On behalf of Muslims for Human Rights (MUHURI), the Center for Constitutional Rights and the NYU School of Law's Global Justice Clinic filed a FOIA request to the CIA, DOD, and other federal agencies...
Updated: July 13, 2022
Rights groups are seeking information about President Trump’s plan to establish a massive immigration detention center, by far the country’s largest, at Guantánamo. With immigrants arriving in...
Updated: July 29, 2025
June 30, 2015When Laverne I. and her husband were stopped by the NYPD while simply walking down the street, she asked one of the officers for his badge number as they began to search her husband’s pockets. The...
On January 27, 2017, CCR, Palestine Legal, and the Bill of Rights Defense Committee/Defending Dissent Foundation sent a memorandum to Virginia lawmakers opposing HB 2261, a bill that was pending in...
Updated: October 17, 2017
On March 2, 2017, CCR, Palestine Legal, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, the Arab American Institute, the Bill of Rights Defense Committee/Defending Dissent Foundation, the Carolina...
Updated: October 16, 2017
May 16, 2014, New York – Today, in response to new revelations published in Harper’s Magazine regarding the deaths of three Guantánamo prisoners in June 2006, the Center for...
A due process challenge to the Communications Management Units (CMUs), two highly restrictive federal prison units that segregate certain prisoners and severely limit and control their communication...
Updated: March 1, 2022
American Baptist Churches v. Thornburgh is a case filed against the U.S. Attorney General and the head of the INS that alleged they violated domestic and international laws when they denied asylum to...
Updated: October 9, 2007
Case Seeks to Stop Dangerous Policy Undermining Rule of Law, Threatening People Fleeing Persecution June 11, 2025, San Diego, CA – People fleeing persecution and torture in their home countries have...
Washington DC , June 30, 2011 Yesterday the Department of Homeland Security launched its advisory committee as part of the response to the growing controversy and resistance from states and law...
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