Republicans in Congress wasted no time on Tuesday in opposing President Barack Obama’s new plan to close the Guantanamo Bay military detention facility, with even some who have previously supported...
... The history of SYG is the story of an unholy alliance between the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the less well-known American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). ALEC bills itself as “...
A video of the interrogation of Omar Khadr is released, and the Center for Constitutional Rights comments on how it reflects on the Guantanamo system as a major human rights violation. You can access...
The Institute for Policy Studies in D.C. gives New York's Center for Constitutional Rights and its client, Maher Arar, international human rights awards.
April 4, 2011, New York and Washington – Today, the Supreme Court announced it will not hear three of the Guantánamo detainee cases it had been asked to review and delayed a decision on...
January 5, 2010, New York – In response to news that President Obama has decided to suspend all transfers of detainees from Guantánamo to Yemen, the Center for Constitutional Rights...
Discrimination and free speech were strong buzzwords at a Massachusetts State House hearing Tuesday, where lawyers, legislators, faith leaders, and organizers testified both for and against a...
Afrika Owes is an Administrative Associate for the Legal and Advocacy departments at the Center for Constitutional Rights. She supports the department as a whole, as well as the Legal Director and...
Medical Expert: “Continual enteral feeding is shockingly inadequate” September 11, 2015, New York – Attorneys for a 74-pound Guantánamo prisoner who is “on the precipice of death” according to three...
