November 2008Researchers studying the US war-on-terror military jail at Guantanamo Bay are urging US president-elect Barack Obama to set up a commission to shed light on controversial practices there.
April 6, 2022... Critics of Biden’s plan point out that Haitians who endured the assassination of their president in July of 2021 and a deadly earthquake one month later have been the victim of racist U.S...
Join the Connections podcast on Wednesday, January 31, from 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. , for a live streamed conversation with Center for Constitutional Rights Senior Staff Attorney Diala Shamas ...
Updated: January 31, 2024
January 20, 2017On Wednesday, CCR Senior Staff Attorney Rachel Meeropol is arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court in CCR’s case, Ziglar v. Abbasi (formerly Turkmen v. Ashcroft ) . Filed against Bush administration...
CCR Senior Staff Attorney Maria Lahood will engage the audience after a screening of the film Dirty Wars on Friday, November 22 at 7:00 pm. This film and discussion will open the Impugning Impunity:...
Updated: November 13, 2013
First of its kind to make it to trial, lawsuit delivers rare accountability for U.S post-9/11 torture November 12, 2024, Alexandria, VA – Today, in a landmark verdict, a jury in a federal court found...
On October 18, 2007, Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) client and extraordinary rendition victim Maher Arar testified at a House Joint Committee hearing convened to discuss his rendition by the...
The 12th Annual National Organizers' Conference put on by U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation will feature CCR Senior Staff Attorney Maria LaHood on two different panels. The conference is an...
Updated: September 18, 2013
October 13, 2015A coalition of Muslim groups can pursue a civil rights lawsuit that accuses New York City police of conducting secret surveillance of Muslims in New Jersey without suspicion of criminal activity, a U...
Please join the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) and the Center for Constitutional Rights on Thursday, January 12, at the D.C. Court of Appeals in support of Palestine solidarity...
Updated: January 11, 2023
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