April 10, 2017This is CCR's weekly "Frontlines of Justice" news round-up, keeping you in the loop about what we've been up to and what's coming soon. Check it out every Monday, your one-stop-shop for CCR opinions...
Groups tell Expert Mechanism on Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement: Life imprisonment violates human rights, including bans on torture and racial discrimination April 28, 2023 – Amid the...
CCR argues that an appeals court wrongly decided that Congress has the power to forbid federal courts from considering claims by former Guantánamo detainees.
Updated: March 9, 2017
August 27, 2015A federal judge presiding over Steven Salaita's lawsuit has agreed to reinstate a claim that accuses the University of Illinois of destroying evidence about the decision to revoke Salaita's job. At a...
Calls for U.S. to be held accountable and offer asylum August 16, 2021, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights expresses its profound sorrow and concern for the people of Afghanistan, who...
Updated: December 12, 2008
Kathy Jennings urged to enforce law, move to revoke GHF’s charter; 1,400 Palestinians killed seeking aid since GHF began operating August 13, 2025, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights...
March 1, 2018, Baton Rouge, LA – Newly released documents reveal that Louisiana state intelligence officers surveilled community groups opposed to the Bayou Bridge Pipeline and that regulators used...
March 18, 2013, New York, NY – The Vulcan Society, the fraternal organization of Black firefighters in the FDNY, pointed to a New York Post report on the racist and anti-semetic twitter feed of...
January 18, 2017Fifteen years ago, after the Sept. 11 attacks, I was swept up with lots of other Muslim, Arab and South Asian men, held in immigration detention for months in isolation, beaten and harassed. I later...
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