After yesterday’s earthquake that devastated Haiti and left tens of thousands of casualties in its wake, CCR would like to take a moment and ask you to consider supporting relief efforts in...
Join CCR in Chicago for oral arguments in United States v. Johnson , the federal prosecution of two animal rights activists under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) for allegedly liberating...
Updated: February 5, 2015
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
Activists vowed yesterday that former President George W. Bush would face a torture case against him whenever he travels outside the United States.
Trump Administration Agrees to Terms in First Amendment Suit Days Before Election October 28, 2020 , Burlington, VT – In a settlement to a major federal lawsuit, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (...
Michael Ratner, the president emeritus of the Center for Constitutional Rights, died today in New York City. For the past four decades he has been a leading champion of human and civil rights, from...
Updated: May 11, 2016
October 11, 2016Today, nearly 14 years after the case began, the Supreme Court granted John Ashcroft and other Bush-era government officials’ requests to review CCR’s class action challenge to the post-9/11...
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...
Chinyere Ezie is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she advocates for racial and gender justice; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI)...
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