July 1, 2010, Washington, D.C . – Yesterday, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed eight Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests regarding the United States government’s...
Brooklyn, March 11, 2011 – Today the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged a federal court judge to reject the government’s efforts to halt a class action civil rights lawsuit on...
Fending off demands that he resign over the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, thenDefense secretary Donald Rumsfeld told Congress in 2004 that he had found a legal way to compensate Iraqi detainees who...
Join us for an insightful look at progress made in 2018 followed by a compelling panel discussion featuring guest panelists: Intersectionality and Our Movements: Why Cross-Movement Collaboration Is...
Updated: January 24, 2019
Ziad Alwan Ziad Alwan is a United States citizen and a Palestinian with West Bank residency. He was born in Ein Yabrud, Palestine, and currently lives in Chicago. Ziad’s family’s land, for which he...
Updated: March 19, 2019
March 8, 2011, New York – In response to the impending hearings being held by United States Representative Peter King, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, on “The Extent of...
BRITISH PERFIDY DOCUMENTS made available by the British government deepen and darken the scandal surrounding the release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber sentenced to life imprisonment...
On Monday, May 3rd, at 12:00 p.m. EST, join the Center for Constitutional Rights for a dynamic conversation on our Instagram Live reflecting on the first 100 days of President Biden's...
Updated: April 29, 2021
Anser Mehmood ran a small trucking business in Bayonne, NJ. But Sept. 11 turned his life upside down. A Pakistani who had overstayed his visa, he was soon caught up in the post-attack terror scare...
CCR is a proud community sponsor of Sanctuary presented by The Dream Unfinished on Friday July 27, 2018 at 7pm. Sanctuary is a festival of music celebrating artists who identify as immigrants or...
Updated: July 25, 2018
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