August 10, 2016, New York – Yesterday, Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) submitted a filing in federal court documenting the widespread and systematic...
... “Having somebody in place at the State Department is important to help with [released detainees] reintegrating,” said Wells Dixon, a staff lawyer at the Center for Constitutional Rights who has...
..."It is entirely unprecedented for an administration to take the position that there will be no transfers out of Guantanamo without regard to the facts, without regard to individual circumstances...
The NYPD has settled a lawsuit filed by Muslim groups in New Jersey over controversial surveillance practices — but cops have not admitted any wrongdoing, officials said Thursday. The city agreed to...
...Brittany Thomas, an attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights, said that many New Yorkers rely on vital public benefits. “This litigation is our way of showing everyone that we will not...
...In its press release, the Center for Constitutional Rights, which has represented the defendants during the entire legal battle, said that it had discovered emails between the plaintiffs...
...“I don’t know that the director of the Bureau of Prisons has ever signed a letter of this nature before to individual clients, so that is unique,” said Rachel Meeropol, senior staff attorney with...
Friday, March 23 – Sunday, March 25 , the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) will host its 2012 National Conference at the Stamford Connecticut Hilton. The theme is Say No to the NATO/G8...
...Billionaire and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and Erik Prince, founder of Blackwater are siblings whose decisions have shaped America’s youth and defense systems. Are they genius strategists...
...Darius Charney, a lawyer for the plaintiffs in the litigation that curbed the Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policy , offered Chief Shea a three-item to-do list. To gain the trust of those...
