January 27, 2022The exhibition explores themes of torture and reparations through works by torture survivors, artists, and activists
April 2009On March 30, Senator Patrick Leahy gave five Vermonters a half hour of his time. We were: Martha Hennessy, a peace activist from Weathersfield, John Nirenberg, a Brattleboro man who walked from...
Please save the date and pack the court for oral argument on motions for summary judgment in SMUG v. Lively , a federal lawsuit in which CCR represents Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG). SMUG is a non-...
Updated: September 13, 2016
On July 17, NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo put Eric Garner in a chokehold while others officers forced him to the ground and then stood by and watched him die - doing nothing while he said "I can'...
Updated: December 3, 2014
October 2014"A ruling by a federal appeals court panel Friday has ended the lawsuit challenging the New York City Police Department's stop-and-frisk policy. The panel granted the city's request to withdraw...
August 25, 2015Next month, NYPD officers doing stop-and-frisks will start handing out forms that include an explanation for the encounters and contact information to register complaints, a department spokesman said...
August 4, 2023...Understanding this history is critical to understanding the region today, Pamela Spees, a senior staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, told Insider. In the aftermath of the Civil...
December 6, 2012, New York – In a long-standing civil rights lawsuit brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights and the firm of DLA Piper against the New York City Board of Education, a...
December 5, 2014, New York – In response to reports that Palestinian-American activist Rasmea Odeh has been held in solitary confinement in a Michigan jail for twelve days, the Center for...
February 23, 2016U.S. President Barack Obama's announcement Tuesday that he would push forward plans to shut down the controversial U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba was welcomed by human...
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