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Attorneys Denounce Human Rights Court Ruling that Allows Prisoners to be Held in Torturous Conditions

September 27, 2012

September 27, 2012 – In response to the European Court of Human Rights’s (ECtHR) ruling in Babar Ahmad and others v. The United Kingdom earlier this week, which allows five men held in...

End Prisons’ Brutalizing Use of Isolation for Unconscionable Periods of Time, Lawyers Say

June 19, 2012

June 19, 2012, Washington, D.C. – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) submitted written testimony to the first-ever Congressional hearing on solitary confinement, “...

Lawsuit Challenges Solitary Confinement at California Prison

May 31, 2012

May 31, 2012, Oakland – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of prisoners at Pelican Bay State Prison who have spent between 10 and 28 years in...

Groups File FOIA Lawsuit Against FBI and DOJ Demanding Information On Warrantless Spying on Activists During Post-Katrina Effort

November 16, 2011

November 16, 2011, New Orleans - Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), in collaboration with the Loyola Law School’s Clinic in New Orleans, filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S...

New Documents Show Secure Communities Fuels FBI’s Rapidly Expanding Surveillance System While Ignoring States’ Concerns

November 10, 2011

November 10, 2011, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), and the Cardozo Immigration Justice Clinic released...

Center for Constitutional Rights Issues Statement of Support for Occupy Wall Street

October 14, 2011

October 14, 2011, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement in support of the Occupy Wall Street protesters: The Center for Constitutional Rights...

Members of Congress Send Letter of Inquiry to Bureau of Prisons over CMU Experimental Prison Units

October 13, 2011

October 13, 2011, New York and Washington—This week, Members of the House of Representatives issued a Congressional Letter of Inquiry to the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) expressing their...

World Day Against the Death Penalty: Son of McCarthy-Era Execution Victims Equates Death Sentence with Torture

October 12, 2011

October 12, 2011, Paris, France – Today, Robert Meeropol, Executive Director of the Rosenberg Fund for Children, outspoken opponent of the death penalty, and the younger son of Ethel and Julius...

CCR Statement on Scheduled Troy Davis Execution

September 15, 2011

Read the complete letter. CCR writes to ask you to prevent the execution of Troy Anthony Davis. Capital punishment, as it is applied in the United States, is expensive, racist, arbitrary, fallible...

CCR Appeals Warrantless Wiretapping Ruling

August 30, 2011

August 30, 2011, New York and San Francisco – Last night the first brief was filed in the appeal in CCR v. Obama, a lawsuit brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) against the...

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Press Releases

Attorneys Denounce Human Rights Court Ruling that Allows Prisoners to be Held in Torturous Conditions

End Prisons’ Brutalizing Use of Isolation for Unconscionable Periods of Time, Lawyers Say

Lawsuit Challenges Solitary Confinement at California Prison

Groups File FOIA Lawsuit Against FBI and DOJ Demanding Information On Warrantless Spying on Activists During Post-Katrina Effort

New Documents Show Secure Communities Fuels FBI’s Rapidly Expanding Surveillance System While Ignoring States’ Concerns

Center for Constitutional Rights Issues Statement of Support for Occupy Wall Street

Members of Congress Send Letter of Inquiry to Bureau of Prisons over CMU Experimental Prison Units

World Day Against the Death Penalty: Son of McCarthy-Era Execution Victims Equates Death Sentence with Torture

CCR Statement on Scheduled Troy Davis Execution

CCR Appeals Warrantless Wiretapping Ruling

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