February 3, 2010, New York – Lawyers for two Uighur brothers imprisoned by the U.S. Government at Guantánamo Bay since 2002 announced today that the men would soon be living free in the...
October 6, 2023...Blue Ocean Law, in partnership with the Center for Constitutional Rights and ACLU-Puerto Rico, has submitted a shadow report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee detailing the ways in...
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) condemns yesterday’s arrest and detention of Aliaksandr (Ales) Bialiatski, President of the Human Rights Center Viasna in Belarus and Vice-President...
When: Thursday, September 8 at 5pm What: The Guantanamo Lawyers Panel, co-sponsored by CCR. Lawyers who represent men detained at Guantánamo and other facilities discuss the significance of...
Updated: August 30, 2011
June 2, 2015A U.S.-educated captive at Guantánamo who has pleaded guilty to being an al-Qaida money courier has told his attorneys he was twice waterboarded by CIA agents, something not previously disclosed,...
This event will address the global crackdown on civil society space and the resulting challenges in protecting fundamental rights and freedoms. Featuring CCR Legal Director Baher Azmy in conversation...
Updated: February 15, 2018
Mohammed Kamin is an Afghan who has been detained at Guantánamo since 2004. Kamin was detained in U.S. custody in Khowst, Afghanistan in 2003 when his son, now 13 years old, was just a small boy. He...
Updated: September 8, 2016
On episode 31 of "The Activist Files," Staff Attorney Angelo Guisado and Senior Legal Worker Ian Head discuss two forthcoming Center for Constitutional Rights publications aimed at supporting...
Updated: October 28, 2020
The Center for Constitutional Rights, a non-profit legal advocacy organization born out of the Civil Rights movement in 1966, has provided legal assistance to the people imprisoned in the Guantanamo...
Updated: March 5, 2009
March 10, 2011 New York – In response to yesterday’s reports of brutal force being used against peaceful protesters in Yemen, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the...
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