In 2002, Maher Arar was stopped while on a layover at John F. Kennedy International Airport on his way home to Canada. US officials detained Arar for two weeks and then told him that, based on...
February 6, 2009, New York – Today, in the case of Khan Tumani v. Obama, attorneys at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and co-counsel sought emergency relief for a young Syrian detained at...
This weekend marks the 20th anniversary of 9/11, and as the withdrawal from Afghanistan dominates the headlines, so does the conversation about the forever war and its implications. Dahlia Lithwick...
Join the Center for Constitutional Rights, Justice for Muslims Collective, Witness Against Torture, and Amnesty International USA for a virtual conversation on the 19th anniversary of the opening of...
Makani Themba is Chief Strategist at Higher Ground Change Strategies based in Jackson, Mississippi. A social justice innovator and pioneer in the field of change communications and narrative strategy...
On May 28, 1999, Chevron, through its Nigerian subsidiary, participated in the murder, shooting, and subsequent torture of Nigerian villagers who were engaging in environmental protest against the...
Support our partner in New Jersey and join their week of action to end immigration detention quotas ! Actions include this rally at Elizabeth Detention Center. For more background on the bed quota,...
CCR Advocacy Program Manager Aliya Hussain will join this panel of Guantanamo prisoner attorneys and advocates who will share their stories and revive the conversation about what is at stake with the...
By partnering with the Center for Constitutional Rights, you are helping to transform power systems that push vulnerable communities to the margins. Now, more than ever, your support is needed to...
A Columbia University professor was barred from entering Israel because of her ties to the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement, Haaretz reported . Katherine Franke, a professor of law at...
