September 2014Activists Press Challenge Over 'Animal Enterprise Terrorism' Law Jamie Schuman , Supreme Court Brief September 3, 2014 A First Amendment challenge to the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act is now before...
December 2014"Four Afghan prisoners in Guantanamo Bay have been sent back to their home country, the Pentagon says. Shawali Khan, Khi Ali Gul, Abdul Ghani and Mohammed Zahir were repatriated after a review of...
Meejin Richart is the Advocacy and Events Associate at the Center for Constitutional Rights. She coordinates movement support at CCR and produces advocacy and cultural events. Her expertise is in...
With this complaint Khalil sought $20 million – or an official apology and an end to unconstitutional policy July 20, 2026, New York – Mahmoud Khalil filed his second federal lawsuit in a week today...
May 23, 2016The Obama administration is defending former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft and his FBI director Robert Mueller III in the U.S. Supreme Court over claims they are liable for their roles in the...
October 27, 2016Shortly after a recent gala celebration of its 50th anniversary, the Center for Constitutional rights (CCR), received word that the U.S. Supreme Court is going to take another look at a favorable...
Download CCR's report on current Guantanamo conditions . After over seven years of unlawful executive detention, the approximately 240 men who remain imprisoned at the U.S. Naval Base at Guant...
On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie was killed by an Israeli soldier operating a Caterpillar D9 bu lldozer as she stood in front of the home of the Nasrallah family, where she had previously stay ed, to...
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May 16, 2008, MIAMI and MONTPELIER, Vt. - The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), along with American Civil Liberties Union affiliates in Florida, Vermont and Massachusetts, today filed a joint...
November 6, 2014, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following response to the news that the International Criminal Court (ICC) would not be opening a full...
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