December 21, 2015In 2015, we continued many long and hard-fought battles against powerful and well-resourced institutions – the U.S. government, the NYPD, the NY Fire Department, the FBI, and the California...
Black August 2021: Fighting for Freedom from the Inside Black August honors the freedom fighters, especially those inside the walls of our sprawling prison-industrial complex, who, with their vision...
Updated: August 26, 2021
As ICE Raids Escalate, New Platform Highlights ICE Tactics to Help Equip Communities to Exercise Their Constitutional Rights July 23, 2018, New York – The Immigrant Defense Project (IDP) today in...
July 6, 2023...Meanwhile in the United States, just last month, President Joe Biden, who repeatedly criticized the Trump administration’s cruel and needless immigration policies, decided to outright adopt some...
May 7, 2018No reward for torture: #BlockHaspel as CIA Director Wednesday, the Senate Intelligence Committee will hold a public confirmation hearing for Gina Haspel, Trump's pick for CIA director. No one, not...
March 2007CCR accuses Rumsfeld and senior officials of human rights abuses in post 9-11 torture.
Please join CCR, Witness Against Torture (WAT), the Peace Poets , and allies for a book launch and performance on the eve of the 16th anniversary of the opening of the prison at Guantanamo Bay. There...
Updated: November 29, 2017
January 29, 2009, Washington, D.C. – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the International Human Rights Law Clinic at the Washington College of Law filed the final brief in a civil...
March 5, 2018Last week, we went to court with ArchCity Defenders and co-counsel to challenge St. Louis County’s unconstitutional "Wanted" system to certify a plaintiff class of thousands of people who’ve been...
August 7, 2009, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) responded today to a letter made public from the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture to the American Psychological...
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