January 18, 2017Fifteen years ago, after the Sept. 11 attacks, I was swept up with lots of other Muslim, Arab and South Asian men, held in immigration detention for months in isolation, beaten and harassed. I later...
September 15, 2021I remember being excited for Hispanic Heritage Month, or HHM, in college. It was a time to celebrate what I felt was my culture in a predominately white American space. I was even in the HSA (...
December 20, 2014, New York – In response to the repatriation announced today of four Afghan prisoners, including Shawali Khan, whose case the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) has long...
The Center for Constitutional Rights, The New Press , and DCTV invite you to a special evening spotlighting the voices of those affected by solitary confinement. Join us on Wednesday, April 20, at...
Updated: April 19, 2016
June 28, 2013, New York – The day after the Senate passed a disappointing immigration reform bill, the U.S. government agreed to pay over $1.2 million in attorneys’ fees in the historic...
On March 8, 1971, Haverford physics professor Bill Davidon and other members of the “Citizens Commission to Investigate the FBI” broke into the Media, PA office of the FBI. They collected over 1000...
Updated: May 23, 2016
Join Advocacy Director Nadia Ben-Youssef as she participates in the discussion on "Pan-Cultural Movements, Decolonisation and the Post-National" and presents...
Updated: November 4, 2019
May 13, 2021...Terrorism is not a neutral concept. It has always been given meaning and operationalized through a political process. That process is driven by an ideology that is often influenced by racism and...
June 11, 2015, Washington, D.C. –A new report, “Banking on Detention: Local Lockup Quotas and the Immigrant Dragnet” released today by Detention Watch Network and the Center for Constitutional Rights...
Tuesday, February 2nd at 6:30pm, Elebash Recital Hall at the CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street, Manhattan What is the role of the media in framing popular discourse around...
Updated: January 25, 2010
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