December 21, 2016As President Obama’s terms in office come to an end, eight years after he entered office he has yet to deliver on one of his most prominent campaign promises: to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay...
Kevin Olliff is an animal rights activist who was arrested April 18, 2009 on three year-old protest charges and, soon after, had 10 felony counts added to his charges: multiple counts of: stalking,...
Updated: February 17, 2010
August 2008"[On the morning of April 7, 2003] police immediately cordoned off the street and allowed no one to enter or leave. Then, without any announcement, they started arresting all the protesters on...
December 11, 2020...A Black transgender woman has filed a lawsuit against the Georgia Department of Corrections, claiming the agency’s inaction has led to her suffering repeated abuses, including sexual assault and...
September 2, 2010, @ 7:30pm -, Food served in light of Ramadan. @ Brecht Forum, New York, New York (451 West Street between Bank and Bethune Streets) * For directions, see: http://brechtforum.org/...
Updated: September 2, 2010
August 15, 2016...Attorney Pardiss Kebriaei of the Center for Constitutional Rights said that Hamdoun, a former “forever prisoner,” was “happy and hopeful” in a telephone call with his lawyer just before his...
May 18, 2017...In 2002 the Vulcan Society, a fraternal organization of black firefighters, initiated a bias complaint challenging the fairness of the 1999 and 2002 Firefighter exams. This prompted the U.S...
October 15, 2018..."I already feel the pain going away," said the father after the hearing. "I feel very grateful with the judge who made the decision to give me my child and also with the people who are helping me...
January 9, 2020..."Today, the court rejected the Trump administration's claims that it cannot wait to implement its dangerous and discriminatory public charge policy change," a litigation team in the case brought...
The Center for Constitutional Rights is proud to present a screening of Sundance award-winning ALWAYS IN SEASON , followed by discussion and Q&A with Director Jacqueline Olive and...
Updated: September 12, 2019
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