf of the parents of Furkan Doğan , who was killed in the 2010 attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla . The flotilla, which carried more than 700...
Updated: September 5, 2019
New York, NY – This week, the full Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit refused to reconsider the ruling of a three-judge panel which held that key provisions of the federal statute that makes it a...
Mohammed al-Qahtani Suffers from Schizophrenia and PTSD and Should Be Returned Home, His Attorneys Say September 29, 2020, Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit...
Bottom Line President Obama’s proposed plan is too little, too late. First, the president’s plan cannot achieve the fundamental goal of ending indefinite detention without trial because central to...
Updated: February 23, 2016
“Overwhelming” evidence cited that Israeli forces have committed grave human rights crimes against Palestinians under his leadership July 19, 2024, New York – Today, in advance of Israeli Prime...
A suit on behalf of the Oneida Nation of New York against the U.S. Department of the Interior, charging that the government violated the Oneidas’ national sovereignty. The suit alleged that the...
Updated: February 10, 2012
November 11, 2019We denounce Israel's decision to deport Human Rights Watch director Omar Shakir In response to Israel’s Supreme Court decision upholding the order for human rights defender Omar Shakir, of Human...
September 2, 2021For the last twenty years, the Center for Constitutional Rights has stood alongside our courageous clients and their supporting communities, activists, storytellers, and a broad cadre of other...
January 11, 2012, Washington, DC – Today, on the tenth anniversary of the arrival of the first detained men at the U.S. prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the Center for Constitutional...
The newly released documentary, ISN 310: Djamel Ameziane’s Decade in Guantánamo , will be screened in Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto from June 18-20. ISN 310: Djamel Ameziane’s...
Updated: June 14, 2013
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