May 24, 20011, Washington, D.C. – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) today launched a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking immediate release of documents that the United States...
June 28, 2013, New York – The day after the Senate passed a disappointing immigration reform bill, the U.S. government agreed to pay over $1.2 million in attorneys’ fees in the historic...
March 30, 2012, New York and D.C. — Today, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issued a landmark admissibility report in the case of Djamel Ameziane, an Algerian man...
But Muslims Who Refuse to Spy Were Removed From No-Fly List After They Sued September 3, 2015, New York – Today, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed against 24 Federal Bureau of Investigation (...
Today is the anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision in CCR’s case Rasul v. Bush , in which the Court held that men held in Guantánamo had a right to challenge the legality of their...
Louisiana Sheriff Must Release Documents About Employees' Travel and Activities at Standing Rock We have exciting news in our ongoing efforts to provide legal support to activists and communities...
In a major legal victory for international human rights law, the UN acknowledged the risk of extradition to the United States faced by journalist Julian Assange. This decision marks a significant...
RICHMOND, Va. – Today Georgetown professor and postdoctoral fellow Dr. Badar Khan Suri filed an amended complaint in his case Khan Suri v. Trump challenging his illegal arrest and detention by the...
Cancer Alley residents are challenging St. James Parish Council’s decades-old practice of placing plants in majority-Black districts April 9, 2025, New Orleans – Today, the Fifth Circuit Court of...
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)...
