Following the United States government’s withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 and the Taliban’s takeover of the country, the Biden Administration announced it would freeze over $7 billion held in the...
Updated: March 23, 2026
The case against the LA 8 began in January 1987, when the government arrested two immigrants and six others who became known as the LA 8. The government placed them in a maximum security prison, and...
Updated: November 28, 2007
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CCR Attorney Jeena Shah will be speaking at a public hearing to investigate charges that former General David Petraeus was responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity as Iraq/Afghanistan...
Updated: March 18, 2014
December 24, New York – In response to President Obama’s signing yesterday of the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following...
New York, NY – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement in response to the transfer of its Uighur client from Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to the...
January 2, 2014 , Washington – Today, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) petitioned the Supreme Court to review their case challenging surveillance by the National...
Since 1974, the Jailhouse Lawyer’s Handbook has supported people who are incarcerated, their families, and advocates in challenging mistreatment and abuse in prisons. The Center for Constitutional...
Updated: August 23, 2021
Courts, Not Trump, Will Decide Fate of Prisoners, Attorneys Say January 30, New York – In response to Donald Trump’s statement in tonight’s State of the Union address that he is issuing an executive...
Darius Charney is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Consitutional Rights, where he works on government misconduct and racial justice cases. He is lead counsel on Floyd v. City of New York ,...
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