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Anti-Gay Ugandan Extremist Martin Ssempa is U.S. Citizen; Testimony Sought in U.S. Court Case

April 9, 2015

April 9, 2015, New York, NY – The Center for Constitutional Rights asked a court to issue a subpoena to Martin Ssempa, a prominent anti-gay crusader in Uganda, to testify in a case brought on...

Solitary Confinement Class Action Should Cover Prisoners Moved from Pelican Bay, Attorneys Argue

February 12, 2015

February 12, 2015, Oakland – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged a federal judge to expand a class action lawsuit challenging prolonged solitary confinement in California...

Center for Constitutional Rights Condemns Placement of Rasmea Odeh in Solitary Confinement

December 5, 2014

December 5, 2014, New York – In response to reports that Palestinian-American activist Rasmea Odeh has been held in solitary confinement in a Michigan jail for twelve days, the Center for...

Al-Aulaqi Case Attorney Responds to DOJ Drone Kill Memo

June 23, 2014

June 23, 2014, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) released the following statement by Senior Attorney Pardiss Kebriaei in response to the release of the Department of...

Hundreds of California Prisoners in Isolation to Join Class Action Lawsuit

June 2, 2014

June 2, 2014, Oakland – Today, a federal judge allowed hundreds of California prisoners to join a lawsuit challenging prolonged solitary confinement in California prisons when she granted the...

UN Committee Addresses Clergy Rape and Sexual Violence as Torture

May 23, 2014

May 23, 2014, New York, Geneva – Today, the United Nations Committee Against Torture found that the widespread sexual violence within the Catholic church amounted to torture and cruel, inhuman...

Vatican Officials Questioned by Second UN Committee About Sexual Violence

May 5, 2014

May 5, 2014, Geneva – Today, the Vatican was summoned to appear before the United Nations Committee Against Torture to report on its record in preventing, punishing and redressing torture,...

Previously-Secret Prison Docs Show Constitutional Violations in Experimental Prison Units

April 23, 2014

April 23, 2014, Washington D.C. – For the first time, hundreds of documents detailing the Bureau of Prisons’ process for designating prisoners to controversial Communications Management...

Attorneys Challenging U.S. “Targeted Killings” Say Ruling on Al-Aulaqi Killing Memo Is Positive Step

April 21, 2014

April 21, 2014, New York – In response to the ruling today by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ordering the government to release a Justice Department legal memo justifying the “...

Vatican Summoned to Report to UN Committee on Torture

April 14, 2014

April 14, 2014, New York – Late on Friday, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), representing the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), filed a report with the United...

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Press Releases

Anti-Gay Ugandan Extremist Martin Ssempa is U.S. Citizen; Testimony Sought in U.S. Court Case

Solitary Confinement Class Action Should Cover Prisoners Moved from Pelican Bay, Attorneys Argue

Center for Constitutional Rights Condemns Placement of Rasmea Odeh in Solitary Confinement

Al-Aulaqi Case Attorney Responds to DOJ Drone Kill Memo

Hundreds of California Prisoners in Isolation to Join Class Action Lawsuit

UN Committee Addresses Clergy Rape and Sexual Violence as Torture

Vatican Officials Questioned by Second UN Committee About Sexual Violence

Previously-Secret Prison Docs Show Constitutional Violations in Experimental Prison Units

Attorneys Challenging U.S. “Targeted Killings” Say Ruling on Al-Aulaqi Killing Memo Is Positive Step

Vatican Summoned to Report to UN Committee on Torture

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