October 18, 2016Last Friday, October 14, marked one year since reforms began under the historic settlement agreement in CCR’s case Ashker v. Brown , which effectively ended long-term solitary confinement throughout...
December 20, 2014, New York – In response to the repatriation announced today of four Afghan prisoners, including Shawali Khan, whose case the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) has long...
January 14, 2020, New York – After losing on an emergency stay motion in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals last week, the Trump administration filed a motion with the Supreme Court last night...
Updated March 2025! The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and other public records laws have long been critical tools at the core of the Center for Constitutional Rights' social justice work in...
Updated: October 8, 2025
May 10, 2017Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey, who is leading an investigation into his campaign’s collusion with the Russian government, is a dark moment in American history. World history is replete...
Justices to Decide Whether to Hear Trump Administration’s Appeal to Lift Preliminary Injunction Protecting Millions of Immigrant Families January 22, 2020, New York – Today, advocates filed a brief...
December 8, 2015A lawyer for a New York civil liberties group is pledging her firm’s support — from lining up mental health care to financial aid — for a long-held Yemeni captive seeking release from the national...
On episode 30 of “The Activist Files,” Center for Constitutional Rights Senior Staff Attorney Ghita Schwarz and Senior Staff Attorney Chinyere Ezie talked with Make the Road New York ’s Lead...
Updated: September 18, 2020
November 4, 2019We're standing in solidarity with Louisiana climate justice protesters [caption align="left"] [/caption] Reverend Gregory Manning and Sakura Kone were arrested Wednesday at the Louisiana Association...
Join SMUG, Familia, APAU, MHACASA, Out NOW!, Stop the Hate & Homophobia Coalition and Center for Constitutional Rights for a film screening and panel discussion of "Call Me Kuchu"...
Updated: March 31, 2015
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