Eleven years ago, when I was arrested along with six other animal activists on domestic terrorism charges , I was already tired of looking for lawyers. The campaign I was working on, Stop Huntingdon...
Judge Orders University to Recognize Students for Justice in Palestine Club August 6, 2019, New York – Five Fordham University students have won a landmark legal victory against Fordham University,...
Filing Follows COVID-19 Outbreaks and Similar Demands for Release Nationwide April 29, 2020, Birmingham, AL – Late yesterday, Adelante Alabama Worker Center, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and...
This is the third in a series of blogs about the movement response to COVID-19. In this age of the novel coronavirus, millions of people in the United States—those who are not considered essential...
On September 14th, Dawn Wooten—a nurse working at a Georgia ICE detention center— blew the whistle on the conditions within the privately-operated Irwin County facility: many of the immigrants...
January 7, 2021, New York – In response to yesterday’s events, the Center for Constitutional Rights put out the following statement: The violent right-wing insurrection in Washington yesterday and...
Groups argue “Death by Incarceration” is torture and violates ban on racial discrimination September 15, 2022, New York ‒ A national coalition of advocacy and legal groups today submitted a complaint...
On April 2, 2007, the Supreme Court announced that it would not be hearing the cases of the Guantánamo detainees for the time being. The Court denied the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and co...
In April 2001, Mohammed Jafar Alam applied for an employment certification under the 245-I LIFE Act, a crucial first step to gaining status for himself and his family; he is still waiting for...
Last week, a motion that Center for Constitutional Rights attorneys filed in the case of former ghost detainee Majid Khan was made public. The heavily redacted motion, which was filed in order to...
