February 26, 2013, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s dismissal of a case challenging the...
June 20, 2012, New York – Today, in response to a raid this week by Ugandan police of a workshop on the rights of sexual minorities, and yesterday’s threats by Uganda’s Minister of...
Please join CCR Executive Director Vincent Warren on February 20, 2009 in Orinda, California to discuss the first 100 Days of the Obama administration and evaluate what progress has taken place...
Updated: March 5, 2009
April 8, 2013, New York – Today, attorneys for activist Daniel McGowan at the Center for Constitutional Rights released the following update on his situation: Daniel McGowan is back at the...
December 30, 2013, New York – In response to the announcement that Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio has selected former United States Attorney Zachary Carter as incoming Corporation Counsel for the...
Please join CCR Legal Director Baher Azmy in Washington D.C. for a Civil Rights panel addressing the shared realities Arab Americans face with African Americans and about how shared experiences...
Updated: June 12, 2013
CCR Advocacy Program Manager Nahal Zamani will join St. Louis civil rights activist Brittany Packnett and Steve Silverman, founder of Flex Your Rights, for a panel discussion on the future of...
Updated: November 30, 2015
Updated in 2020! The Center for Constitutional Rights created If An Agent Knocks to provide advice to activists likely to be targeted by FBI agents or other federal investigators. Since its original...
Updated: October 28, 2020
December 8, 2016... In early 2008, the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a lawsuit on behalf of four plaintiffs who claimed the city’s stop-and-frisk policies were racially biased. The case wound its way...
June 12, 2017On June 7, artist Ai WeiWei and architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron turned New York City’s Park Avenue Armory into a surveillance park inspired by Hansel and Gretel. The park uses the...
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