August 13, 2015In 1980, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals vacated Jerry Hartfield's murder conviction and ordered a new trial. But the trial never happened. Twenty-six years later, Hartfield crafted a handwritten...
March 2012In a correspondence between Jack Goldsmith and CCR Legal Director Baher Azmy, Professor Goldsmith credits Michael Ratner and the Center for Constitutional Rights for initiating—and consistently...
July 2008A US federal court will not be able to hear the case of Maher Arar, a client of the Center for Constitutional Rights who was sent to Syria by the US where he was tortured, after a federal appeals...
July 20, 2020, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement in support of the Strike for Black Lives : As the Strike for Black Lives outlines, “This is a moment to...
CCR will argue on behalf of its client, Maher Arar,in his federal lawsuit challenging his rendition by the U.S. government, where he was tortured, forced to falsely confess, and released after one...
Updated: October 28, 2007
On August 28, 2006, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia denied the government's request for a 'filter team' to review papers seized from detainees at Guantanamo late yesterday. The...
November 7, 2024, New York – In response to a military commission’s ruling that Defense Secretary Austin cannot rescind the plea deals with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other 9/11 defendants, the...
December 2014" The explosive Senate Committee torture report could open the floodgates for costly lawsuits against the U.S., Britain and any other countries complicit with the CIA's so-called 'enhanced...
October 8 is radical lawyer and political prisoner Lynne Stewart's birthday. Supporters will hold birthday vigils for compassionate release in cities across the country, including New York, Albany,...
Updated: January 2, 2014
October 14, 2019Victory! Judge blocks "public charge" immigration rule [caption align="right"] [/caption] On Friday, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s new “public charge” rule, which was scheduled...
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