January 22, 2009, New York – In response to President Obama’s signing of new executive orders today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement: We welcome...
November 2013"Guantánamo's military tribunals were not created to try crimes, but to hide them. This system was set up to ensure that the U.S. government's torture program would never face trial, and...
March 12, 2008, New York, NY – Today, more than 30 attorneys from the United States who represent Yemeni men held at Guantánamo issued a statement saying they do not believe the detainees would be...
February 25, 2016Palestinian activist and torture survivor Rasmea Odeh today received a significant boost from the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, which unanimously vacated her 2014 conviction of an immigration...
October 9, 2020... With just five weeks to go until the Presidential Election, we’re pleased to note that, recently, six organizations involved in the long struggle to try and get the prison at Guantánamo Bay...
March 5, 2021...The groups who brought the challenges said Monday that Biden should revise the rules rather than wait for a decision from the high court. “The Biden administration must rescind the rule...
11 a.m.- 12:40 p.m. – Taxi to the Darkside, the Oscar-nominated (2008) documentary, an "in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay,...
Updated: February 14, 2008
On the 17th anniversary of the opening of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, the Center for Constitutional Rights, Amnesty International USA, Justice for Muslims Collective, the National Religious...
Updated: January 4, 2019
June 25, 2015Well over a decade after the United States’ 2003 invasion of Iraq, the effects of war linger. The trauma of war is compounded by the conflict between ISIS and local militias; women’s rights are...
As part of coalitions of LGBTQIA+ rights and justice organizations, the Center for Constitutional Rights has submitted letters and testimony to Congressional committees, federal commissions, and...
Updated: December 3, 2025
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