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New Evidence Reveals Georgia Prison Officials Refused to Investigate Transgender Woman’s Reports of Repeated Sexual Assault

November 23, 2021

Facing Increasing Danger, Ashley Diamond Demands Transfer Out of Male Prison November 23, 2021, Macon, GA – Today, Ashley Diamond, a Black transgender woman, submitted new evidence to the court...

CIA Torture Survivor Majid Khan, Ready for Transfer from Guantánamo in February, Looks to Future

October 29, 2021

October 29, 2021, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba ‒ The military commission sentencing hearing of a man tortured and imprisoned by the U.S. for eighteen years concluded today, paving the way for his transfer...

New Details of Torture at CIA “Black Sites”

October 28, 2021

In Unprecedented Testimony, Guantánamo Prisoner Majid Khan Finally Tells His Story at Sentencing Hearing October 28, 2021, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba ‒ Today, a man who was disappeared and tortured at...

One Year after “Death Flights,” Civil Rights Groups Press for Information on Torture and Deportation of Cameroonian Refugees

October 13, 2021

FOIA lawsuit seeks records improperly withheld by U.S. government after it mistreated Black immigrants October 13, 2021, New York ‒ Civil rights organizations today filed a Freedom of Information Act...

Center for Constitutional Rights Comments on Important Hearing on Due Process Rights at Guantánamo Today

September 30, 2021

September 30, 2021, New York — In response to today’s hearing in Abdulrahman al-Hela v. Biden on whether a man held at Guantánamo has rights under the Due Process Clause of the Constitution, the...

Resumption of ICC Investigation Into Afghanistan, While Welcome, Should Not Exclude Groups of Victims or Crimes Within Court's Jurisdiction

September 28, 2021

September 28, 2021 – Yesterday, the ICC Prosecutor announced that he had requested to resume the investigation into international crimes in the Afghanistan situation and that he would be focusing on...

International Criminal Court Shutters Investigation Into U.S. Torture

September 27, 2021

Prosecutor Seeks to Move Forward With Investigation Against Only Taliban, Islamic State-Khorasan Province September 27, 2021—Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan of the International Criminal Court (ICC) this...

Center for Constitutional Rights to President Biden: If You Attempt to Warehouse Haitian Refugees at Guantánamo We Will Sue

September 22, 2021

September 22, 2021, New York — In response to news reports that the Biden administration intends to hire private contractors for detention facilities in Guantánamo Bay for Haitian refugees seeking...

Court Says Turnbacks of Tens of Thousands of Asylum Seekers Are Unlawful

September 2, 2021

September 2, 2021,San Diego, CA – A federal judge declared unlawful the U.S. government’s turnbacks of asylum seekers arriving at ports of entry along the U.S southern border. The court ruled that...

Center for Constitutional Rights Launches “The 9/11 Effect” Resource Site, Demands Biden Administration Dismantle Post-9/11 Policies

September 2, 2021

Site Provides Historical Context and Resources Around Reckoning With 20 Years of Injustice September 2, 2021, New York – Ahead of the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the Center for Constitutional Rights...

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Press Releases

New Evidence Reveals Georgia Prison Officials Refused to Investigate Transgender Woman’s Reports of Repeated Sexual Assault

CIA Torture Survivor Majid Khan, Ready for Transfer from Guantánamo in February, Looks to Future

New Details of Torture at CIA “Black Sites”

One Year after “Death Flights,” Civil Rights Groups Press for Information on Torture and Deportation of Cameroonian Refugees

Center for Constitutional Rights Comments on Important Hearing on Due Process Rights at Guantánamo Today

Resumption of ICC Investigation Into Afghanistan, While Welcome, Should Not Exclude Groups of Victims or Crimes Within Court's Jurisdiction

International Criminal Court Shutters Investigation Into U.S. Torture

Center for Constitutional Rights to President Biden: If You Attempt to Warehouse Haitian Refugees at Guantánamo We Will Sue

Court Says Turnbacks of Tens of Thousands of Asylum Seekers Are Unlawful

Center for Constitutional Rights Launches “The 9/11 Effect” Resource Site, Demands Biden Administration Dismantle Post-9/11 Policies

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