... Nearly five years ago, a group of men incarcerated at Pelican Bay State Prison reached a landmark legal settlement with California to end the state’s practice of long-term, indefinite solitary...
.... “Much has significantly changed since January 27,” Judge Daniels said in his ruling according to advocates including Legal Aid Society, Center for Constitutional Rights, Make the Road New York,...
...The former president of Bolivia, Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, and his former defense minister have agreed to pay damages to the families of eight people killed during a 2003 massacre in the largely...
Please join us at 12:00 pm on Wednesday, June 13th, for the introduction of New York City Council legislation to create an Inspector General Office with the responsibility of assessing the impact of...
FBI Director Christopher A. Wray failed to explain why the agency he leads changed the name of a domestic terrorism designation from “Black Separatist Extremists” to “Black Identity Extremist,”...
Join us for an important opening conversation in a new series called "Urban on Stage with Left Forum" at Parson New School at 6 p.m., Tuesday, May 28. Center for Constitutional Rights...
Spurred by hunger strikes and protests over inmates being kept in solitary confinement for a decade or longer, California on Tuesday agreed to soften its approach to keeping inmates isolated in state...
...Federal Judge Leonie Brinkema has just refused to dismiss a long standing case brought against Abu Ghraib torturers for hire, the company known as CACI. Unlike elite media’s misty memories, the...
September 6, 2012, New York – In response to today’s ruling by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, rejecting a new set of rules restricting attorney access to...
April 26, 2013, New York – In response to a letter today from the American Medical Association (AMA) to the Secretary of Defense regarding the ongoing hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay, Center...
