July 14, 2016... What is perhaps most brutal about solitary is its stillness. In the box, there is no plot, no movement, and often no dialogue—just endless solitude. In 2014, Center for Constitutional Rights...
October 21, 2016A group of Iraqi nationals who were detained at the U.S.-controlled compound at Abu Ghraib in Iraq may proceed with their case against a federal contractor that they claim is largely responsible for...
Purna Raj Bajracharya currently lives in Katmandu, Nepal with his wife, sons, and daughters-in-law. Purna is a plaintiff in Ziglar v. Abbasi (formerly Turkmen v. Ashcroft), a lawsuit filed in 2002 on...
Updated: September 8, 2021
The Immigrant Defense Project, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and Haymarket Books are proud to present “The Next 20 Years: Building towards a demilitarized and decolonized future of safety for...
Updated: December 8, 2021
August 14, 2019... “We are thrilled that students at Fordham will finally be able to form a Students for Justice in Palestine club,” said Maria LaHood, the deputy legal director for the Center for Constitutional...
On December 6, 2018, CCR and Palestine Legal wrote Temple University to inform the college that threatening to investigate Professor Marc Lamont Hill for a speech at the United Nations violates the...
Updated: December 10, 2018
January 2012A new federal lawsuit seeks to force the U.S. government to make public “extremely disturbing” videotapes of a Saudi national, Mohammed al-Qahtani, whose abuse at the Guantanamo Bay...
August 17, 2018... “I‘m an ACLU card member,” she said, referring to the American Civil Liberties Union, a group that defendsFirst Amendment rights. “I stand by the rights of people who support BDS. Allow the...
Extending Oversight of Class-Action Settlement Upheld April 9, 2021, Oakland, CA – Today, a federal court ruled that California’s ongoing violations of the rights of prisoners, including systemic...
The Business and Human Rights Documentation Project Join Us for the Launch! June 28, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. in Lipton Hall at NYU School of Law 108 West 3rd Street, New York, New York (Valid ID required...
Updated: June 24, 2011
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