This is the second in a series of blogs about the movement response to COVID-19. In this moment of tens of thousands of lives lost , anti-Asian racism , and inequitable access to COVID-19 testing ,...
Please note that some of the links below lead to photographs and other content that contain images and descriptions of torture and other abuse. Sixteen years ago today , CBS 60 Minutes II broke the...
More Buffalo residents sue over discriminatyr traffic ticketing [caption align="right"] [/caption] On Thursday, five Black residents of Buffalo joined a lawsuit against the City over its racially...
This is the first in a series of blogs about the movement response to COVID-19. *Photo credit: Hrag Vartanian I arrived at the Center for Constitutional Rights to start a new job in the midst of one...
We're taking on ICE in Louisiana and Mississippi for overcrowded and unhealthy conditions in detention centers [caption align="right"] [/caption] “We are washing our hands with shampoo because that...
Join us for a virtual Freedom Flicks screening and Q&A of "Advocate" (2019) [caption align="right"] [/caption] We're excited to announce that we are going virtual with our next Freedom Flicks...
Dear Center for Constitutional Rights family, We are reaching out to you, our community, to continue to check in and engage during this unusual and urgent public health crisis. It is in times like...
Tanvir v. Tanzin Supreme Court hearing postponed We are writing to share a few updates: we have cancelled our March 23 event with CLEAR and Justice for Muslims Collective, Protecting Community, "...
New report suggests additional burial grounds of enslaved people likely exist on proposed plastics site [caption align="right"] On Wednesday, community members of RISE St. James submitted an expert...
Dear Center for Constitutional Rights family, At this time of crisis and deep concern, we want to reach out to our beloved community to affirm our fellowship and the value of our collective vision...
ICC gives the green light to investigate U.S. crimes related to the situation in Afghanistan [caption align="right"] [/caption] On Wednesday, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (...
FILED! We're demanding ICE immediately release docments related to predatory fines against sanctuary leaders [caption align="right"] [/caption] Amid a week of action led by a collective of immigrants...
Muslims put on No-Fly List by FBI agents as coercion tactic are asking SCOTUS to allow lawsuit to go forward [caption align="right"] [/caption] On Wednesday, Muslim men who were placed or kept on the...
REJECTED! Court says no to Hunt & Polo member's case harassing the Ramapough Lenape Nation [caption align="right"] [/caption] A New Jersey court dismissed an attempt by Thomas Powers, a member of...
FILED: We're suing to block the three latest public charge rules [caption align="right"] [/caption] We filed a petition in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) Tuesday...
Victory! Migrant Justice settles with ICE-colluding Vermont DMV [caption align="right"] [/caption] Human rights organization Migrant Justice and the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles have reached...
Federal judge stops Trump's new public charge rule in its tracks [caption align="right"] [/caption] On Wednesday, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Trump administration’s request for a...
Never stop fighting Guantánamo [caption align="right"] [/caption] This coming Saturday will mark the 18th anniversary of the Guantánamo Bay prison, and the Center for Constitutional Rights will be co...
Plastics, polution, and burial grounds in Louisiana [caption align="left"] [/caption] Last week, we joined residents of St. James Parish, Louisiana, environmental justice groups, and legal...
A proposed Louisiana chemical plant may be building on the graves of formerly enslaved people. We're saying "no." [caption align="right"] [/caption] RISE St. James, a faith-based grassroots community...
