The landmark 2015 settlement in Ashker v. Governor of California will end long-term solitary for thousands of prisoners in California. Febe Baca tells the story of her husband, Darryl, who was...
Updated: January 26, 2016
July 5, 2016Daniel McGowan was returning to his cell in the Sandstone, Minn., federal prison when he learned he was shipping out. At first he didn’t know where, or why, which is standard procedure for the U.S...
January 13, 2017Congressman Mike Pompeo is ill-suited to be CIA director. His résumé is impressive: West Point valedictorian, Army officer, Harvard Law graduate, successful businessman, and a multi-term congressman...
January 11th marks the anniversary of when the U.S. opened its torture camp at Guantanamo. Bush claims “ the U.S. does not torture” as he orders the destruction of videotapes that document the C.I.A...
Updated: February 11, 2008
November 21, 2023 — The Center for Constitutional Rights and our extended family are reeling from the loss of the legendary Bill Goodman, our former legal director, who died suddenly on Friday. Since...
September 11, 2012, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement in response to the Defense Department’s announcement today of the death of Adnan Latif...
December 3, 2018Dispatches from the Border [caption align="right"] [/caption] Center for Constitutional Rights Bertha Justice Fellow Lupe Aguirre and Staff Attorney Angelo Guisado have been at the southern border,...
What will we say when other governments follow our example by providing immunity from prosecution to torturers? The Romans had an expression for it: "Nulla poena sine lege," no punishment...
Updated: July 19, 2011
December 23, 2019A proposed Louisiana chemical plant may be building on the graves of formerly enslaved people. We're saying "no." [caption align="right"] [/caption] RISE St. James, a faith-based grassroots community...
July 11, 2016, New York – Today, the Department of Defense announced the transfer of Guantánamo detainee and Center for Constitutional Rights client Muhammadi Davliatov to Serbia. A native of...
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