May 10, 2016It’s been thirteen years since interrogators and military police at Abu Ghraib prison tortured detainees, and twelve since the abuse, captured on film, was disclosed to the world. It’s been even...
Profile of Ahmad Abdulahad Ahmad Abdulahad is a thirty-eight year old ethnic Uighur who, until his release to Palau in October 2009, was unlawfully imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay since 2002. The United...
Updated: January 15, 2010
When the Abu Ghraib photos surfaced in 2004, they exposed a system of torture and humiliation of Iraqi detainees that reached far beyond Abu Ghraib to other prisons and involved both military...
Updated: March 5, 2009
CCR is proud to endorse the 9th Annual Trans Day of Action (TDOA) 2013 organized by TransJustice of the Audre Lorde Project. Join communities of Trans and Gender Non-Conforming (TGNC) People of Color...
Updated: June 28, 2013
Case Seeks to Stop Dangerous Policy Undermining Rule of Law, Threatening People Fleeing Persecution June 11, 2025, San Diego, CA – People fleeing persecution and torture in their home countries have...
Khan Tumani, et al., v. Obama, el al ., was a habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of Abdul Nasser Khan Tumani and Muhammed Khan Tumani, a father and son from Syria who were unlawfully detained in...
Updated: August 30, 2021
Plea deals that result in life sentences for 9/11 defendants are the only path to justice – and the only way to close Guantánamo September 11, 2025, New York – On the 24th anniversary of 9/11, the...
February 1 2, 2014 , New York - The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) and the Council on American-Islamic Relations-USA (CAIR-USA) sent members of the House of...
May 1, 2023, New York – In response to the intensifying crackdown on the movement seeking to Stop Cop City/ Defend the Atlanta Forest , the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following...
August 31, 2020Court rules Communities United for Police Reform may intervene in NYPD midconduct database case On Tuesday, a federal court ruled that Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) may intervene in a...
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