May 2012In 2002, Maher Arar was stopped while on a layover at John F. Kennedy International Airport on his way home to Canada. US officials detained Arar for two weeks and then told him that, based on...
CACI seeks dismissal after Virginia jury held it liable for torture and awarded $42 million in damages September 9, 2025, Richmond, VA – Three Iraqi men sought today to preserve a historic verdict...
July 2013"On Monday, 30,000 prisoners in the Security Housing Unit at Pelican Bay State Prison in California went on hunger strike to protest solitary confinement and security unit conditions -- risking...
June 13, 2010, New York, NY – Yesterday, the United States’ first prosecution under the little known Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) was derailed when Judge Ronald M. Whyte of the...
June 30, 2014, Richmond, VA – Today, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that victims of torture and abuse in Abu Ghraib prison could pursue legal claims for their abuse against private...
August 15, 2022Judge rules U.S. border turnback policy illegal—government must end practice A district court judge ruled in Al Otro Lado v. Mayorkas that the government’s turnback policy — its practice of...
On December 8, 2015, CCR Legal Worker Ian Head testified on behalf of the Center before the New York State Assembly on the use of body-worn cameras by law enforcement officials. Testimony of the...
Updated: December 14, 2015
February 19, 2015, Chicago – Today, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged a federal court to dismiss a terrorism indictment against two animal rights activists alleged...
23 January 2018 Hon. James Mattis Secretary, U.S. Department of Defense c/o U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 Rear Admiral Edward B...
Updated: January 25, 2018
Pages
