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...
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
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...
February 15, 2017...“We're sponsoring and participating in Friday's action because lawyers, like everyone else, need to be counted upon to stand up to any and all illegal actions of this and future presidencies,”...
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...
February 6, 2017 Via Email and Overnight Mail John Roth DHS Inspector General Office of Inspector General/MAIL STOP 0305 Department of Homeland Security 245 Murray Lane SW Washington, DC 20528-0305...
Updated: February 7, 2017
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
December 11, 2015, New York – Today, in a case brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the Second Circuit Court of Appeals refused to reconsider a historic ruling by a three-judge...
May 31, 2016, New York – In a written decision issued last Friday, a City University of New York (CUNY) disciplinary committee exonerated Sarah Aly and Thomas DeAngelis, two Brooklyn College students...
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