Targeted for removal for advocating for Palestinian rights, U.S. permanent resident Mahmoud Khalil is challenging his detention in federal court in NYC March 10, 2025, New York – Today, a Palestinian...
September 2008"Torture does not begin in some remote, dark, subterranean cell, where prisoners are hooded and interrogators are masked. Torture emerges from fear clouding vision and it begins on paper, with...
On November 21, 2016, CCR joined a coalition letter to President Obama urging him to take action to rescind the National Security Exit-Entry Registration System (NSEERS) regulatory framework...
Updated: December 21, 2016
October 21, 2016A lawsuit into a military contractor for their role in the torture at Iraq’s infamous Abu Ghraib, was reinstated Friday, with the court rejecting arguments from the contractors that its behavior...
March 2009In a rare victory for torture victims, a federal judge yesterday ruled that detainees who claim they were tortured at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq can move ahead with their lawsuit against...
July 15, 2016, Albany – Today, the Vulcan Society, the fraternal organization of Black New York City firefighters, along with their attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the...
March 5, 2018Last week, we went to court with ArchCity Defenders and co-counsel to challenge St. Louis County’s unconstitutional "Wanted" system to certify a plaintiff class of thousands of people who’ve been...
January 10, 2013, New York – In response to today’s announcement that Zero Dark Thirty has been nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Center for Constitutional Rights...
The Peace and Justice Task Force Invites you to a Panel Discussion: U.S.-sponsored Torture, Prisoners’ Rights, and Survivor Care Four distinguished panelists...
Updated: October 8, 2008
Join CCR in Chicago for oral arguments in United States v. Johnson , the federal prosecution of two animal rights activists under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) for allegedly liberating...
Updated: February 5, 2015
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