Legal Filing Details Gruesome Suicide Attempts, Hallucinations March 8, 2021, Washington, D.C. – Lawyers representing Guantánamo prisoner Mohammed al Qahtani are urging a federal judge to deny an...
March 5, 2021, New York – Today, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights urged a federal court to deny the Biden administration’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit over alleged torture under...
Civil Rights Groups Press Federal Court to Reinstate Lawsuit March 5, 2021, Baton Rouge, LA – Today, individuals incarcerated at East Baton Rouge Parish Prison urged a federal judge to reinstate a...
February 8, 2021, Harrisburg, PA – Death By Incarceration, also known as life without the possibility of parole, is a term coined by a movement of advocates working to end the practice, including...
February 2, 2021, Washington, D.C. – Today, more than a hundred non-governmental organizations joined a letter led by the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Center for Victims of Torture,...
Movement lawyering is focus of fellowship January 19, 2021, New York – Four Bertha Justice Fellows will be spending the next two years at the Center for Constitutional Rights getting first-hand...
Case Highlights Disparity in Police Treatment of Racial Justice Protesters and White Supremacists January 14, 2021, New York – In response to today’s announcement that New York Attorney General...
Biden Must Take Swift Action on Gitmo Before Men Die January 11, 2021, New York – On the 19th anniversary of the transfer of the first Muslim men to Guantánamo, the Center for Constitutional Rights...
January 7, 2021, New York – In response to yesterday’s events, the Center for Constitutional Rights put out the following statement: The violent right-wing insurrection in Washington yesterday and...
December 23, 2020, New York – In response to Uganda’s detention of four human rights defenders, including attorney Nicholas Opiyo, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement...