Cohort will be working in the Legal and Communications Departments July 17, 2018, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights welcomed 14 interns this summer: 12 are in the Ella Baker Summer...
April 28, 2017Though it feels like it’s been an eternity already, tomorrow marks Donald Trump’s 100 th day in office. After his inauguration, he wasted no time trying to implement the bigoted, regressive, and...
Historic Case Has Broken New Legal Ground, Documented Lively’s Campaign of Persecution in Uganda June 6, 2017, New York – Yesterday, a federal court minced no words in affirming that U.S.-based anti-...
June 2, 2015We thought we'd heard the most gruesome torture allegations last December, when the US Senate released its infamous report detailing the CIA's use of so-called "enhanced interrogation" methods. Now a...
Federal lawsuit against a U.S.-based anti-gay extremist for his active role in the conspiracy to strip away fundamental rights from LGBTI people in Uganda, which constitutes persecution.
Updated: October 11, 2019
June 14, 2016...Baher Azmy, lead counsel in a lawsuit brought on behalf of Muslims plaintiffs in New Jersey who are suing the NYPD over the surveillance program, said that even if Trump wanted to resurrect the...
With the Supreme Court due to decide whether it will take up once more the case of the Guantánamo detainees and their right to habeas corpus, Senator Arlen Specter on March 22, 2007 submitted an...
May 2010With New York State promoting condoms as an essential tool to stopping the spread of HIV/AIDS, one would think carrying condoms wouldn’t be cause for arrest. One would be wrong. Under New York...
Targeted for removal for advocating for Palestinian rights, U.S. permanent resident Mahmoud Khalil is challenging his detention in federal court in NYC March 10, 2025, New York – Today, a Palestinian...
April 21, 2016Yesterday morning, the New York Times editorial board took note of Obama Administration’s latest policy inconsistency: fighting in the Supreme Court this week to halt deportations of many...
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