Today, December 8, 2005, in Washington, D.C., the Center for Constitutional Rights condemned what it views as a campaign of harassment and political persecution of former members of the Black Panther...
"Under U.S. law, torture is a crime that can lead to life in prison – so why hasn’t it? The Senate report documents comprehensive and detailed evidence of a criminal conspiracy of U.S. government...
...While U.S. officials maintain that detainees are well treated, immigration lawyers and advocates in the U.S. have for years criticized detention conditions for immigrants in the United States. The...
August 30, New York – Today, a federal court awarded $3,707,313.29 in interim fees and costs to attorneys at the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), Levy Ratner, and Scott+Scott LLP, who...
September 6, 2013, New York – Today, in Floyd v. City of New York , a federal class action lawsuit that successfully challenged the New York City Police Department’s (NYPD) stop-and-frisk...
April 5, 2013, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) made the following statement in response to a UN announcement that “The United Nations High Commissioner for...
San Francisco, CA -- Almost ten years after the events, and after four weeks of trial, a jury in federal court in San Francisco today found Chevron not liable for the shootings, killings and torture...
A U.S. appellate court on Thursday vacated the conviction of Palestinian activist Rasmea Odeh for allegedly lying on U.S. immigration papers 20 years earlier. Odeh, 67, was put on trial in November...
June 5, 2024, New York – In response to President Biden’s executive order to shut down the border, the Center for Constitutional Rights released the following statement: Lagging in the polls,...
Groups fighting Death By Incarceration traveled to Geneva to brief committee for its review of U.S. compliance with human rights treaty November 3, 2023, New York – Today, the United Nations Human...
