February 2008Article that details the initial attempt by US Military prosecutors to charge and convict Guantanamo Bay detainees for their alleged connections to the 9-11 attacks.
November 2006CNN's senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin has sharply criticized the legal action to bring war crimes charges against Rumsfeld and other top U.S. officials in a German court.
February 2005Three former Guantanamo detainees from Britain say they confessed to involvement in terrorist activity in Afghanistan after being subjected to months of physical and mental abuse.
July 2014On July 8, 2013, 30,000 prisoners refused their meals, launching the largest mass prison hunger strike in U.S. history. One year later, Todd Ashker is marking off his twenty-fourth year in Pelican...
The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a federal lawsuit Monday challenging the U.S. government's authority to target and kill U.S. citizens outside of war...
July 2008The Center for Constitutional Rights sees U.S. and international law violations in the recently released tape of Omar Khadr's interrogation in Guantanamo, Bay. You can access the full article here .
January 2012CCR Legal Director, Baher Azmy, elaborates on President Obama’s biggest failed promise: how after 10 years since the prison camp opened, and three years after Obama pledged to close it, Guant...
Horman v. Kissinger is a lawsuit filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in October 1977 that charged former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and the rest of the State Department with...
Updated: October 29, 2007
United States v. Maria del Scorro Pardo de Aguilar is a case in which the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) defended sanctuary workers – members of church groups who provided shelter, medical...
Updated: October 9, 2007
January 9, 2020... The events are being hosted by a coalition of organizations including MoveOn , About Face: Veterans Against the War , National Iranian-American Council , Center for Constitutional Rights , Jewish...
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