A current and comprehensive list of CCR's press releases, press statements, and case updates dating back to 2003.
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April 10, 2013, Oakland – Last night, a federal judge rejected the State of California’s attempt to dismiss a class action lawsuit challenging prolonged solitary confinement in California’s notorious Pelican Bay prison. The case was filed by the Center for… Read More >>
April 8, 2013, New York – Today, attorneys for activist Daniel McGowan at the Center for Constitutional Rights released the following update on his situation: Read More >>
April 5, 2013, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) made the following statement in response to a UN announcement that “The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday urged all branches of… Read More >>
April 4, 2013, New York – Twenty-two Latino victims of unlawful warrantless home raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) obtained a settlement today requiring new national policies for ICE agents conducting warrantless home operations and $1 million in damages… Read More >>
April 4, 2013, New York – This morning, activist Daniel McGowan was picked up from the halfway house where he has been residing and taken into custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. McGowan, who was released from prison… Read More >>
March 27, 2013, New York – Today, Center for Constitutional Rights attorneys and co-counsel responded to notice that the City of New York intends to introduce into evidence a March 5, 2013 NYPD memo revising the procedure for recording stops… Read More >>
March 18, 2013 - In response to President Obama’s remarks on the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War, a coalition of Iraqi human rights groups and U.S. veterans and service members issued the statement below. Together they launched the “Right… Read More >>
March 19, 2013, New York – In light of General John F. Kelly’s testimony tomorrow before the House Armed Services Committee, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) sent a letter to ranking committee members and issued the following statement: Read More >>
March 19, 2013, Washington, D.C. – Today, on the 10-year anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, a group of U.S. veterans of the Iraq war and two Iraqi organizations launched the “Right to Heal” campaign, seeking concrete action by the… Read More >>