May 31, 2012, Oakland – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of prisoners at Pelican Bay State Prison who have spent between 10 and 28 years in...
Case could have national implications for movement against death by incarceration February 16, 2023, Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear a landmark case brought by a...
April 4, 2013, New York – This morning, activist Daniel McGowan was picked up from the halfway house where he has been residing and taken into custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in...
****Please check back for updates as rally location may change**** Join CCR and human rights activists to mark 15 years since the prison at Guantánamo opened under the call: No Guantánamo, No Torture...
September 17, New York – In response to today’s ruling in Floyd v. City of New York , a federal class action lawsuit challenging the NYPD’s stop and frisk practices, the Center for...
Join us at 9 a.m. on March 12 in D.C. for a critical thematic hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to address the unfolding humanitarian crisis at Guantánamo...
April 19, 2018 Dear Senator: We are a diverse group of organizations from the faith, human rights, civil liberties, and open government communities, among many others, writing to urge you to oppose...
February 18, 2009, Washington, DC – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued a statement today in response to the court of appeals reversal of D.C. District Court Judge Ricardo Urbina...
Current Co-op Board Weighs in, Saying Case Should Be Dismissed December 19, Olympia, WA – Today, attorneys at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) called for a Washington State court to end a...