July 19, 2013, Washington – The Center for Constitutional Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union will be in federal court today for oral argument in their lawsuit challenging the...
April 3, 2017This week's issue: Challenging Michigan’s racist and undemocratic Emergency Manager law; laws passed by state legislatures that attempt to suppress Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions; centering Black...
CCR Bertha Justice Fellow Stephanie Llanes will present a workshop on Movement Lawyering at Lánzate 2016: Mijente Gathering in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Mijente is a digital and grassroots hub for...
Updated: November 21, 2016
February 10, 2017...On this week’s episode of Big Time Dicks , Prachi Gupta and I focus on Sessions’ work as Alabama Attorney General and, later, Senator—and, just a note, it’s really alarming to hear a racist life’s...
April 28, 2017, New York – In response to recent saber rattling by Trump administration officials about prosecuting WikiLeaks and Julian Assange under the Espionage Act following WikiLeaks'...
In rare move after courts denied justice, BOP provides funds for six men who were abused, racially and religiously profiled July 5, New York – In a rare move, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has...
September 27, 2016... “It really drove a wedge between police and communities,” said Darius Charney, a senior attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights . The organization filed a lawsuit against the NYPD for...
“You do not belong here on earth!” people yell at the filmmaker and crew of Troublers , a film by Young Lee that tells the chilling story of repression LGBTQI community members face in South Korea...
Updated: June 27, 2016
CCR is proud to partner with Maysles Cinema for the Harlem Premiere of The Central Park 5, a riveting documentary that tells the untold story of five teenagers from Harlem who were convicted, and...
Updated: November 26, 2012
July 12, 2017Immigration lawyers and advocates filed a class-action lawsuit Wednesday against Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly and other government officials alleging that border officers have violated the...
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