Warns Against Expansion of Anti-Terrorism Laws August 7, 2019, New York – Following the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, the Center for Constitutional Rights released the following...
March 21, 2011, New York – Last Friday, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a report finding that the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) has engaged in “a pattern or...
August 2014It was Sunday evening and we were on Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, where community members gather in mourning and protest every day, a few blocks from where Michael Brown was killed. Their demands...
What do you do when your country doesn’t recognize your right to safety, protection from harm, or freedom? In a world where homophobia and racism rule, violence toward women and gender-nonconforming...
Updated: April 12, 2017
Beyond the Bars 2022 is bringing together movements for decarceration, abolition, and climate and environmental justice to develop solidarity, share analysis, exchange strategies, and build power...
Updated: April 8, 2022
*** Know Your Rights in the NYC Department of Homeless Services (DHS) shelter system *** Are you a transgender, non-binary, intersex, or gender non-conforming (TGNC) person who has faced...
Updated: March 20, 2023
February 20, 2014, Newark and New York – Today, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging the New York City Police Department’s broad surveillance of Muslims in New Jersey. In a...
December 23, 2014, New York – In response to findings and recommendations released today by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Senate Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure...
January 12, 2021 — In response to news regarding former Board Member Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan’s racial/ethnic identity, the Board of Trustees of Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following...
Photo of plaintiff Naveed Shinwari taken by Lend Frison Naveed Shinwari is a lawful permanent resident who has lived in the United States since 1998, when he was just 14 years old. He currently lives...
Updated: September 8, 2021
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