July 31, 2020...The New York City-based Center for Constitutional Rights said in a statement that the "militarized attacks on cities and protesters are symptoms of a rising and desperate authoritarianism from an...
Kifah Jayyousi is a United States citizen who is married with five children and currently lives and works in Michigan. Kifah is a plaintiff in Aref v. Garland , a federal lawsuit filed in 2010...
Updated: October 14, 2021
April 28, 2011 – Today California Representative Zoe Lofgren (16th District) called on the Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, ICE Director John Morton, as well as the Inspector...
January 31 , 2014 , New York - The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the National Lawyers Guild- New York City Chapter (NLG-NYC) sent New York Assembly Members a letter urging them to oppose...
Hafeezat Bishi is a Media Associate at the Center for Constitutional Rights. She is responsible for supporting the Communications Team with the organization’s media output. Prior to joining the...
January 4, 2021Join us on January 11 to mark 19 years since the opening of the infamous Guantánamo Bay prison [caption align="right"] [/caption] Throughout the last two decades, hundreds of men have been released...
CCR invites you to FilmFest DC’s screening of Guantanamo’s Child: Omar Khadr , a film by Patrick Reed and Michelle Shephard. Following the film, there will be a short talk-back with co-director...
Updated: April 6, 2016
CCR invites you to FilmFest DC’s screening of Guantanamo’s Child: Omar Khadr , a film by Patrick Reed and Michelle Shephard. Following the film, there will be a short talk-back with co-director...
Updated: April 6, 2016
July 16, 2015It’s been a great summer for President Barack Obama. Late last month, his chief domestic policy accomplishment, the Affordable Care Act, was upheld for a second time by the Supreme Court. One day...
CCR Bertha Foundation fellow Noor Zafar spoke with Al Jazeera English about Trump's second attempt at a Muslim Ban: "This is still a ban designed to keep Muslims out of this country. If you look at...
Updated: March 8, 2017
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