Join CCR Staff Attorney Gitanjali Gutierrez for an afternoon discussion on Guantanamo, American torture and CIA detention and Interrogation Practices. Time: 12:45
Last summer, upset by the escalating conflict in Gaza that left more than 2,000 people dead, Professor Steven Salaita took to Twitter to express his outrage. Like many people on Twitter, Salaita’s...
... Her decision was hailed as a victory by the Center for Constitutional Rights, which represented the students. The organization’s deputy legal director, Maria LaHood, said Tuesday that “the...
... Plaintiffs also include Sapphira Lurie, Sofia Dadap and Julie Norris, who all have graduated. Veer Shetty, who just completed his sophomore year, also joined the lawsuit, despite an attempt by...
February 24, 2011, New York, NY – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the statement below in response to a summary of stop-and-frisk statistics for the year 2010 made...
As Congress begins debate on the 2014 defense authorization bill this week, both the president and the legislature have an opportunity to make meaningful progress toward closing Guantánamo and...
In a major legal victory for international human rights law, the UN acknowledged the risk of extradition to the United States faced by journalist Julian Assange. This decision marks a significant...
Case Scheduled Inauguration Week, Newly Urgent in Face of Trump Presidency December 19, 2016, Washington, D.C. – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme...
To mark the 23rd of the month, invoking the 23 hours per day that prisoners spend isolated in special housing units, activists throughout California are taking action to bring attention to prison...
January 19, 2018, New York – Today, in a case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court last year, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged a federal court to protect the ability of people detained in...
