Join the Center for Constitutional Rights and our allies for an online vigil to mark the 19th anniversary of the opening of the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay. In previous years,...
Updated: December 28, 2020
Biden Must Take Swift Action on Gitmo Before Men Die January 11, 2021, New York – On the 19th anniversary of the transfer of the first Muslim men to Guantánamo, the Center for Constitutional Rights...
January 11, 2021This is Sharqawi Al Hajj, a 47-year-old man from Yemen. He has been detained in Guantánamo for 17 years without charge. Guantánamo opened 19 years ago today. Not pictured are his five siblings in...
On February 2, 2021, 111 organizations joined a letter led by the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Center for Victims of Torture to President Biden urging him to close the prison at...
Updated: September 8, 2021
On January 27, 2021, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and over 60 member organizations (including the Center for Constitutional Rights) released a coalition letter calling on the...
Updated: February 1, 2021
February 2, 2021, Washington, D.C. – Today, more than a hundred non-governmental organizations joined a letter led by the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Center for Victims of Torture,...
February 9, 2021... Over 100 national and local human rights organizations called on President Joe Biden Tuesday to close the infamous Guantanamo Bay detention facility once and for all. “It is long past time for...
Human rights disparities across race and socioeconomic strata have been magnified since the outbreak of the coronavirus. The effects on Black and Brown communities have been disproportionate, as...
Updated: February 9, 2021
February 17, 2021...The idea was that if the detainees were not on U.S. soil, they would have no legal right to seek a judge’s order of habeas corpus. That principle is a centuries-old protection against unlawful...
On February 17, 2021, the Center for Constitutional Rights joined more than 70 organizations calling for the Biden administration to repeal ICC sanctions ( PDF of the letter ) 80 Non-Governmental...
Updated: February 26, 2021
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