Legendary human rights lawyer Michael Ratner passed away of cancer on Wednesday at age 72. Ratner was the president emeritus of the Center for Constitutional Rights , a nonprofit legal organization...
August 5, 2015, New York – Today, in response to the publication of “ Towards the Closure of Guantanamo ,” a report issued by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), the Center for...
... In a statement, the Center for Constitutional Rights condemned the U.S. decision. "This is a naked violation of basic international human rights and humanitarian law," the advocacy group said. "...
...As many readers will know, the Daily News Editorial Board supported the NYPD’s strategy as essential to public safety. We also expressed fear that forcing the department to pull back could...
...As Common Dreams reported , civil rights attorneys earlier this year accused DHS of "crimes against humanity" before and during the so-called "death flights," in which Cameroonians and other...
February 17, 2011, New York, Geneva – Over one year after a group of 60 individuals petitioned United Nations officials to stop the desecration and destruction of an ancient Muslim cemetery in...
... Baher Azmy, legal director for the Center for Constitutional Rights, another liberal think tank, was similarly critical. “Brett Kavanaugh is an extremely conservative judge who is hostile to...
Flanked by supporters, three Fordham University students — including one from Wayne — asked a judge in Manhattan on Wednesday to compel the school to recognize a Palestinian-rights club on campus...
... “The focus of civil rights organizations should be on critiquing state power and not about targeting those who critique state power,” said Vince Warren, the executive director of the Center for...
...Under the apartheid regime’s Counter-Terrorism Law of 2016 , “these human rights organizations now face possible mass arrest and being shut down by the Israeli government, and anyone identifying...
