Saeed Bakhouch, the last Algerian prisoner at Guantánamo, was repatriated to Algeria on April 20, 2023. Mr. Bakhouch spent more than 21 years detained without charge in Guantánamo only to be...
Updated: July 26, 2023
Background: From taking on the NYPD’s racially discriminatory stop-and-frisk program to challenging indefinite detention and torture at Guantánamo, the Center for Constitutional Rights has been on...
Updated: April 12, 2017
Jewish National Fund lawsuit alleges support for terrorism; court should affirm dismissal by district court, says US Campaign for Palestinian Rights January 12, 2023, Washington, D.C. – Today, a U.S...
July 27, 2017Activists for Palestinian rights have long known of Israel’s efforts to criminalise the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, the global solidarity campaign that seeks to put pressure on...
ICE officials treated deportation as sport February 6, 2023, New York and Atlanta – U.S. government officials expressed racist attitudes toward Black migrants, treated their deportation as sport, and...
November 9, 2020We voted. The fight continues. Center for Constitutional Rights Executive Director Vince Warren emailed the following message to our supporters Wednesday: We may have news at any moment, but I wanted...
On September 6, 2006, President George W. Bush revealed that the United States runs a system of secret detention in the “War on Terror,” but he did not disclose how many individuals were...
Updated: January 11, 2010
Nearly 20 years after torture scandal broke, Iraqis continue fight for justice; 15-year quest for day in court one step closer to trial August 1, 2023, Alexandria, VA – A federal judge has rejected...
On May 17th, people around the world will mark the 100th day of the current hunger strike at Guantánamo and over 11 years of indefinite detention without charge or trial by calling on...
Updated: May 16, 2013
Join CCR Monday, February 10th (please note date change) for a vigil outside the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in lower Manhattan. This is the first monthly vigil organized by a critical new...
Updated: February 10, 2014
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