March 18, 2013 - In response to President Obama’s remarks on the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War, a coalition of Iraqi human rights groups and U.S. veterans and service members issued the...
June 3, 2008, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) released two reports on the conditions and treatment of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay. One report highlights numerous...
Join us for an important debate and discussion: What: “U.S. Detention Policies a Decade After 9/11: Two Opposing Perspectives on Security.” Who: Pardiss Kebriaei (CCR attorney who has...
No Regard for Human Life D.C. Court Rules That U.S. Officials Can Torture and Murder “Enemy Combatants,” Cover It Up, and Get Away With It, Closing Door to Families of Men Who Died at...
December 30, 2011, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the Yemeni Organization for Defending Rights and Freedoms (HOOD) issued the following statement strongly...
March 1, 2025, Washington — Immigrants’ rights advocates sued the Trump administration today to halt the transfer of immigrants from the United States to Guantánamo Bay in Cuba under President Trump’...
A former Guantanamo Bay prisoner transferred to Uruguay in 2014 has vanished and is believed to have left the country under uncertain circumstances, U.S. officials said. Law enforcement is now...
June 23, 2014, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) released the following statement by Senior Attorney Pardiss Kebriaei in response to the release of the Department of...
Decision Would Increase the Risk of Illegal Transfers to Torture Washington, DC. - Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued its opinion in Kiyemba v. Obama. The...
On the 11th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Iraqi civil society leaders and U.S. military veterans will testify to the lasting impact of the war and make the case that the U.S. government...
