March 1, 2017A federal appeals court in Manhattan heard arguments Wednesday in a case brought by three Muslim men who claim the FBI violated their constitutional rights by placing them on the government's no-fly...
CCR Bertha Justice Fellow Stephanie Llanes will moderate this panel during the Metropolitan Black Bar Association Immigration Town Hall. The town hall will examine recent changes to American...
Updated: June 20, 2017
January 21, 2018..."As an advocate who's been working on this issue for years, that's really the question we want people to ask: who are these people at Guantanamo?" said Aliya Hussain, a human rights advocate at...
November 9, 2018Civil rights groups are suing the Trump administration over its order blocking certain immigrants from claiming asylum. In a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of...
July 25, 2019...The court's decision would save lives, added Baher Azmy of the Center for Constitutional Rights, which joined the ACLU in the lawsuit. “The court correctly decided that decades of US asylum law...
Join the Center for Consitutional Rights as we host the Relay Run for Refugees kick off event on Friday, September 20, 2019. Palestinian runners and refugees will relay 250 miles from...
Updated: September 16, 2019
December 11, 2020...Attorneys for a transgender inmate in Georgia recently filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit asking a judge to order the inmate’s transfer to a women’s prison facility for safety reasons. The 105-...
Join Multitude Films, Topic, and the Center for Constitutional Rights for a virtual conversation with Executive Director Vincent Warren and Geeta Gandbhir, Director of Call Center Blues . They will...
Updated: February 24, 2021
November 5, 2021...The clemency letter provided a harsh critique of the legal framework and C.I.A. detention system that the Bush administration established after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the legacy of which...
May 4, 2023...The groups claimed the discriminatory approvals violate constitutional rights enacted to end slavery and discrimination, and said the approvals "have intentionally caused a conscience-shocking...
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