Hearing Comes on Heels of Deteriorating Mental Health and Over a Year Without Attorney Visits Due to COVID-19 April 20, 2021, Guantánamo – Today, a Periodic Review Board (PRB) was held for Sharqawi...
April 14, 2021, New York – In response to President Biden’s announcement that all U.S. troops will leave Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, the Center for Constitutional Rights released the following...
Emergency Motion Says Ashley Diamond’s Allegations of Assault Prompted Retaliation by Prison Staff April 9, 2021, Atlanta – Today, Ashley Diamond, a Black transgender woman who is currently suing the...
Procedures for Holding Men Under Strict Communications Restrictions Violate Due Process, Appeal Says April 7, 2021, Washington, D.C. – Today, lawyers for men who had been imprisoned in secretive...
Lawsuit “Not Persuasive,” Judge Rules March 30, 2021, Washington, D.C. – A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Jewish National Fund (JNF) and others against a U.S.-based Palestinian rights...
March 19, 2021, New York – In response to Wednesday's killings in Georgia, the Center for Constitutional Rights offers the following statement of solidarity: We honor the lives and mourn the loss of...
Legal Filing Details Gruesome Suicide Attempts, Hallucinations March 8, 2021, Washington, D.C. – Lawyers representing Guantánamo prisoner Mohammed al Qahtani are urging a federal judge to deny an...
February 5, 2021, New York – In response to a decision issued today by the Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court, recognizing that the territory of the State of Palestine – Gaza and...
February 2, 2021, Washington, D.C. – Today, more than a hundred non-governmental organizations joined a letter led by the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Center for Victims of Torture,...
Fordham Censorship Motivated by Anti-Palestinian Bias, Advocates Say January 21, 2020, New York – Today, civil rights groups asked the New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in New York State,...