August 18, 2016, New York – In response to the news that the Department of Justice will cease to use private prisons, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: CCR welcomes...
Un Tribunal de apelaciones de Estados Unidos rechaza el intento de los demandados de hacer que el caso sea desechado El 17 de junio, 2016, Miami – Más de doce años después de que unas masacres...
Court of Appeals Rejects Defendants’ Attempt to Have Case Dismissed June 17, 2016, Miami – More than 12 years after government-planned massacres in Bolivia killed 58 unarmed civilians, the Eleventh...
Attorneys Provide Records to Review Board, Urge al Qahtani’s Release to Care June 15, 2016 – Tomorrow morning Guantánamo detainee Mohammed al Qahtani will have a hearing before a Periodic Review...
May 12, 2016, Richmond, VA – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights is arguing that the well-established torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib and a private military contractor’s role in that...
May 11, 2016, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights is sad to release the following statement on the occasion of the passing of the Center’s president emeritus Michael Ratner: From Attica...
April 12, 2016, New York – Today, civil rights, human rights, and community groups held a rally and vigil at One Police Plaza, demanding an end to the pervasive abuse of Ahmed Ferhani and other...
Prisoners’ Rights Attorneys Urge Appellate Court to Revive Lawsuit over Federal Communication Management Units March 15, 2016, Washington, D.C. – Today, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional...
Attorneys to Seek Arrest Warrant March 1, 2016, New York, Paris – Retired U.S. General Geoffrey Miller, the former Guantánamo prison chief, was a no-show in a French court Tuesday. Miller had been...
January 26, 2016, Oakland – As a federal judge prepared to hold a hearing for the final approval of a landmark settlement agreement to end indefinite solitary confinement in California, the Center...
