March 20, 2018...In 2016, two civil rights groups—the Color of Change and the Center for Constitutional Rights—along with the Kramer Law Center, filed a Freedom of Information Act request for documents concerning...
September 22, 2023...“It’s a reasonable fear that CDCR will backslide in a number of ways without that oversight,” CJ Sandley, staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, told Truthout. “That’s why we felt...
Friday, March 20 3:15-4:15 PM Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Hearing: Accountability for Violations of Human Rights in the United States Public Hearing held at:...
Updated: March 19, 2009
On July 2, CCR continues our First Wednesday’s summer series at Von, where CCR Legal Worker Aliya Hana Hussain and CCR Senior Staff Attorney Pardiss Kebriaei will discuss their work on behalf of men...
Updated: July 2, 2014
Please join CCR and our partners in the No Separate Justice (NSJ) campaign for our monthly vigil on December 7. The December vigil will focus on the case of the “Fort Dix Five”, one of the most...
Updated: December 2, 2015
Throughout its history, law enforcement has deemed Black activism as a national security threat. Law enforcement has used its powers to chill the speech and movements of Black activists and activism...
Updated: March 7, 2023
March 19, 2018Newly released documents show that the FBI’s surveillance of the Black Lives Matter movement extends far beyond social media, according to The Intercept . The documents were acquired by two civil...
January 29, 2020...“Mr. Powers raised the same issues a court already considered and rejected after a full trial,” Brittany Thomas, a fellow with the Center for Constitutional Rights who argued at the decision...
CCR Bertha Justice Institute Fellow Stephanie Llanes will be speaking at the 2017 Summit on Latin@s on a panel, Criminal Justice and Police-Community Relations . The Summit on Latin@s seeks to...
Updated: May 31, 2017
February 23, 2016The Pentagon released a long-anticipated plan outlining the steps the Obama administration will take to close the notorious Guantanamo Bay detention facility . The document released Tuesday morning...
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