Habeas Relief Sought for Eight-Year Hunger Striker June 25, 2015, Washington, D.C. – Today, attorneys at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) are seeking a court order granting his habeas...
The Center for Constitutional Rights is hiring four Bertha Justice Fellows, for 9/2020-9/2022. The Bertha Justice Fellowship at the Center for Constitutional Rights is a two-year program for emerging...
Updated: February 13, 2020
June 2007Libyan Guantanamo detainee cleared for release or transfer, fears he will be tortured if U.S. officials transfer him to Libya.
April 2014Awais Sajjad, a lawful permanent U.S. resident living in the New York area, learned he was on the no-fly list in September 2012 after he tried to board a flight to Pakistan at John F. Kennedy...
February 27, 2013, New York – Today the Army’s records management division, responsible for responding to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act, released 84 judicial orders...
October 5, 2009, New York – Last night, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed papers with the D.C. District Court challenging the government’s claim that no federal court has...
Please join us on Thursday, Sept. 26 for oral arguments on class certification in Ashker v. Brown , our federal lawsuit on behalf of prisoners at the Pelican Bay State Prison in California. In the...
Updated: September 19, 2013
June 3, 2019We're helping movements challenge oppressive systems with FOIA requests [caption align="right"] [/caption] On Wednesday, the Center for Constitutional Rights launched the Open Records Project : FOIA...
Anne White Hat details collusion and violence geared to quash movement resisting fossil fuel extraction September 14, 2022, Washington, D.C. – Today, Anne White Hat, a Sicangu Lakota Water Protector...
#Law4BlackLives is a national gathering of lawyers, law students, legal workers, and jailhouse lawyers who are committed to building a world where #BlackLivesMatter. More than a meeting or a...
Updated: July 6, 2015
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