Last Thursday, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) celebrated “ The Activists Files’ ” official launch on iTunes. Guests enjoyed wine and hors d’oeuvres and played a game of “Would You Rather...
With a conservative Supreme Court majority, it was no surprise the justices upheld Trump's Muslim Ban. But there was a silver lining: In a vote against the racist policy, Justice Breyer cited on page...
CCR Heads to Court in Guantánamo Mass Legal Challenge, Arguing Court Should End the Perpetual Detention of "Forever Prisoners" [caption align="right"] [/caption] On Wednesday, CCR will challenge...
“[It’s] like we’re buried alive.” That’s how CCR client Sharqawi Al Hajj describes his imprisonment at Guantánamo, as a cemetery. Before he was brought to the island prison, Sharqawi was disappeared...
Guantánamo: there have to be limits, detainees must be released [caption align="right"] [/caption] Last Wednesday, we argued before a federal judge in Washington D.C. to challenge Donald Trump's...
Court Orders NYPD to Record All Citizen Encounters [caption align="right"] [/caption] In a victory for New Yorkers, last week a federal court ordered the NYPD to begin electronically recording all...
In Court Challenging Racially Discriminatory "Emergency Manager" Law On Wednesday, a federal court in Detroit heard oral argument in CCR’s case challenging Michigan’s controversial Emergency Manager...
CCR granted Special Consultative Status to Economic and Social Council of the United Nations The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) was granted official special consultative status last week with...
Yemeni man granted Muslim Ban waiver, reunites with family in U.S. after 17 years [caption align="right"] [/caption] Last week, after 17 years, Ali Ahmad, a Yemeni man CCR profiled in our report on...
In California, prisoners will help develop a remedy to unjust detention conditions [caption align="right"] [/caption] For the first time, the men who were held in the Security Housing Unit (SHU) at...
