As part of coalitions of LGBTQIA+ rights and justice organizations, the Center for Constitutional Rights has submitted letters and testimony to Congressional committees, federal commissions, and...
Updated: December 3, 2025
June 25, 2015Well over a decade after the United States’ 2003 invasion of Iraq, the effects of war linger. The trauma of war is compounded by the conflict between ISIS and local militias; women’s rights are...
July 26, 2021Biden’s first Guantánamo transfer The Biden administration has officially transferred Abdul Latif Nasser out of the infamous Guantánamo Bay prison. We are relieved that Mr. Nasser, who has been...
The Center for Constitutional Rights and Southern Poverty Law Center lawsuit, Diamond v. Ward , filed on behalf of Ashley Diamond, proceeds to trial on January 19, 2023 before Chief Judge Marc T...
Updated: January 18, 2023
June 5, 2008, New York —“Today’s sham proceedings further illustrate the absurd nature of the process this White House has established at Guantanamo Bay. The U.S. government admits it only intends to...
September 23, 2022...It makes more sense to look at the reality of those shared values. According to the Center for Constitutional Rights ( CCR ), since 2001, when Present Bush declared the alleged War On Terror, 780...
Experts will connect the dots between the police killing of unarmed African Americans in the U.S. and the brutal treatment of Muslim men imprisoned at Guantanamo. The panelists include Kathy Kelly (...
Updated: February 9, 2015
The Bush Administration, through an amendment introduced by South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, has just successfully stripped federal courts of jurisdiction to hear applications for habeas corpus...
December 19, 2007, Washington, D.C. - The estate of an Iraqi man who was killed when Blackwater personnel opened fire on innocent bystanders in and around Al Watahba Square in Baghdad on Sept. 9 sued...
Indefinite solitary confinement numbers down by 99% A year after the historic settlement in Ashker v. Governor of California mandated an end to indefinite solitary confinement in California, new data...
Updated: October 21, 2016
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