December 28, 2023, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights mourns the passing of our beloved former colleague, Alberto "Jefe" White, who passed away on December 27 at the age of 89. Alberto’s...
Achieving justice for racial discrimination has long been fraught with obstacles. During the civil rights era, it was Southern governors and school boards who blatantly obstructed court orders to...
Second CCR Client Also Among Those Released April 16, 2016, New York – Today, the Department of Defense announced the transfer to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR...
This coming Sunday marks Mother’s Day, a holiday with roots in the post-Civil War burgeoning feminist and pacifist movements in the U.S. In its modern incarnation, Mother’s Day has become a more...
Wonderful news for our clients and their families from Yemen [caption align="right"] [/caption] Yemeni-Americans who for more than a year had been prevented from joining their families in the United...
Makes Strong Recommendations to U.S., Including Reparations Washington, D.C. & New York City, May 28, 2020 — Almost two decades after Algerian citizen Djamel Ameziane was detained and sent to...
February 2, 2021, New York – Immigrant rights groups litigating against the Trump administration’s “public charge” rules—including The Legal Aid Society, Center for Constitutional Rights, the...
Victory! All charges dropped against pipeline protesters Sixteen pipeline protesters and a journalist who had been arrested and charged with felonies in 2018 celebrated a major victory for the First...
Georgia prison officials refuse to protect Ashley Diamond despite repeated sexual assaults and sexual harassment February 23, 2022, Macon, GA– Ashley Diamond , a Black transgender woman held in a men...
March 7, 2022, New York – Mohammed al-Qahtani, held at Guantánamo since 2002, arrived in Saudi Arabia today, where he will receive psychiatric care for schizophrenia that was exacerbated by...
