June 9, 2017Anti-Gay preacher Scott Lively is off the hook on charges of 'crimes against humanity,' a federal court has ruled, but the judge in the case said from the bench that Lively is guilty. Lively, an ally...
February 9, 2021...“The indictment of Mr. Assange threatens press freedom because much of the conduct described in the indictment is conduct that journalists engage in routinely — and that they must engage in in...
April 12, 2019... During opening remarks, TBS Director of Original Programming Ashley Golden said that amid all the jokes, “Full Frontal” is a “platform for advocacy.” In the segment, Bee sat down to talk to human...
50 Years of the Jessup: Reflections on the Past, Visions of the Future Post-Conflict Obligations of States: Gender-based violence during conflicts and the consequences for such crimes under...
Updated: March 25, 2009
CCR proudly endorses the Citywide Cop Watch Training Series happening between September 30th and October 30th, and we encourage all New Yorkers to RSVP and attend . Every day we see and hear of more...
Updated: October 20, 2014
Civil Rights Groups Press Federal Court to Reinstate Lawsuit March 5, 2021, Baton Rouge, LA – Today, individuals incarcerated at East Baton Rouge Parish Prison urged a federal judge to reinstate a...
Please join CCR for an interdisciplinary panel discussion on Guantánamo Bay, art, and social justice at the Steven Kasher Gallery. CCR senior staff attorney J. Wells Dixon will join conceptual...
Updated: October 25, 2017
As part of its widespread investigation of universities in response to Palestine solidarity organizing, the U.S. House Committee on Education and Workforce sent a letter to Northwestern University on...
Updated: April 11, 2025
For many years, St. Louis and surrounding Missouri counties have permitted police officers to issue the equivalent of a statewide arrest warrant into an electronic database, designating an individual...
Updated: December 8, 2022
May 12, 2016In the years following 9/11, Michael Ratner, who has died of cancer aged 72, emerged as one of America’s foremost human rights lawyers. He galvanised 500 US lawyers of various political persuasions...
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