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New York State Releases Cuomo's Human Rights Blacklist

December 3, 2016

December 2, 2016, New York – Today, New York State released Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Blacklist of institutions that participate in Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) in support of Palestinian...

Gitmo Attorneys File New Challenge to Detention

November 30, 2016

Center for Constitutional Rights Says President Lacks Authority to Detain Prisoner November 30, 2016, Washington – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a lawsuit challenging the...

Rights Attorneys Urge International Criminal Court to Investigate Persecution of Palestinians in Gaza

November 22, 2016

November 22, 2016, New York – Today, in response to a submission by four Palestinian human rights groups to the International Criminal Court (ICC) urging the ICC prosecutor to open a formal...

Review Board Grants New Hearing to Gitmo “Forever” Prisoner Tortured in Secret Detention

November 15, 2016

New Hearing for Sharqawi Al Hajj Too Little, Too Late Unless Obama Administration Acts Now, Attorneys Say November 15, New York – Today, a Periodic Review Board (PRB) announced that it has granted a...

PRB Declines to Approve CCR Client for Transfer from Guantanamo

October 25, 2016

October 25, 2016, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights responded to the Periodic Review Board decision declining to approve its client Guled Hassan Duran (ISN 10023) for transfer...

CCR Confirms Client Zahir Hamdoun Released from Gitmo to UAE

August 15, 2016

Attorneys: Release must mean restoration of basic freedoms August 15, 2016, New York – Today, the Department of Defense announced the transfer from Guantánamo to the United Arab Emirates of Center...

Review Board Recommends Gitmo Prisoner for Release

August 11, 2016

Attorneys: Obama must follow through promptly with release August 11, 2016, Arlington, VA – Today, a Periodic Review Board (PRB) made public its decision to clear Guantánamo detainee Sufyian Barhoumi...

Gitmo Detainee Promised Release in 2009 Is Transferred Following Court Challenge

July 11, 2016

July 11, 2016, New York – Today, the Department of Defense announced the transfer of Guantánamo detainee and Center for Constitutional Rights client Muhammadi Davliatov to Serbia. A native of...

Groups Seek Cuomo Documents About Executive Order Blacklisting Institutions That Support BDS

June 21, 2016

June 21, 2016, New York – Today, human rights and civil liberties groups filed a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request seeking documents relating to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s recent executive order...

Tortured GITMO Detainee Had History of Severe Mental Illness

June 15, 2016

Attorneys Provide Records to Review Board, Urge al Qahtani’s Release to Care June 15, 2016 – Tomorrow morning Guantánamo detainee Mohammed al Qahtani will have a hearing before a Periodic Review...

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Press Releases

New York State Releases Cuomo's Human Rights Blacklist

Gitmo Attorneys File New Challenge to Detention

Rights Attorneys Urge International Criminal Court to Investigate Persecution of Palestinians in Gaza

Review Board Grants New Hearing to Gitmo “Forever” Prisoner Tortured in Secret Detention

PRB Declines to Approve CCR Client for Transfer from Guantanamo

CCR Confirms Client Zahir Hamdoun Released from Gitmo to UAE

Review Board Recommends Gitmo Prisoner for Release

Gitmo Detainee Promised Release in 2009 Is Transferred Following Court Challenge

Groups Seek Cuomo Documents About Executive Order Blacklisting Institutions That Support BDS

Tortured GITMO Detainee Had History of Severe Mental Illness

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