July 17,2015, New York – Today, on the one-year anniversary of the police killing of Eric Garner, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement: One year after Eric Garner...
Trouble seeing the video? Watch on Democracy Now! University of Illinois trustees have voted to agree to a $875,000 financial settlement with Steven Salaita. Last year, his job offer for a tenured...
Updated: November 16, 2015
Zahir Hamdoun Zahir Hamdoun, a Yemeni citizen born in 1979 in Hadramout, Yemen, was held without charge in Guantanamo for over fourteen years. The fifth of eight children, Mr. Hamdoun grew up in a...
Updated: August 15, 2016
“Not Just Locker Room Talk” November 17, 2016, New York – In response to statements made last night by a surrogate for Donald Trump effectively endorsing Japanese internment, Center for...
November 22, 2016, New York – Today, in response to a submission by four Palestinian human rights groups to the International Criminal Court (ICC) urging the ICC prosecutor to open a formal...
Join CCR at the Supreme Court for oral argument in Ziglar v. Abbasi (formerly Turkmen v. Ashcroft ). CCR Senior Staff Attorney Rachel Meeropol will argue the case, urging the Supreme Court to affirm...
Updated: December 6, 2016
CCR clients Djamel Ameziane and Ghaleb Al-Bihani will show select pieces of artwork at the upcoming exhibit, Ode to the Sea: Art from Guantánamo Bay , which will run from October 2 through January 26...
Updated: January 17, 2018
On Sunday, May 20th Gordon Robichaux will host a panel discussion focused on art, activism, and social justice with participation by Babirye’s network of political activists, artists, and writers...
Updated: May 7, 2018
Join the Center for Constitutional Rights, the New Sanctuary Coalition, and partners to honor and remember those who have been deported and their loved ones—and to make visible this form of invisible...
Updated: July 20, 2018
Artwork by CCR clients Djamel Ameziane and Ghaleb Al-Bihani will be displayed in an exhibit, Artwork from Guantanamo Bay Prison , as part of SUNY Geneseo's 2018 Cultural Harmony Week . Since it...
Updated: October 5, 2018
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