CLIENT: Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)

The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) is a non-profit legal and educational organization dedicated to protecting and advancing the rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  In the wake of 9/11, CCR was the first civil rights group to challenge in court the Bush Administration's program to dismantle civil liberties, justify torture, and engage in racial profiling.

• Underscore the Bush Administration's lawless establishment of a detention center in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and in other locations around the world.
• Highlight the inhumane conditions at Guantánamo and the plight of its detainees.
• Draw attention to the government's wide-net round-up, lengthy detention, and abuse of South Asian and Arab men held on immigration infractions.
• Expose the practice of "extraordinary rendition," whereby alleged suspects are sent to third party countries for interrogation often involving torture.

• Developed media and messaging strategies to meet CCR's goals, such as lawsuit promotion and the use of human interest feature stories.
• Conducted media training for scores of lawyers who work under the rubric of the Guantánamo Global Justice Initiative to bring habeas corpus petitions on behalf of detainees.

• Development of a global network of journalists interested in the issues pertaining to post-9/11 backlash and the establishment of the Guantánamo detention center. 
• Established CCR as the go-to media source for reliable information and incisive commentary.
• Placed hundreds of stories, including several front-page stories in the New York Times and the Washington Post, as well as video pieces on 60 Minutes and other broadcast media.