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CCR Condemns Israeli Massacre in Gaza and Calls for Just and Lasting Ceasefire

January 8, 2009

New York, NY – In response to the ongoing atrocities in Gaza, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement: For over 40 years the Center for Constitutional Rights has...

CCR Appeals Ruling That Government Can Keep Secret Whether It Spied on Guantánamo Attorneys

December 12, 2008

December 12, 2008, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) appealed to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals the decision of a federal court judge who ruled that the government did...

CCR Statement on Senate Armed Services Committee Report on Abuse of Detainees in U.S. Custody

December 11, 2008

December 11, 2008, New York – In response to the release today by the Senate Armed Services Committee of a bi-partisan report almost two years in the making on the abuse of detainees in U.S...

Rights Groups Launch Campaign to End Animal Enterprise Terrorist Act

December 9, 2008

December 8, 2008, New York – This week, the Coalition to Abolish the Animal Enterprise Terrorist Act launched a campaign to repeal the Animal Enterprise Terrorist Act (AETA), a law that broadens the...

Legality of Prison Telephone Rates Argued in Court

September 8, 2008

Albany, NY, September 8, 2008 – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) challenges the constitutionality of the unlawful tax levied on families who received collect calls at exorbitant...

Judge Rules Government Can Keep Secret Whether It Spied on Guantánamo Attorneys

June 26, 2008

June 26, 2008, New York – Late yesterday, a federal court judge ruled that the government did not have to disclose whether it was illegally spying on Guantanamo attorneys’ conversations. The judge...

Government Brief Says Confirming Whether Guantánamo Lawyers are Illegally Spied Upon is National Security Threat

June 5, 2008

June 5, 2008, New York – Late yesterday, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) received the government's reply brief in their case demanding that the government comply with requests to turn over...

U.N. Special Rapporteur on Racism Brings Fact-Finding Mission to NYC, Meets with CCR Representatives

May 23, 2008

CCR and Guantánamo Habeas Attorneys Believe Government Is Illegally Spying on Them Without a Warrant

May 7, 2008

Santa Claus Delivers 37,000+ Copies of Constitution to President Bush

December 20, 2007

December 20, 2007, Washington, DC – This morning, Santa Claus (in the person of noted constitutional lawyer Bill Goodman) drove his sleigh to the White House to deliver thousands of copies of the U.S...

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Press Releases

CCR Condemns Israeli Massacre in Gaza and Calls for Just and Lasting Ceasefire

CCR Appeals Ruling That Government Can Keep Secret Whether It Spied on Guantánamo Attorneys

CCR Statement on Senate Armed Services Committee Report on Abuse of Detainees in U.S. Custody

Rights Groups Launch Campaign to End Animal Enterprise Terrorist Act

Legality of Prison Telephone Rates Argued in Court

Judge Rules Government Can Keep Secret Whether It Spied on Guantánamo Attorneys

Government Brief Says Confirming Whether Guantánamo Lawyers are Illegally Spied Upon is National Security Threat

U.N. Special Rapporteur on Racism Brings Fact-Finding Mission to NYC, Meets with CCR Representatives

CCR and Guantánamo Habeas Attorneys Believe Government Is Illegally Spying on Them Without a Warrant

Santa Claus Delivers 37,000+ Copies of Constitution to President Bush

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