Press Releases
CCR in the News
May 5, 2024
CCR in the News
...The plaintiffs can seek a retrial. Asked if they would do so, one of their lawyers, Baher Azmy with the Center for Constitutional Rights, said that “the current expectation is that we’ll continue to fight. "The work we put in to this case is a fraction of what they endured as survivors of the...
May 5, 2024
CCR in the News
...Six inmates at Alabama prisons are alleging the state violated Alabama’s constitution by forcing them to work against their will, according to court documents filed on Wednesday. Alabama voters approved a ballot measure in 2022 that prohibited slavery and involuntary servitude as punishments for...
May 5, 2024
CCR in the News
... Baher Azmy , legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights and lead counsel for the plaintiffs said, “We are of course disappointed by the jury’s failure to reach a unanimous verdict in favor of our plaintiffs despite the wealth of evidence that CACI bears responsibility for the...
May 1, 2024
Blog Post
This was the first time that victims of the United States’ post-9/11 torture testified in a U.S. courtroom
CCR Blog
April 25, 2024
CCR in the News
...In November, the respected Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a lawsuit in a California court on behalf of Palestinian families in Gaza and the United States, accusing President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin of failure to prevent and...