September 29, 2017The detention of an unnamed U.S. citizen held by the military as an enemy combatant is increasingly a legal and human-rights emergency, national security lawyers and civil libertarian activists say—...
January 11th marks the anniversary of when the U.S. opened its torture camp at Guantanamo. Bush claims “ the U.S. does not torture” as he orders the destruction of videotapes that document the C.I.A...
Updated: February 11, 2008
Shayana Kadidal, Senior Managing Attorney for Guantánamo Global Justice Initiative , will be honored for his work at the Center for Constitutional Rights by the South Asian Bar...
Updated: November 13, 2008
January 2, 2009, New York, NY - On December 17, 2008, the government attempted to halt the cases of approximately 20 detainees the Defense Department had cleared for transfer out of Guantanamo. This...
April 2008After all three NYPD officers charged in the killing of Sean Bell were acquitted, many organizations, including CCR and Peoples' Justice (www.peoplesjustice.org) called for significant changes to the...
December 3, 2021...The “ Black and Missing ” docuseries ― in addition to revisiting the disappearances of Pamela Butler, Tameka Huston and Keeshae Jacobs, among other scarcely covered cases ― examines just why that...
August 17, 2023...Weeks after a federal judge rejected their concerns over Jackson water, several community groups are now seeking an audience with the EPA. On August 9, the Mississippi Poor People’s Campaign and...
June 22, 2016Jonathan Hafetz , Associate Professor at Seton Hall Law School, Wells Dixon , Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights and Martha Rayner , Clinical Associate Professor of Law at...
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