Wright v. Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, et al. is a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), together with attorneys from the National Conference of...
Updated: December 11, 2007
ICE officials treated deportation as sport February 6, 2023, New York and Atlanta – U.S. government officials expressed racist attitudes toward Black migrants, treated their deportation as sport, and...
Settlement Reached in California Class Action Suit Moves Out of SHU Those There 10 Years or Longer, Ends Solitary Purely Due to Gang Validation September 1, 2015, Oakland – Today, the parties have...
Nearly 20 years after torture scandal broke, Iraqis continue fight for justice; 15-year quest for day in court one step closer to trial August 1, 2023, Alexandria, VA – A federal judge has rejected...
The U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Jesner, et al. v. Arab Bank, PLC to decide the question of whether corporations are liable under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS). CCR's brief argues that the...
Updated: April 24, 2018
December 14, 2011, New York – As President Obama said this afternoon that he would not veto the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the...
October 5, 2009, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) learned today of the existence of video and audio tapes of the abusive interrogations of client Mohammed al Qahtani, the...
November 9, 2020We voted. The fight continues. Center for Constitutional Rights Executive Director Vince Warren emailed the following message to our supporters Wednesday: We may have news at any moment, but I wanted...
Cites Weaponization of “Terrorism” as Tool of Oppressive Regimes Throughout History October 22, 2021, New York – Following the announcement that the Israeli government had designated six human rights...
April 11, 2013, New York and Washington, D.C. – As the hunger strike of men detained at the U.S. prison at Guantánamo began its third month, activists organized emergency rallies in over...
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