March 19, 2018The Department of Homeland Security has refused to release any version of a report that the agency’s Intelligence and Analysis Office produced and referred to as the “Race Paper.” In response, the...
CCR Senior Staff Attorney Wells Dixon will participate on a panel, Habeas, PRBs, and Military Commissions: What legal redress would new captures sent to Guantanamo have? , at this year’s...
Updated: September 5, 2017
November 20, 2017WASHINGTON — An advocacy group Monday said California continues to confine prisoners to solitary confinement 22 to 24 hours a day in violation of a historic settlement two years ago. The nonprofit...
May 19, 2023…After a sustained legal campaign driven by the Center for Constitutional Rights, in 2012 Federal Judge Shira Scheindlin ruled the department’s widespread stop and frisk practice to be...
February 2015" ne of the remaining few convictions at a military court at the U.S. base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, appears to be on shaky ground. ..." Read the full piece here.
February 24, 2016President Obama is a prisoner of the Guantanamo prison. Unveiling a new plan to close it, he elicited modest attention Tuesday. Political media are immersed in the campaign to find his successor,...
August 11, 2016...Barhoumi’s attorney, Shane Kadidal of the Center for Constitutional Rights, urged the Algerian’s speedy repatriation, noting that time was running out on Barack Obama’s pledge to close the...
July 6, 2023...The Biden Administration has reached a settlement with migrants who have sought sanctuary in churches, allowing them to stay in the U.S. for now. The Center for Constitutional Rights said that...
On behalf of Make the Road New York, African Services Committee, Asian American Federation, Catholic Charities Community Services, and Catholic Legal Immigration Network, the Center for...
Updated: January 6, 2020
Download this Executive Summary as a PDF . Learn more about the case, SMUG v. Lively. In March 2012, Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) filed a lawsuit against Scott Lively, a U.S.-based anti-gay...
Updated: May 23, 2016
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