May 2, 2016The Greater Los Angeles Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today announced the filing of a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of a Muslim-American woman who had her...
This article originally published at the New York Times, Room for Debate (June 21, 2010). David Cole is a professor at Georgetown University Law Center, and the author, most recently, of “The...
Updated: June 23, 2010
February 18, 2019Big win for activists and environmental groups: racketeering lawsuit dismissed [caption align="right"] [/caption] Last week, a federal judge dismissed a sprawling racketeering lawsuit filed against...
Uganda’s Anti Homosexuality Act, which was signed into law by President Museveni on February 24, 2014, is a draconian law that has sparked global protest and outrage, including sanctions by...
Updated: April 9, 2014
May 2014The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) is currently in the middle of a lawsuit that challenges the Bureau of Prisons over its lack of due process for prisoners who are placed into what CCR refers...
October 24, 2011, Surrey, BC and New York, NY – After successfully lodging a private torture prosecution with a British Columbia court against former U.S. president George W. Bush as he visited...
June 29, 2015CCR and SMUG marched together in the New York City LGBTQ Pride parade.
In the 10 years since the tragic attacks of 9/11, much has changed in our country. This anniversary is an opportunity to evaluate those changes, to rededicate ourselves to human rights and civil...
Updated: September 29, 2011
These documents via the Freedom of Information Act were released to Austin Sanctuary Network, Free Migration Project, and Grassroots Leadership as part of ongoing litigation against ICE. The...
Updated: October 26, 2020
Co-sponsored by World Can't Wait and the Center for Constitutional Rights, Metro New York Religious Campaign Against Torture, Witness Against Torture, National Religious Campaign Against Torture...
Updated: January 2, 2015
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