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As Gitmo Turns 21, Inaction by Biden and Courts Part of Incoherent Policy for Imprisoned Men

January 4, 2023

January 11, 2023 – Today, on the 21st anniversary of the opening of the U.S. prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: President Biden has...

Legal and Grassroots Groups Press Challenge to Arizona Lawmakers Who Attended Closed Door ALEC Meetings

November 15, 2022

Lawmaker-corporate lobbyist deliberations and drafting of laws violate state’s Open Meeting Law, groups say November 15, 2022, Phoenix, AZ – Today, a coalition of grassroots organizations and legal...

Adalah and Center for Constitutional Rights Demand U.S. Cancel Plan to Build Embassy Compound in Jerusalem on Private Palestinian Land

November 10, 2022

Israel and U.S. advance plan for U.S. Embassy in Israel on land illegally confiscated by Israel from Palestinians – several of whom are now U.S. citizens Groups say that under plan, U.S. bears...

Man Cleared for Release from Gitmo Presses Judge to Act on Long Stalled Case as Medical Condition Worsens

November 7, 2022

Still suffering effects of CIA abuse, Guled Duran is one of many stranded at Gitmo due to inaction by courts, Biden admin November 7, 2022, Washington, D.C. – A Somali man held without charge at...

Afghanistan: As ICC Probe Gets Green Light, Rights Groups and Victims’ Representatives Urge Investigation into all Crimes and Perpetrators

November 7, 2022

November 4, 2022, The Hague, New York, Paris – After over a year’s wait, FIDH and its member organizations OPEN ASIA | Armanshahr and the Center for Constitutional Rights welcomed the International...

Court of Appeals Finds St. Louis County Police Department’s “Wanteds” Policy Constitutionally “Fraught”; Majority of Arrests Under Policy Likely Violate Fourth Amendment, Attorneys Say

November 2, 2022

Lawyers Vow to Continue to Pursue Invalidation of Widespread Unconstitutional Use of Wanteds November 2, 2022, St. Louis, MO – Yesterday, the federal Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued an...

Center for Constitutional Rights Denounces In Strongest Terms Israel’s Assault on Leading Palestinian Human Rights Organizations, Calls on Biden Administration to Do Same

August 18, 2022

August 18, 2022, New York – In response to Israel’s overnight military raids of the offices of several prominent Palestinian human rights organizations in Ramallah in the occupied Palestinian...

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As Gitmo Turns 21, Inaction by Biden and Courts Part of Incoherent Policy for Imprisoned Men

Legal and Grassroots Groups Press Challenge to Arizona Lawmakers Who Attended Closed Door ALEC Meetings

Adalah and Center for Constitutional Rights Demand U.S. Cancel Plan to Build Embassy Compound in Jerusalem on Private Palestinian Land

Man Cleared for Release from Gitmo Presses Judge to Act on Long Stalled Case as Medical Condition Worsens

Afghanistan: As ICC Probe Gets Green Light, Rights Groups and Victims’ Representatives Urge Investigation into all Crimes and Perpetrators

Court of Appeals Finds St. Louis County Police Department’s “Wanteds” Policy Constitutionally “Fraught”; Majority of Arrests Under Policy Likely Violate Fourth Amendment, Attorneys Say

Guantanamo: 20 Years Later, Closure of Prison Still Pending

Advocacy and Legal Groups Urge U.N. to Call for Abolition of Life Sentences in U.S.

Judge Agrees With Afghan Groups: 9/11 Families Cannot Claim Billions From Central Bank of Afghanistan

Center for Constitutional Rights Denounces In Strongest Terms Israel’s Assault on Leading Palestinian Human Rights Organizations, Calls on Biden Administration to Do Same

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