August 21, 2020...“We are elated that the families who lost loved ones in the 2003 massacres have won this important victory,” said Beth Stephens, a cooperating attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights...
September 16, 2020... A 2012 class-action lawsuit took aim at the CANS statute, identifying the sex offender registry requirement as unconstitutional. Cooper was among nine anonymous plaintiffs. The Center for...
October 2, 2020... A “progressive” Jewish organization that calls attention to such issues, Bend the Arc fails to make the connection with Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, also genocide as defined by the Center...
On October 23rd, the Coalition for Civil Freedoms and the Center for Constitutional Rights will examine the recent unfortunate dismissal of the Aref v. Barr lawsuit against the Bureau of Prisons...
Updated: October 21, 2020
January 6, 2021... The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) was involved in producing a report in 2017 called “The Darkest Corner.” It was referenced by the judge and outlined the conditions prisoners face at ADX...
January 13, 2021...Baher Azmy, legal director for the Center for Constitutional Rights, provided Teen Vogue with examples of some of these crimes: “These death-eligible federal statutes have what is called a federal...
April 2, 2021...Human rights and anti-war activists marked the 18th anniversary of the second of three American-led invasions of Iraq by renewing calls for the U.S.—this time the Biden administration—to pay...
June 3, 2021... The legislative effort was endorsed by over 70 organizations , including Defense for Children International – Palestine, Center for Constitutional Rights, Jewish Voice for Peace Action, and...
July 22, 2021..."The more individuals who are cleared to be released, the easier it is to close Guantánamo, because the detainee population gets smaller and smaller every day." Yet the Justice Department is at...
September 11, 2021...A particular organization was on the front lines early on. Just weeks after 9/11, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) was helping clients dealing with outright human rights abuses and...
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