July 2013"On Monday, 30,000 prisoners in the Security Housing Unit at Pelican Bay State Prison in California went on hunger strike to protest solitary confinement and security unit conditions -- risking...
November 2013By Pamela Spees, Senior Attorney with the CCR who has filed cases in the U.S. related to the 2009 Honduras coup. Pick up any U.S. newspaper next Monday morning, and the international page will...
Arar v Ashcroft Argument and Rally - New York, NY In 2002, Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen, was detained at JFK airport while on a stopover. He was interrogated, detained for two weeks, denied his...
Updated: December 8, 2008
December 7, 2021, Washington, D.C. — In response to today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, “Closing Guantanamo: 20 Years of Injustice,” the Center for Constitutional Rights, which represents men...
THE PATH TO BECOMING A PUBLIC DEFENDER Saturday, July 26 2008 The George Washington University Law School Free Registration & Updated Schedule: www.pdsdc.org Schedule at a Glance (in progress) 8:...
Updated: July 3, 2008
Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain is a lawsuit against Francisco Sosa for wrongly detaining Dr. Humberto Alvarez-Machain. Mr. Alvarez-Machain charged Sosa and his other captors with violating international...
Updated: October 9, 2007
No More Deportations. Police Should Not Be Immigration Agents. Governor Paterson Must Stop ICE’s “Secure Communities” in NY Now! Please join us on Thursday, December 9 th for a...
Updated: December 6, 2010
July 7, 2016The Supreme Court’s June 23, 2016, nine-word ruling in the case of US v. Texas is deeply disappointing. The 4-4 tied decision means that the Fifth Circuit’s preliminary injunction against President...
The Center for Constitutional rights is proud to Co-Sponsor Día de los muertos Call to Community on November 1st, 2018 in Washington Square Park. Joins us as we unite during a day of remembrance...
Updated: October 31, 2018
On May 31, 2010, a six-boat flotilla, carrying more than 700 civilians from almost 40 countries seeking to bring humanitarian and rebuilding supplies to the Gaza Strip as well as to break the Israeli...
Updated: October 9, 2014
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