Last year marked the first "Not My President's Day" with a series of rallies against Donald Trump, held on President's Day to show that Trump's values don't align with the values of the majority of...
Last week, CCR held our Board meeting in Jackson, Mississippi. CCR was founded in 1966 by attorneys who represented civil rights movements in the South, and Mississippi is the programmatic birthplace...
CCR is joining a coalition of groups in a Week of Action beginning today in support of the Divest from the War Machine campaign . The campaign calls on individuals and institutions to divest from...
CCR supports the call to Divest from the War Machine CCR is joining a coalition of groups in a Week of Action beginning today in support of the Divest from the War Machine campaign . The campaign...
We file a FOIA regarding opaque Muslim ban waiver process [caption align="right"] [/caption] CCR and Muslim Advocates have filed a Freedom of Information Act request (FOIA) demanding documents from...
Men rounded up in post-9/11 sweeps push suit against warden for physical, verbal, religious abuse In a case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court last year, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)...
Ahmer Abbasi came to the Unites States from Pakistan on a visitor visa in 1993. After he arrived, he applied for political asylum, and remained in the country after his visa was denied. Two weeks...
This morning, CCR filed the first major legal challenge to Trump’s Guantánamo policy, which we announced at a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. A rally outside the White...
CCR marks 16 years of Guantánamo [caption align="right"] [/caption] Stay tuned and tune in: on Thursday, January 11, we'll be livestreaming a morning press conference from the National Press Club in...
Thank you for funding the fight in 2018! We know that at the end of each year, your inbox is filled with calls from great organizations doing important work asking for your contribution to keep it...
The United States’ military presence and counterterrorism operations in Central and West Africa have been in the news lately and are raising questions. That is why we filed a Freedom of Information...
This week, the New York City Council voted on two critical policing bills. The first, Intro 541-C, was part of the Right to Know Act , a package of legislation aimed at protecting the civil and human...
More Actions to Support Local Efforts to Stop the BBP in Louisiana Last week, CCR took two more steps to support Louisiana activists and communities fighting to stop the Bayou Bridge Pipeline (BBP)...
This is CCR's weekly "Frontlines of Justice" news round-up, keeping you in the loop about what we've been up to and what's coming soon. Check it out every Monday, your one-stop-shop for CCR opinions...
Last night, CCR was proud to count our staff and partners among the incredible people and groups inducted into the inaugural Gender Legacy Wall—including the late Rhonda Copelon , former CCR vice...
This is CCR's weekly "Frontlines of Justice" news round-up, keeping you in the loop about what we've been up to and what's coming soon. Check it out every Monday, your one-stop-shop for CCR opinions...
Today marks the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People , and the people of the West Bank village of Susiya are calling for international pressure to halt the urgent threat of...
This is CCR's weekly "Frontlines of Justice" news round-up, keeping you in the loop about what we've been up to and what's coming soon. Check it out every Monday, your one-stop-shop for CCR opinions...
Two years ago, a settlement in our case, Ashker vs. Governor of California , ended the practice of indefinite solitary confinement in California, resulting in the transfer of over 1,600 men into...