Returning from Nicaragua in January 1985, Edward Haase, a Kansas City-based journalist, was detained for five hours by U.S. Customs and FBI officials while they seized, read, and photocopied his...
Updated: October 9, 2007
Position Summary : The Advocacy Associate provides administrative support for the Center for Constitutional Rights’ Advocacy department, and assists with research and writing on advocacy priorities...
Updated: December 6, 2019
Heidy v. United States Customs Service is a case which challenged the authority of U.S. Customs officials to seize and copy the written materials of travelers to Nicaragua. The government’s assertion...
Updated: October 22, 2007
Join us for CCR First Wednesday on November 4th. We will discuss how our clients, held in solitary for decades, reached a landmark settlement in Ashker v. Governor of California that will end...
Updated: November 5, 2015
Time: 5:30-7:30pm , Join CCR Staff Attorney Maria LaHood for a panel about CCR’s efforts to secure accountability for torture by the U.S. government and private military contractors. Speakers...
Updated: September 16, 2010
Join CCR at a performance of The Exonerated and a special panel discussion moderated by CCR Director of Education and Outreach Annette Warren Dickerson and featuring CCR Staff Attorney Alexis...
Updated: October 8, 2012
Please join us on Thursday, Sept. 26 for oral arguments on class certification in Ashker v. Brown , our federal lawsuit on behalf of prisoners at the Pelican Bay State Prison in California. In the...
Updated: September 19, 2013
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and Safe Streets/Strong Communities are convening an expert hearing panel to examine the role of policing in the reconstruction of New Orleans, LA. Time 10:...
Updated: October 22, 2007
January 2014By Associated Press VATICAN CITY — The Vatican is gearing up for a bruising showdown over the global priest sex abuse scandal, forced to defend itself publicly for the first time against...
Request cites urgency to make information public as possibility for Trump impeachment looms June 15, 2017, New York, NY – Yesterday, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) sought documents under...
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