Updated: December 28, 2011
September 2007The CCR and other human rights lawyers filed a lawsuit against former Bolivian president Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada, accusing him of suppressing a 2003 riot which left over 60 people dead and hundreds...
September 1, 2015..."I think there is a deepening movement away from solitary confinement in the country and I think this settlement will be a spur to that movement," Jules Lobel, the inmates' lead attorney and...
Center for Constitutional Rights Applauds Decision February 25, 2016, New York – A U.S. court of appeals today has vacated the immigration fraud conviction of Palestinian-American activist Rasmea...
June 2, 2016..."Since 9/11, all manner of legitimate protests have been characterized by law enforcement of all stripes as acts of terrorism," Vince Warren, executive director of the Center for Constitutional...
June 6, 2016... In the years since Yousry’s arrest and trial, the U.S. government has struggled to find competent Arabic-language translators. In sensitive legal cases, like the ongoing military-court hearings...
December 23, 2016In the waning hours of Barack Obama’s presidency, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) will argue a case before the supreme court that could have a tremendous impact on civil rights in the US...
January 29, 2017Noor Zafar, an attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights, works with lawyers in Terminal 4 in an effort to assist detained travelers held as part of Donald Trump's travel ban at John F...
March 6, 2018...Tuesday’s testimony marked the first time that a former head of state of a foreign country faced trial in a U.S. civil court for human rights abuses, according to the Center for Constitutional...
April 3, 2018A U.S. jury on Tuesday found former Bolivian President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada and his defense minister responsible for civilian deaths during 2003 street protests in Bolivia, awarding $10 million...
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