December 18, 2015As a Japanese lawyer studying in the United States, I came across CCR’s case Hassan v. City of New York , a lawsuit challenging the blanket surveillance and religious profiling of Muslim communities...
This entry was written by Center for Constitutional Rights Senior Staff Attorney, Wells Dixon, who is currently in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba visiting one of his clients. January 11, 2012 Today marks ten...
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August 2010by Dina Temple-Raston The father of the Internet's most famous radical cleric, Anwar al-Awlaki, is planning to sue the U.S. government for including his son on a CIA target list. Nasser al-Awlaki...
September 1, 2017The events of Charlottesville on August 12, 2017, shocked many in the nation. We had not seen the brutality, racism, and anti-Semitism broadcast into our homes in such a graphic fashion. Nazis, Ku...
Litigation Represents Broadest Challenge to Government’s Attempt to Redefine Longstanding Definition of “Public Charge” December 19, 2019, New York– Today, immigrant rights advocates in New York...
Emergency Motion Says Ashley Diamond’s Allegations of Assault Prompted Retaliation by Prison Staff April 9, 2021, Atlanta – Today, Ashley Diamond, a Black transgender woman who is currently suing the...
Motion emphasizes that asylum seekers have been seriously injured, raped, and even killed after CBP officials turned them back at U.S. border September 8, 2020, San Diego – Asylum seekers who have...
August 2010By CHARLIE SAVAGE WASHINGTON — A group of human rights lawyers want to stop the Obama administration from authorizing the military and the C.I.A. to kill the radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-...
Groups seek information on possible collusion between SpaceX and local officials, targeting of environmental activist, and federal licensing process August 8, 2022, Brownsville, TX – Local activists...
Roles are new positions for the social justice organization Dec. 13, 2018, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights will welcome Donita Judge as its associate executive director and Nadia Ben-...
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