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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...

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...

Activists Resist Elon Musk’s SpaceX “Colonization” of South Texas, Citing Environmental Harm and Gentrification

August 8, 2022

Groups seek information on possible collusion between SpaceX and local officials, targeting of environmental activist, and federal licensing process August 8, 2022, Brownsville, TX – Local activists...

Legendary Civil Rights Organization Fights to Preserve its Own Legacy, Opposes Nomination to Register of Historic Places

August 5, 2022

Highlander Center says Tennessee Preservation Trust is unfit steward of legacy August 5, 2022, New Market, TN – A Tennessee organization with a storied history of training civil rights and social...

On the Extrajudicial Killing of al-Zawahiri

August 2, 2022

August 2, 2022, New York – In response to the U.S. government’s extrajudicial killing of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: More...

Jailed Palestinian Lawyer Urges ICC to Investigate Israel’s War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity in Jerusalem

May 16, 2022

In a new submission to the court, Salah Hammouri details years of persecution and new tactics to forcibly transfer Palestinians from occupied East Jerusalem May 16, 2022, Jerusalem/Paris/New York – A...

Sanctuary Leaders, Immigrant Rights Groups, Church Reinstate Lawsuit Against ICE With New Claims

April 27, 2022

[Español abajo] April 27, 2022, Washington, D.C. – Four sanctuary leaders – Vicky Chávez, María Chavalán Sut, Edith Espinal, and Hilda Ramírez – along with Austin Sanctuary Network (ASN), Free...

Man Imprisoned at Guantánamo Since 2002 Sent Home

April 2, 2022

Sufyian Barhoumi Finally Returned to Algeria After Being Cleared for Transfer in 2016 April 2, 2022 — The U.S. government made public today that Sufyian Barhoumi was sent home to Algeria, nearly...

Majid Khan’s Final Sentence Approved

March 11, 2022

Attorneys Say He Must Now Be Transferred From Guantánamo Without Delay March 11, 2022, New York and Washington, D.C. – Today, the Convening Authority for Military Commissions approved a final...

Mentally Ill Torture Survivor Imprisoned at Guantánamo Since 2002 Is Sent Home

March 7, 2022

March 7, 2022, New York – Mohammed al-Qahtani, held at Guantánamo since 2002, arrived in Saudi Arabia today, where he will receive psychiatric care for schizophrenia that was exacerbated by...

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Press Releases

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

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

Activists Resist Elon Musk’s SpaceX “Colonization” of South Texas, Citing Environmental Harm and Gentrification

Legendary Civil Rights Organization Fights to Preserve its Own Legacy, Opposes Nomination to Register of Historic Places

On the Extrajudicial Killing of al-Zawahiri

Jailed Palestinian Lawyer Urges ICC to Investigate Israel’s War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity in Jerusalem

Sanctuary Leaders, Immigrant Rights Groups, Church Reinstate Lawsuit Against ICE With New Claims

Man Imprisoned at Guantánamo Since 2002 Sent Home

Majid Khan’s Final Sentence Approved

Mentally Ill Torture Survivor Imprisoned at Guantánamo Since 2002 Is Sent Home

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