September 29 , 2012, New York – Today, in response to the decision to return Canadian citizen and Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr to Canada, Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) Legal Director...
The judge gave the government 40 hours to appeal the decision before Mr. Khalil must be released June 11, 2025, Newark, NJ – A federal judge granted Mahmoud Khalil’s request for a preliminary...
[español abajo] Plaintiffs Argue Jury Made Right Decision, Promise Swift Appeal May 30, 2018, Fort Lauderdale, Florida – Today, a federal judge overturned the verdict of a unanimous jury that found...
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...
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...
December 26, New York – In response to President Obama’s signing, today, of the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following...
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
On August 14, 2018, over 100 lawyers and advocates sent a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressing concern over Israel's policy of detaining and denying entry to human rights...
Updated: August 14, 2018
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