April 17, 2024...“This is a historic trial that we hope will deliver some measure of justice and healing for what President Bush rightly deemed disgraceful conduct that dishonored the United States and its values...
Court Hears Emergency Motion From Ashley Diamond May 12, 2021, Atlanta – Today, a federal judge heard an emergency motion in a case charging the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) with violating...
December 2014"Now that the Senate has pulled back the curtain on America’s embrace of torture, what’s next? Precious little, it seems. Washington seems ready to congratulate itself for being honest about past...
Updated March 2025! The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and other public records laws have long been critical tools at the core of the Center for Constitutional Rights' social justice work in...
Updated: October 8, 2025
CCR is proud to announce Senior Staff Attorney Katherine Gallagher will present on a panel at the United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights titled Access to Judicial Remedy. This panel seeks...
Updated: November 30, 2012
November 4, 2019We're standing in solidarity with Louisiana climate justice protesters [caption align="left"] [/caption] Reverend Gregory Manning and Sakura Kone were arrested Wednesday at the Louisiana Association...
For the past two decades, human rights advocates in Afghanistan and abroad have called for all perpetrators of human rights abuses in the country to be held accountable. Yet the collapse of the...
Updated: March 30, 2022
December 8, 2015A lawyer for a New York civil liberties group is pledging her firm’s support — from lining up mental health care to financial aid — for a long-held Yemeni captive seeking release from the national...
November 20, 2017WASHINGTON — An advocacy group Monday said California continues to confine prisoners to solitary confinement 22 to 24 hours a day in violation of a historic settlement two years ago. The nonprofit...
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