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CCR Calls For Senate To Vote Down Attorney General Nomination

November 1, 2007

November 1, 2007, New York, NY – Today the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement against the nomination of Michael Mukasey for the next Attorney General of the United States...

Urgent Appeal Filed Before United Nations Special Rapporteurs Because of French Prosecutor's Failure to Act on Rumsfeld Torture

October 29, 2007

October 29, 2007, New York, Paris – Today, human rights groups filed an urgent appeal with two United Nations Special Rapporteurs because the failure of the French Prosecutor to act on a complaint...

Donald Rumsfeld Charged with Torture During Trip to France

October 26, 2007

Going to See a Ghost: Majid Khan and the Abuses of the 'War on Terror'

October 15, 2007

Gitanjali Gutierrez, a staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights who was the first habeas corpus lawyer to travel to Guantanamo, wrote this op-ed in The Washington Post on CCR client...

U.S. GOVERNMENT FILES OPPOSITION BRIEF IN CCR GUANTANAMO SUPREME COURT CASE

October 9, 2007

On October 9, 2007, the U.S. government filed its opposing brief in the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) Supreme Court case that will decide once again whether the Guantanamo detainees have the...

New Hunger Strike Begins after the Department of Defense Reneges on Promises to Detainees

October 2, 2007

On August 31, 2005, in New York, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) cooperating counsel confirmed that prisoners have begun a new hunger strike at Guantánamo because the Department of Defense...

CCR APPEALS CASE CHARGING ISRAELI OFFICIAL WITH WAR CRIMES IN KILLING OF PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS

September 27, 2007

On September 24, 2007, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) appealed a lower court's decision to dismiss the case charging an Israeli official with war crimes for his role in dropping a one-ton...

COURT OF APPEALS DISMISSES CCR CASE AGAINST CATERPILLAR FOR DEATHS AND INJURIES IN PALESTINIAN HOME DEMOLITIONS

September 17, 2007

On September 17, 2007, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of CCR's case charging Caterpillar, Inc. with aiding and abetting war crimes and other serious human rights violations...

CCR Case Argued Before Court of Appeeals: First Case Filed by Former Guantanamo Detainees Accountability for Torture

September 17, 2007

On September 14, 2007, Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) co-counsel argued the appeal of the first case filed by Guantanamo detainees seeking to hold U.S. officials accountable for the physical...

BLACK FIREFIGHTERS FORMALLY BECOME PARTIES IN DOJ LAWSUIT CHARGING NYC AND FDNY WITH DISCRIMINATORY HIRING PRACTICES

July 14, 2007

On July 17, 2007, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) formally filed to intervene on behalf of the Vulcan Society in the Department of Justice's lawsuit against the City of New York. That suit...

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CCR Calls For Senate To Vote Down Attorney General Nomination

Urgent Appeal Filed Before United Nations Special Rapporteurs Because of French Prosecutor's Failure to Act on Rumsfeld Torture

Donald Rumsfeld Charged with Torture During Trip to France

Going to See a Ghost: Majid Khan and the Abuses of the 'War on Terror'

U.S. GOVERNMENT FILES OPPOSITION BRIEF IN CCR GUANTANAMO SUPREME COURT CASE

New Hunger Strike Begins after the Department of Defense Reneges on Promises to Detainees

CCR APPEALS CASE CHARGING ISRAELI OFFICIAL WITH WAR CRIMES IN KILLING OF PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS

COURT OF APPEALS DISMISSES CCR CASE AGAINST CATERPILLAR FOR DEATHS AND INJURIES IN PALESTINIAN HOME DEMOLITIONS

CCR Case Argued Before Court of Appeeals: First Case Filed by Former Guantanamo Detainees Accountability for Torture

BLACK FIREFIGHTERS FORMALLY BECOME PARTIES IN DOJ LAWSUIT CHARGING NYC AND FDNY WITH DISCRIMINATORY HIRING PRACTICES

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