Silent protest during a Senate hearing on Guantanamo Bay.
By getting involved CCR supporters sent tens of thousands of letters to Congress and other targets, convinced a New York State Supreme Court judge to revoke the plea bargain he had accepted for Emanuel “Toto” Constant the Haiti paramilitary leader and human rights abuser.
This list displays actions you can take today, from demanding that Congress restore habeas corpus and close Guantánamo, to asking a German federal prosecutor take up our case against Donald Rumsfeld and Alberto Gonzales or asking Condoleezza Rice to prevent one of our clients from being sent home to Libya to be tortured.
Sort this list to find ways to act on the issues most important to you.
Please join us in Washington D.C., New York, San Francisco, and London to demand that Guantánamo be closed and to build our opposition to both this prison and all unjust U.S. detentions. If you cannot…
Guantánamo at Year 10: Building a Movement to Close the Prison & End All Unjust U.S. Detentions* January 11, 2012 marks the shameful tenth anniversary of Guantánamo's opening. Join us in advance of this anniversary and…
Urge President Obama to Veto the National Defense Authorization Act, End US wars,Scale Back the US Military & Block Legislation that Makes it More Difficult to Close Guantánamo
Please take two minutes to sign the petition to “Ask the UN to Stand Up for Haitian Cholera Victims' Human Rights on Human Rights Day.”
This week marked a new low in the efforts of the 1% to suppress dissent. Join CCR in supporting the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Call the U.S. State Department and White House at the numbers provided and demand they act for justice for passengers on the flotillas and an end to the disastrous blockade of Gaza.
Help support four torture survivors in their effort to hold Bush accountable when he visits Canada by emailing Canadian Attorney General Robert Nicholson (at Nichor@parl.gc.ca) and urging him to support the private prosecutions. Prior to…
Demand the Department of Justice conduct an independent and full investigation into the deaths of men who have died in detention at Guantánamo, including the three men who died in June 2006.…
The situation of forced evictions from Haiti’s Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps has grown even more critical since President Michel “Sweet Mickey” Martelly took office this May. Martelly has pledged to close all camps within…
Take action now and tell President Obama to publicly call on Israel to desist from attacking or otherwise interfering with The Audacity of Hope and the flotilla to Gaza. Also, please call the State Department…
The human rights situation in post-coup Honduras has gone from bad to worse. At CCR, we regularly receive alarming reports of assassinations, new threats, and mass repression that the movement in Honduras is facing. The…
On Friday, May 6, 2011, the notorious Anti-Homosexuality Bill re-emerged in Uganda’s parliament. By all accounts, the bill is being fast-tracked and could be law by the end of this week. Write to Secretary of…
Since the June 28, 2009 military coup d’état that ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, CCR has been on several fact-finding trips to Honduras and has been working to address systemic human rights violations taking place…
On January 20, 2011, the first plane of deportees since the earthquake arrived in Haiti. Just over a week later, we learned that Wildrick Guerrier, 34, one of the men deported, demonstrated cholera-like symptoms while…
On February 7, 2011, the ninth anniversary of the day former president George W. Bush decided the Geneva Conventions did not apply to so-called “unlawful combatants,” CCR released a Bush Torture Indictment. The…
Join CCR and more than 35 other human rights organizations to demand that Uganda end its violent hate campaign against the LGBTI community in Uganda and elsewhere. Please visit SMUG’s website to take action and…
Today, on February 2, 2011, the Egyptian government intensified a coordinated campaign of violence against peaceful pro-democracy protestors who are now under siege. As of this post, the death toll is rising and…
There is a simple thing that everyone can do to help Haitian voters get the stable, credible government they need to lead the reconstruction: sign the petition asking the U.S. State Department to withdraw their…
Please read, sign, and distribute our "Close Guantanamo with Justice Now" statement by adding your information and personal or organizational affiliation at the bottom of this site. We are seeking both organizational and individual signatures.…
Please act to halt all future deliveries of Caterpillar bulldozers to Israel. Sign a petition to the Obama Administration asking it to stop the delivery of Caterpillar D9 bulldozers to the Israeli military, and to…
Urge Attorney General Eric Holder to end the draconian Special Administrative Measures (SAMs) and solitary confinement which Syed Fahad Hashmi has suffered for over 3 years. In the past 11 months, Fahad has been allowed…
We are calling on our international allies to take action in support of long-time peace and human rights activists who have come under attack for their work against U.S. occupation and military intervention abroad.
Join us and take a stand against the silencing of dissent by participating in a national call-in day on Monday, October 4, 2010, and organize an event in your communities on Tuesday, October 5, 2010…
An Algerian man transferred from Guantanamo to Algeria against his will is missing. Act now to secure his welfare and stop future involuntary transfers of men who fear for their lives.
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