October 14, 2015On September 27, 2015, Cheryl Davila addressed the US Campaign to End Israeli Occupation's Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. After receiving a standing ovation, she told those gathered that she...
On this bonus episode of The Activist Files, guest host and Senior Legal Worker Leah Todd talks to Bertha Justice Fellow Lupe Aguirre and Staff Attorney Angelo Guisado, who have just returned from...
Updated: February 26, 2019
In this episode of the Activist Files, Communications Director Sunyata Altenor and Senior Legal Worker Leah Todd sat with New York Times bestselling author and activist adrienne maree brown. Informed...
Updated: September 30, 2024
CCR staff will make various presentations at the National Lawyers Guild Convention in Puerto Rico. Lauren Gazzola will speak at a "Defending Terrorism" workshop that will convene lawyers,...
Updated: October 23, 2013
January 5, 2018...This decision was condemned by more than 100 Fordham faculty members, as well as Ahmad Awad, who spearheaded the drive to launch an SJP club on campus. Awad, who graduated last year, is now the...
April 2010Former Queens resident Syed "Fahad" Hashmi, arrested in 2006 for allegedly providing support to Al Qaeda, faces 70 years in prison if convicted at his trial in Manhattan tomorrow. Due to...
June 18, 2020, New York – In response to the Supreme Court’s DACA decision today, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: The Supreme Court ruled today that the Trump...
The Center for Constitutional Rights is a proud member of the Dignity Not Detention Coalition , which seeks to get New York out of the business of immigration detention. Join the Dignity Not...
Updated: November 11, 2024
January 2012CCR President, Michael Ratner, discusses Guantanamo's 10th anniversary and the deterioration of civil and human rights in post-9/11 America, and the breakdown of a body politic that occurs when a...
Two U.S. human rights lawyers were detained Sunday for 14 hours at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport before being deported back to the United States. Columbia University’s Katherine Franke...
Updated: May 4, 2018
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