March 25, 2017...Jahshan praised BDS as a threat to the Israeli control of the narrative. So did Maria LaHood of the Center for Constitutional Rights. She said it was our “moral duty” to support BDS, just like we...
May 12, 2021, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement in solidarity with the Palestinian people across historic Palestine and in the diaspora who, 73 years...
March 16, 2011 - Prominent lawyers and law professors today wrote to Cheryl Mills, U.S. Department of State Chief of Staff, criticizing United States Government interference with former Haitian...
Mohammed Kamin is an Afghan who has been detained at Guantánamo since 2004. Kamin was detained in U.S. custody in Khowst, Afghanistan in 2003 when his son, now 13 years old, was just a small boy. He...
Updated: September 8, 2016
July 1, 2015On June 25 th , New Yorkers came together to learn about progressive Iraqi organizing on the ground and to celebrate the hope that such struggles are bringing to a place that is all too often...
On episode 31 of "The Activist Files," Staff Attorney Angelo Guisado and Senior Legal Worker Ian Head discuss two forthcoming Center for Constitutional Rights publications aimed at supporting...
Updated: October 28, 2020
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and Palestine Solidarity Legal Support (PSLS) are pleased to announce the publication of a Know Your Rights booklet for Palestinian rights activists, Legal...
Updated: September 9, 2013
March 10, 2011 New York – In response to yesterday’s reports of brutal force being used against peaceful protesters in Yemen, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the...
Surveillance on U.S. citizens, extraordinary renditions and torture in U.S. detention facilities ... For the last decade, litigators have faced serious hurdles to challenging these practices in U.S...
Updated: March 17, 2010
May 2009Warren reacts to President Obama and Vice President Dick Cheney’s dueling speeches on torture. Warren took part in a secret meeting Wednesday between Obama and several human rights groups. Warren...
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