In this inaugural event of a four-part series marking the 20th anniversary of 9/11, artists, lawyers, and scholars will be reflecting on the impact of the post-9/11 “global security”...
Updated: August 26, 2021
May 16, 2014, New York – Today, in response to new revelations published in Harper’s Magazine regarding the deaths of three Guantánamo prisoners in June 2006, the Center for...
January 18, 2017Fifteen years ago, after the Sept. 11 attacks, I was swept up with lots of other Muslim, Arab and South Asian men, held in immigration detention for months in isolation, beaten and harassed. I later...
September 15, 2021I remember being excited for Hispanic Heritage Month, or HHM, in college. It was a time to celebrate what I felt was my culture in a predominately white American space. I was even in the HSA (...
The Center for Constitutional Rights, The New Press , and DCTV invite you to a special evening spotlighting the voices of those affected by solitary confinement. Join us on Wednesday, April 20, at...
Updated: April 19, 2016
December 20, 2014, New York – In response to the repatriation announced today of four Afghan prisoners, including Shawali Khan, whose case the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) has long...
On March 8, 1971, Haverford physics professor Bill Davidon and other members of the “Citizens Commission to Investigate the FBI” broke into the Media, PA office of the FBI. They collected over 1000...
Updated: May 23, 2016
Join Advocacy Director Nadia Ben-Youssef as she participates in the discussion on "Pan-Cultural Movements, Decolonisation and the Post-National" and presents...
Updated: November 4, 2019
Elsa Maria Mota is a Bertha Justice Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she specializes in advocating for immigrant rights and racial justice by challenging government misconduct...
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