Ghaleb Nasser Al-Bihani is a Yemeni citizen who was born in 1979 in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. In early 2002, Ghaleb was transferred to Guantánamo, where he was detained without charge for fifteen years...
Updated: February 17, 2017
March 14, 2016, Flint, MI – Civil rights attorneys from the Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice, National Lawyers Guild, Sanders Law Firm, the ACLU and the Center for Constitutional...
Center for Constitutional Rights Says President Lacks Authority to Detain Prisoner November 30, 2016, Washington – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a lawsuit challenging the...
January 18, 2018, New York – As a result of the legal challenge to Trump’s policy of discriminatory, indefinite detention filed last week by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and co-counsel...
November 1, 2017, New York – In response to a military judge’s decision to hold Brigadier General John Baker in contempt of court, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following...
Nahal Zamani is an Advocacy Program Manager at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she directs advocacy and campaigns in the U.S. Nahal’s advocacy portfolio includes challenging the NYPD’s...
On March 11, 2022, the anniversary of the American Rescue Plan, the Center for Constitutional Rights sent a letter to President Biden outlining key policy priorities and demands. The letter urges the...
Updated: March 11, 2022
August 14, 2015, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba – Today, the Obama administration filed under seal its response to a Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) motion seeking the immediate release from Guantánamo...
Join the Center for Constitutional Rights for a rare Phoenix-area appearance! CCR’s Senior Managing Attorney, Shayana Kadidal will speak on Civil Liberties vs. National Security: Policy and Reality...
Updated: June 1, 2015
December 23, 2014, New York – In response to findings and recommendations released today by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Senate Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure...
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