...The lawyer for one long-held Yemeni prisoner said Friday that she was disappointed by the decision and concerned that her client, Sharqawi al-Hajj, 46, had not had access to anyone other than...
...Lawyers for 17 people arrested at pipeline protests in Louisiana say a local prosecutor has rejected felony trespass charges against them all. The decision is a major victory for free speech,...
...It makes more sense to look at the reality of those shared values. According to the Center for Constitutional Rights ( CCR ), since 2001, when Present Bush declared the alleged War On Terror, 780...
...A coalition of national civil rights organizations have raised concern to the federal government about the phrase “domestic violent extremism” that has been used to justify arrests of opponents of...
...“It’s extremely concerning that people have just been waiting in limbo for two years now, and it is extremely difficult to receive further information, because there is a denial of access to...
Royal Dutch Shell, the big oil company, agreed to pay $15.5 million to settle a case accusing it of taking part in human rights abuses in the Niger Delta in the early 1990s, a striking sum given the...
CCR Executive Director Vince Warren will join a distinguished panel to discuss the multi-layered effort to protect civil rights that has developed as a result of the new administration's policies...
Two civil rights groups on Monday filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security demanding the release of what’s been referred to in government documents as the “Race Paper.” The Center...
Brittany Thomas is a Bertha Justice Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she challenges abusive police practices and inhumane immigration policies. She is a graduate of the...
