Zahir Hamdoun Zahir Hamdoun, a Yemeni citizen born in 1979 in Hadramout, Yemen, was held without charge in Guantanamo for over fourteen years. The fifth of eight children, Mr. Hamdoun grew up in a...
Updated: August 15, 2016
May 2, 2016, San Diego – This morning in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, Joseph Buddenberg was sentenced to two years in federal prison for Conspiracy to Violate the...
“Not Just Locker Room Talk” November 17, 2016, New York – In response to statements made last night by a surrogate for Donald Trump effectively endorsing Japanese internment, Center for...
Join CCR at the Supreme Court for oral argument in Ziglar v. Abbasi (formerly Turkmen v. Ashcroft ). CCR Senior Staff Attorney Rachel Meeropol will argue the case, urging the Supreme Court to affirm...
Updated: December 6, 2016
CCR clients Djamel Ameziane and Ghaleb Al-Bihani will show select pieces of artwork at the upcoming exhibit, Ode to the Sea: Art from Guantánamo Bay , which will run from October 2 through January 26...
Updated: January 17, 2018
August 11, 2017There is something immoral in Washington D.C., and its consequences can be dire for many people, particularly for the health of US democracy. The US government is declaring war on the Palestinian...
Join the Center for Constitutional Rights, the New Sanctuary Coalition, and partners to honor and remember those who have been deported and their loved ones—and to make visible this form of invisible...
Updated: July 20, 2018
On February 22nd, 2019, join Center for Constitutional Rights executive director, Vincent Warren , as he gives the keynote speech at "Reimagining the Criminal Justice System," a one-day symposium...
Updated: January 29, 2019
With mounting claims of abuse and misconduct, what are some of the proposed policies for fixing Rikers Island and other prisons throughout the U.S.? Ari Melber talks to Paul Prestia, Vince Warren,...
Updated: June 16, 2015
July 16, 2015The killing of Eric Garner by a police officer using a chokehold last year sparked protests around the country and led rappers to hold memorial concerts in Staten Island, where he was killed, and as...
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