April 2010Former Queens resident Syed "Fahad" Hashmi, arrested in 2006 for allegedly providing support to Al Qaeda, faces 70 years in prison if convicted at his trial in Manhattan tomorrow. Due to...
The Center for Constitutional Rights is a proud member of the Dignity Not Detention Coalition , which seeks to get New York out of the business of immigration detention. Join the Dignity Not...
Updated: November 11, 2024
January 2012CCR President, Michael Ratner, discusses Guantanamo's 10th anniversary and the deterioration of civil and human rights in post-9/11 America, and the breakdown of a body politic that occurs when a...
CCR has proudly stood up for LGBTQI people and communities for decades, and we’re very excited that this year for the first time we will be marching as an official contingent in the annual NYC Pride...
Updated: June 26, 2015
Transgender Woman’s lawsuit sought to hold Georgia prison officials liable for failing to protect her from sexual assault, denying care January 19, 2023, Macon, GA – In response to Ms. Diamond’s...
April 4, 2011, New York and Washington – Today, the Supreme Court announced it will not hear three of the Guantánamo detainee cases it had been asked to review and delayed a decision on...
December 11, 2015, New York – Today, in a case brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the Second Circuit Court of Appeals refused to reconsider a historic ruling by a three-judge...
January 5, 2010, New York – In response to news that President Obama has decided to suspend all transfers of detainees from Guantánamo to Yemen, the Center for Constitutional Rights...
July 24, 2017A few hours after San Antonio officials announced nine people died in what they called a human trafficking crime, the Texas lieutenant governor took the tragedy as an opportunity to congratulate...
August 15, 2019...Trump and his allies have dismissed any suggestion that his words contributed to the violence, arguing that mental illness is to blame or pointing to the weekend’s other shooting in Dayton, Ohio,...
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