Where is the world to save us from torture? Where is the world to save us from the fire and sadness? – Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif Twenty years after the opening of Guantánamo , Adnan's questions remain...
Updated: February 2, 2022
On March 11, 2022, the anniversary of the American Rescue Plan, the Center for Constitutional Rights sent a letter to President Biden outlining key policy priorities and demands. The letter urges the...
Updated: March 11, 2022
The Center for Constitutional Rights has a strong practice of engaging with international human rights bodies to highlight the issues we work on and draw attention to the experiences of those most...
Updated: June 14, 2023
As President Biden visited Israel, and the Palestinian death toll in Gaza passed 3,300, the U.S.-based Center for Constitutional Rights released a legal and factual analysis of Israel’s unfolding...
Updated: November 30, 2023
As we marked the 22nd anniversary of the prison's opening in January 2024, the Center for Constitutional Rights joined nearly 100 other U.S.-based and international NGOs in a letter to President...
Updated: January 11, 2024
"We will have our day in court and the story of Abu Ghraib will be told by me and other men who lived – and – survived it." —Plaintiff Salah Al-Ejaili In 2008, the Center for Constitutional Rights...
Updated: April 15, 2024
February 14, 2008, New York, NY – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) challenged the post-9/11 racial profiling, illegal detention and abuse of Muslim, Arab, and South Asian men before...
October 31, 2008, New York – Muslim, Arab, and South Asian men were targeted solely based on race, country of origin, and religion in post-9/11 immigration sweeps with the knowledge of former...
December 18, 2009, New York, NY – Today, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) case challenging the racial profiling, arbitrary detention and...
November 3, 2009 New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) announced that five men who had been living in New York and were ultimately deported won a $1.26 million settlement...
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