The oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to pay a $15.5 million settlement to avoid a trial over its alleged involvement in human rights violations in the Niger Delta. The case was brought on...
May 21, 2014, New York, Paris, Gaza, Jerusalem, Ramallah – On the occasion of the appeal in the civil suit filed by the family of Rachel Corrie against the State of Israel for the death of the...
A federal court ruled American Muslims, who claim they were placed on the No Fly List after refusing to become informants, are not allowed to sue FBI agents for damages. The case, Tanvir v. Holder,...
This month, the Freedom Flicks team invites you to our a screening of the award-winning documentary: Slingshot Hip Hop. Slingshot Hip Hop braids together the stories of young Palestinians living in...
Immigrant mothers and their children are being detained under guaranteed minimum provisions, which assure fixed detainee quotas, effectively rendering immigrants a source of profit for private and...
Elizabeth A. Castelli is Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Religion at Barnard College. She is author and editor of several books, and the translator of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s script for the never-...
Meriam Haider is the Receptionist, Administrative Assistant at the Center for Constitutional Rights, handling front-office reception and clerical duties. She works with the Operations team to ensure...
... Last year, Israel denied entry to four human rights leaders from the United States who were visiting Israel and the West Bank to better understand the situation on the ground. The members who...
...Legal experts following the case also welcomed the ruling. “Today, the International Criminal Court breathed new life into the mantra that 'no one is above the law’ and restored some hope that...
...Under the apartheid regime’s Counter-Terrorism Law of 2016 , “these human rights organizations now face possible mass arrest and being shut down by the Israeli government, and anyone identifying...
