Media reports suggest that the Trump administration is considering designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. The undersigned coalition of organizations is deeply concerned that...
Updated: February 23, 2017
March 2009In a rare victory for torture victims, a federal judge yesterday ruled that detainees who claim they were tortured at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq can move ahead with their lawsuit against...
On May 17th, people around the world will mark the 100th day of the current hunger strike at Guantánamo and over 11 years of indefinite detention without charge or trial by calling on...
Updated: May 16, 2013
January 17, 2017, New York – Today, the Department of Defense announced the transfer of Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) client Ghaleb Al-Bihani from Guantanamo to Oman. Al-Bihani, a Yemeni,...
December 9, 2008, New York – Today the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) argued that high-level government officials must be held accountable for sending Canadian rendition victim Maher Arar to...
November 2013As Congress begins debate on the 2014 defense authorization bill this week, both the president and the legislature have an opportunity to make meaningful progress toward closing Guantánamo and...
A civil rights lawsuit which challenged the State of Illinois’ practice of creating exclusive agreements with telephone companies for inmate telephone service.
Updated: October 9, 2007
Join CCR Monday, February 10th (please note date change) for a vigil outside the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in lower Manhattan. This is the first monthly vigil organized by a critical new...
Updated: February 10, 2014
November 14, 2023...The Center for Constitutional Rights is requesting a federal court order to stop the U.S. government's support of Israel's siege on Gaza, the group said in a statement today. Biden, Secretary of...
Laura Flanders Journalist and host of GRITtv Chris Hedges Senior fellow at The Nation Institute and former Middle East correspondent for the New York Times Sister Diana Ortiz Survivor of torture,...
Updated: June 2, 2009
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