Trouble seeing the video? Watch on Democracy Now! University of Illinois trustees have voted to agree to a $875,000 financial settlement with Steven Salaita. Last year, his job offer for a tenured...
Updated: November 16, 2015
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
Baher Azmy , Center for Constitutional Rights Legal Director, will join other speakers at this rally where NYC educators, students, workers, and allies will rally in defense of higher education,...
Updated: April 16, 2025
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