January 19, 2016The Guantánamo parole board has cleared another long-held Yemeni captive for release with security arrangements that satisfy Secretary of Defense Ash Carter. Last month, Zahir Hamdoun’s attorney...
February 11, 2019..."The US government has a legal obligation and a moral responsibility to follow up on men who are transferred out of long-term military custody, and to ensure that they aren't tortured or killed,"...
May 5, 2016On May 4, 2016, CCR bestowed the Founders Award on Jules Lobel, our passionate cooperating attorney, board member since 1986, and current board president. Jules is the Bessie McKee Walthour Endowed...
October 29, 2021, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba ‒ The military commission sentencing hearing of a man tortured and imprisoned by the U.S. for eighteen years concluded today, paving the way for his transfer...
Please join CCR and our partners in the No Separate Justice (NSJ) campaign for our monthly vigil on December 7. The December vigil will focus on the case of the “Fort Dix Five”, one of the most...
Updated: December 2, 2015
January 11, 2019, New York – Yesterday, in response to a Superior Court ruling in New Jersey that categorically rejected certain fines levied against the Ramapough Lenape Nation for placing a sacred...
May 26, 2016, Guantánamo – Today, an attorney from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged a Periodic Review Board (PRB) at Guantánamo to recommend that Sufyian Barhoumi be cleared for...
On our first episode, we talk with immigrant-rights activist Ravi Ragbir and his partner Amy Gottlieb, about not only their current organizing to stop Ravi’s deportation, but how they stay centered...
Updated: February 26, 2019
CCR, along with Palestine Solidarity Legal Support, sent a letter to John Jay College President Jeremy Travis on October 23, 2014, urging the College to stop censoring Students for Justice in...
Updated: October 24, 2014
October 18, 2016Last Friday, October 14, marked one year since reforms began under the historic settlement agreement in CCR’s case Ashker v. Brown , which effectively ended long-term solitary confinement throughout...
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