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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...

Rights Groups Hold International Drone Summit in Washington, DC

April 28, 2012

April 28, 2012, Washington, DC —Today, CODEPINK, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and Reprieve hosted the International Drone Summit in Washington, DC. The Summit consisted of multiple...

U.S. Relents and Grants Pakistani Lawyer a Visa in Time for International Drone Summit

April 24, 2012

April 24, 2012, National — After months of pressure from human rights activists, the U.S. government has granted Pakistani lawyer Shahzad Akbar a visa to attend and speak at an International...

Pakistani Lawyer Representing Victims of Drone Strikes Prevented From Speaking in U.S.

April 9, 2012

April 9, 2012 — Pakistani lawyer Shahzad Akbar has been invited to speak at an International Drone Summit in Washington DC on April 28, but the U.S. government is failing to grant him a visa...

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 Condemns Targeted Assassination of U.S. Citizen Anwar Al-Awlaki

September 30, 2011

September 30, 2011, New York—Today, in response to the news that a missile attack by an American drone aircraft had killed U.S. citizen Anwar Al-Awlaki in Yemen, the Center for Constitutional...

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 Says NYC Must Act Immediately to Protect Prisoners at Rikers Island from Hurricane Irene

August 27, 2011

August 27, 2011, New York – Today, in response to news not only that Mayor Bloomberg announced the City of New York does not plan to evacuate the 12,000 prisoners at Rikers Island in advance of...

CCR and NLG Release Newly Expanded and Updated Edition of Jailhouse Lawyers Handbook and Launch New Website

August 18, 2011

New York, August 11 – Today the Center for Constitutional Rights, in partnership with the National Lawyers Guild, launched an interactive website to supplement the release of the Fifth Edition...

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Press Releases

Lawsuit Challenges Solitary Confinement at California Prison

Rights Groups Hold International Drone Summit in Washington, DC

U.S. Relents and Grants Pakistani Lawyer a Visa in Time for International Drone Summit

Pakistani Lawyer Representing Victims of Drone Strikes Prevented From Speaking in U.S.

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 Condemns Targeted Assassination of U.S. Citizen Anwar Al-Awlaki

CCR Statement on Scheduled Troy Davis Execution

CCR Says NYC Must Act Immediately to Protect Prisoners at Rikers Island from Hurricane Irene

CCR and NLG Release Newly Expanded and Updated Edition of Jailhouse Lawyers Handbook and Launch New Website

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