Highest Court Rejects Private Prisons’ Petition to Limit Release of Government Documents October 10, 2017, New York, NY – Today, the Supreme Court denied a petition by private prison corporations...
September 28, 2017, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the Allard K. Lowenstein Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School released a report documenting the U.S. government’...
September 14, 2017, New York – In response to reports that a United States citizen fighting for the Islamic State in Syria has been taken into U.S. custody, the Center for Constitutional Rights...
Washington, D.C. & New York City, September 7, 2017 – At a landmark hearing held today in Mexico City, the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) and the Center for Constitutional...
Hunger strike and pre-existing conditions could lead to total body collapse, says medical expert about Sharqawi Al Hajj September 7, 2017, Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, the Center for Constitutional...
But Possibility to Prove Liability of Prison Administrators Remains June 19, 2017, Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a federal appeals court ruling that former high-level Bush...
Request cites urgency to make information public as possibility for Trump impeachment looms June 15, 2017, New York, NY – Yesterday, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) sought documents under...
June 14, 2017, New York — Immigrant rights organizations, Center for Constitutional Rights, Queer Detainee Empowerment Project (QDEP), Families for Freedom, Immigrant Defense Project (IDP), and...
Board Will Not Reconsider Prisoner for Release May 4, 2017, New York – Today, lawyers at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) criticized a decision by the Guantánamo Periodic Review Board (PRB...
April 28, 2017, New York – In response to recent saber rattling by Trump administration officials about prosecuting WikiLeaks and Julian Assange under the Espionage Act following WikiLeaks'...