February 3, 2010, New York – Lawyers for two Uighur brothers imprisoned by the U.S. Government at Guantánamo Bay since 2002 announced today that the men would soon be living free in the...
May 2009Twice the immigration judge asked the woman’s name. Twice she gave it: Xiu Ping Jiang. But he chided her, a Chinese New Yorker, for answering his question before the court interpreter had translated...
January 2010By Leili Kashani, CCR. After the Flight 253 attack, does it still make sense to close Guantanamo? It is crucial to remember that the vast majority of the men at Guantánamo should never have...
January 2011It is disappointing to see the same president who ran on his constitutional law professor bona fides devote so much time and effort to discrediting WikiLeaks and working up charges against its...
On Friday October 24th the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia will hear opening arguments from counsel of the defendants CACI International Inc and CACI Premier...
Updated: October 23, 2008
Rufus Henry, a Black Man, was convicted by 10 white jurors as two Black jurors dissented
Program Goal: The Haiti Assistance Task Force presents the final panel discussion in their three-part series focused on issues impacting Haiti entitled Human Rights in Reconstruction Haiti . A panel...
Updated: November 18, 2011
Speakers Include: Lucas Benitez Co-Founder, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, USA Maria Lourdes Cipriano National Coordinator, Philippines Misereor Partnership, Philippines Sergio...
Updated: June 3, 2008
Updated: October 8, 2009
CCR combines daring and innovative litigation, advocacy and strategic communications in our commitment to use the law as a positive force for social change. Our work is explicitly rooted in the civil...
Updated: May 20, 2015
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