December 19, 2016On January 18, 2017, CCR will argue the last case to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court during Obama’s presidency, Ziglar v. Abbasi , which by the time it is decided may become the most important...
Rights Attorneys to Argue Post-9/11 Sweeps Case in Supreme Court Week of Trump Inauguration December 22, 2016, New York – Today, Center for Constitutional Rights Legal Director Baher Azmy responded...
December 22, 2016...Baher Azmy, legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights’ legal director, said in an interview that action against NSEERS had been long overdue. “Perhaps we should have put the nail in...
December 21, 2016...After Trump’s election in November, advocacy groups sounded the alarm about the long-forgotten program, and the Center for Constitutional Rights’ legal director Baher Azmy said that it was overdue...
“Friends of the Court” Urge Judicial Review for Post-9/11 Abuses December 28, 2016, Washington, D.C. – Late yesterday, in the last case to be heard by the Supreme Court under President Obama, civil...
President-Elect Donald Trump’s blatantly Islamophobic campaign has stoked fears of an era of a particularly egregious of religious discrimination and abuse of civil and human rights, but the...
Updated: January 17, 2017
****Please check back for updates as rally location may change**** Join CCR and human rights activists to mark 15 years since the prison at Guantánamo opened under the call: No Guantánamo, No Torture...
Updated: January 9, 2017
Previous Program Could Serve as Model for Trump, Attorneys Say January 3, 2017, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and DRUM – South Asian Organizing Center sent Freedom of...
January 5, 2017Many of us bid 2016 goodbye with a toast of “good riddance” – what with the deaths of cultural icons like David Bowie and Prince, the Pulse massacre, the horror of Aleppo, and of course the rise of...
January 6, 2017January 2017 in Washington is a month history won’t soon forget—and for us at CCR, it’s especially meaningful. We will be at the Supreme Court, arguing Ziglar v. Abbasi (formerly known as Turkmen v...
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