June 26, 2018Last Thursday, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) celebrated “ The Activists Files’ ” official launch on iTunes. Guests enjoyed wine and hors d’oeuvres and played a game of “Would You Rather...
A class action lawsuit that challenged New York State’s monopoly telephone contract with MCI/Verizon that forced family members and friends of prisoners to pay exorbitant collect calling rates to...
Updated: June 27, 2011
Action brought in Canada under the principle of universal jurisdiction.
Updated: November 12, 2019
In October 2000, a police officer shot and killed unarmed 17-year-old Asel Asleh. His story is tragically familiar for Americans, but Asel was not killed in Ferguson, New York City, Atlanta, or...
Updated: October 8, 2020
April 16, 2016CCR's Omar Farah describes Mohammed's and Tariq's reaction on hearing the news of their imminent release, and his own. "With your hands and your help, we’ll be able to close Guantanamo.” CCR clients...
July 31, 2019...Though the interim final rule on asylum-seekers went into effect immediately, the ACLU, Southern Poverty Center, and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a lawsuit challenging it last week...
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Updated: December 7, 2017
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Updated: May 24, 2019
July 27, 2020Breaking! Fordham University is still trying to silence Students for Justice in Palestine [caption align="right"] [/caption] Students asked New York’s Appellate Court Friday to reject an effort by...
Casas-Castrillon v. Lockyer is one of several cases in which the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) has signed on as amicus curiae to support non-citizens seeking relief from immigration...
Updated: August 5, 2008
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