Targeted for removal for advocating for Palestinian rights, U.S. permanent resident Mahmoud Khalil is challenging his detention in federal court in NYC March 10, 2025, New York – Today, a Palestinian...
More than a year ago the Supreme Court ruled in the Center for Constitutional Rights case Rasul v. Bush that the Guantanamo detainees have a right to file habeas corpus petitions in U.S. courts...
Visa Approvals Unlawfully Rescinded, Wrongly Invoking Ban December 18, 2018, New York – Yesterday evening, a group of Yemeni-Americans filed a federal lawsuit over the State Department’s refusal to...
December 26, 2015Lawyers representing Guantánamo Bay detainees who have been held at the camp in Cuba for up to 14 years without charge or trial have accused President Obama of stalling on his promise to close the...
Ten years since harrowing pictures of detainees being tortured at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison surfaced, many survivors are still waiting for justice. One such lawsuit, Al Shimari v. CACI, is challenging...
Updated: July 7, 2014
April 10, 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...
On February 25, 2021, the Center for Constitutional Rights, together with several partner organizations, submitted comments on draft New York City Police Department policies regarding three types of...
Updated: February 26, 2021
June 1, 2022We are proud to present the next installment in By Design, our Spring/Summer 2022 Freedom Flicks Film Series
December 19, 2007, Washington, D.C. - The estate of an Iraqi man who was killed when Blackwater personnel opened fire on innocent bystanders in and around Al Watahba Square in Baghdad on Sept. 9 sued...
January 26, 2013, Newark, New Jersey - Yesterday evening, the plaintiffs in Hassan, et al. v. City of New York , the federal lawsuit challenging the New York City Police Department’s...
Pages
