October 22, 2015, New York – In response to President Obama’s veto today of the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), which represents many of...
December 2008In response to Attorney General Mukasey's statements that Bush administration officials who approved the use of torture shouldn’t be prosecuted and needn’t be pardoned because they all reasonably...
CCR Senior Staff Attorney Wells Dixon will participate on a panel, Habeas, PRBs, and Military Commissions: What legal redress would new captures sent to Guantanamo have? , at this year’s...
Updated: September 5, 2017
September 2007A Guantanamo detainee, Mohammed al-Qahtani, says he made false statements after being tortured.
February 2010Recently released secret C.I.A. documents reveal that members of Congress were aware that suspected terrorists were tortured.
Article II: Torture and Extraordinary Rendition. Participants include Michael Ratner and Vincent Warren of the Center of Constitutional Rights, Jonathan Hafetz, journalist Tara McKelvey, Carol...
Updated: November 21, 2007
October 5, 2009, New York – Last night, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed papers with the D.C. District Court challenging the government’s claim that no federal court has...
April 2014Baghdad’s infamous Abu Ghraib prison now stands empty. Its closure, prompted by fears that it could be overrun by Sunni insurgents, along with the transfer of its 2,400 prisoners, was announced last...
Trump admin ends TPS for 13th country in a row, puts thousands at risk of deportation to country devastated by war and famine March 26, 2026, New York – In a midnight filing, a group of Yemeni...
Join the Center for Constitutional Rights and The Promise of Justice Initiative on Thursday, October 6, 2022 , for a community screening and talkback: Al-Jazeera Fault Lines ’Jim Crow...
Updated: September 30, 2022
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