With the release of the Senate CIA Torture Report earlier this month, the torture debate is going strong. Despite President Obama’s admission that “we crossed a line” and “...
Updated: January 2, 2015
Please join the NY Committee to Stop FBI Repression, Al-Awda NY, and DRUM for this important event. When: Saturday May 21st Where: 56 Walker St. in lower Manhattan- Any train to Canal St., two blocks...
Updated: May 18, 2011
Attorney, author and Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) President Michael Ratner is the recipient of the 2007 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship. One of the country's foremost defenders...
Updated: December 2, 2007
September 26, 2017Barbara Blaine, founder and former president of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, died on Sunday, September 24, 2017. She was only 61. We are devastated by the loss of our...
Versión en español a seguir September 22, 2022, New York — A federal district court judge ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Tuesday to search the records of former Trump...
July 20, 2023...“The FBI for many decades – almost a century – has been sort of the chief secret police entity against the left and progressives,” said Vince Warren, executive director of the progressive Center...
Ten years after the first publication of photos from inside the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, Democracy Now! spoke to Al Jazeera journalist and Al Shimari v CACI plaintiff Salah Hassan about his torture...
Updated: September 8, 2021
June 14, 2024...“Unfortunately, there has been very little scrutiny into 501(c)(3) organizations that openly support illegal activities in the West Bank and Gaza,” said Diala Shamas, a senior staff attorney at...
Center for Constitutional Rights Advocacy Program Manager Aliya Hussain , Senior Managing Attorney Shayana Kadidal , and Senior Attorney Wells Dixon answer questions about the state of Guantánamo...
Updated: February 16, 2022
December 9, 2016In June, surrounded by Jewish officials and leaders, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced: "If you boycott against Israel, New York will boycott you." To that end, he signed an executive order directing the...
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