New report on world’s largest detention system shows policies designed to punish immigrants spread coronavirus and how system degrades and dehumanizes people February 3, 2022 — ICE detention...
Updated: December 12, 2008
January 20, 2011, New York – Just before the first anniversary of President Obama’s failed deadline to close Guantanamo, the New York Times yesterday reported that the administration will...
Artist and printmaker Daniel Heyman has sketched many Iraqi torture victims. Daniels artistry makes its return to New York City in this thought provoking exibition: Close Encounters: Acts of A Social...
Updated: June 25, 2009
November 6, 2013, Richmond, VA – Today, in a lawsuit brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and co-counsel on behalf of four Iraqi men who were tortured at Abu Ghraib, six amici...
July 8, 2013, New York – Today, in response to the resumption of a hunger strike by prisoners in the Security Housing Unit (SHU) at Pelican Bay State Prison in California, the Center for...
August 21, 2008, New Yor k – Late yesterday afternoon, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issued urgent precautionary measures to protect Djamel Ameziane , an Algerian citizen held...
President-elect Biden has been a supporter of closing the Guantánamo Bay prison since he was a senator. The Center for Constitutional Rights welcomes his support as president, and calls on him to...
Updated: January 18, 2022
Download CCR's report on current Guantanamo conditions . After over seven years of unlawful executive detention, the approximately 240 men who remain imprisoned at the U.S. Naval Base at Guant...
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