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Man Cleared for Release from Gitmo Presses Judge to Act on Long Stalled Case as Medical Condition Worsens

November 7, 2022

Still suffering effects of CIA abuse, Guled Duran is one of many stranded at Gitmo due to inaction by courts, Biden admin November 7, 2022, Washington, D.C. – A Somali man held without charge at...

Afghanistan: As ICC Probe Gets Green Light, Rights Groups and Victims’ Representatives Urge Investigation into all Crimes and Perpetrators

November 7, 2022

November 4, 2022, The Hague, New York, Paris – After over a year’s wait, FIDH and its member organizations OPEN ASIA | Armanshahr and the Center for Constitutional Rights welcomed the International...

Court of Appeals Finds St. Louis County Police Department’s “Wanteds” Policy Constitutionally “Fraught”; Majority of Arrests Under Policy Likely Violate Fourth Amendment, Attorneys Say

November 2, 2022

Lawyers Vow to Continue to Pursue Invalidation of Widespread Unconstitutional Use of Wanteds November 2, 2022, St. Louis, MO – Yesterday, the federal Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued an...

Guantanamo: 20 Years Later, Closure of Prison Still Pending

October 28, 2022

October 28, 2022, Washington, D.C. – The Center for Constitutional Rights and the Center for Justice and International Law - CEJIL addressed the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)...

Federal Judge Orders Search of Former Trump Administration ICE Officials for Records on Targeting of Women in Sanctuary

October 4, 2022

Versión en español a seguir September 22, 2022, New York — A federal district court judge ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Tuesday to search the records of former Trump...

Advocacy and Legal Groups Urge U.N. to Call for Abolition of Life Sentences in U.S.

September 15, 2022

Groups argue “Death by Incarceration” is torture and violates ban on racial discrimination September 15, 2022, New York ‒ A national coalition of advocacy and legal groups today submitted a complaint...

At Congressional Hearing, Indigenous Water Protector Denounces Coordinated Attack on Environmental Activists by Industry, Pols, Police

September 14, 2022

Anne White Hat details collusion and violence geared to quash movement resisting fossil fuel extraction September 14, 2022, Washington, D.C. – Today, Anne White Hat, a Sicangu Lakota Water Protector...

UN Committee Report Presses U.S. on Slavery Reparations for First Time, Spotlights Environmental Racism in “Cancer Alley”

August 30, 2022

Black community leaders from Louisiana who addressed committee earlier this month hail recommendations August 30, 2022, Geneva – For the first time, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial...

Judge Agrees With Afghan Groups: 9/11 Families Cannot Claim Billions From Central Bank of Afghanistan

August 29, 2022

U.S. victims seek money to satisfy judgments against Taliban, but those are sovereign funds and Taliban is not recognized government, judge says August 29, 2022, New York – A federal judge found that...

Center for Constitutional Rights Denounces In Strongest Terms Israel’s Assault on Leading Palestinian Human Rights Organizations, Calls on Biden Administration to Do Same

August 18, 2022

August 18, 2022, New York – In response to Israel’s overnight military raids of the offices of several prominent Palestinian human rights organizations in Ramallah in the occupied Palestinian...

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Press Releases

Man Cleared for Release from Gitmo Presses Judge to Act on Long Stalled Case as Medical Condition Worsens

Afghanistan: As ICC Probe Gets Green Light, Rights Groups and Victims’ Representatives Urge Investigation into all Crimes and Perpetrators

Court of Appeals Finds St. Louis County Police Department’s “Wanteds” Policy Constitutionally “Fraught”; Majority of Arrests Under Policy Likely Violate Fourth Amendment, Attorneys Say

Guantanamo: 20 Years Later, Closure of Prison Still Pending

Federal Judge Orders Search of Former Trump Administration ICE Officials for Records on Targeting of Women in Sanctuary

Advocacy and Legal Groups Urge U.N. to Call for Abolition of Life Sentences in U.S.

At Congressional Hearing, Indigenous Water Protector Denounces Coordinated Attack on Environmental Activists by Industry, Pols, Police

UN Committee Report Presses U.S. on Slavery Reparations for First Time, Spotlights Environmental Racism in “Cancer Alley”

Judge Agrees With Afghan Groups: 9/11 Families Cannot Claim Billions From Central Bank of Afghanistan

Center for Constitutional Rights Denounces In Strongest Terms Israel’s Assault on Leading Palestinian Human Rights Organizations, Calls on Biden Administration to Do Same

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