Join CCR and pack the court on Thursday, May 1, 2014 for oral arguments in Turkmen v. Ashcroft , CCR’s class action civil rights lawsuit filed on behalf of Muslim, South Asian, and Arab non-...
Updated: April 17, 2014
Soon after September 11, reports began appearing that people were being picked up around the world and held by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). These people weren’t being held by their...
Updated: January 11, 2010
In 2002, Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen, was detained at a U.S. airport on his way home from a family trip. He was interrogated by U.S. officials about alleged links to al-Qaeda and was repeatedly...
Updated: November 5, 2010
This article originally appeared on the Huffington Post on April 30, 2010. While people protest the terrible Arizona state law that uses local law enforcement to target immigrants, the federal...
Updated: June 23, 2010
This article originally appeared on the Huffington Post on April 30, 2010. While people protest the terrible Arizona state law that uses local law enforcement to target immigrants, the federal...
Updated: June 23, 2010
By Sunita Patel, Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights and Bill Quigley, Associate Legal Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights Nations and organizations around the globe...
Updated: December 19, 2011
September 2006Government commission in Canada ruled that Maher Arar is not a terrorist/White House seeking to revoke right of habeas corpus to non-citizens held in US custody outside of the US.
February 2006Maher Arar is seeking acknowledgement from the U.S. government that his torture was wrong.
February 2006U.S. district judge David Trager dismissed Maher Arar's lawsuit against the U.S. government.
October 2006The Institute for Policy Studies in D.C. gives New York's Center for Constitutional Rights and its client, Maher Arar, international human rights awards.
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