In July and August 2013, tens of thousands of Egyptians participated in large demonstrations to denounce the military's July 3 ouster of Mohamed Morsy, the country's first elected civilian president...
Updated: October 17, 2014
October 22, 2015, New York – In response to President Obama’s veto today of the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), which represents many of...
Authorities in New Jersey have said they hope a historic warming of ties between the United States and Cuba will help them capture and imprison Black Panther Assata Shakur. "We view any changes in...
Updated: May 11, 2016
June 2, 2015As the evening sky darkens, the sergeant and rookie check on a crowd gathered at a makeshift memorial of cards, candles, and flowers near an apartment building’s entrance, the site of a gang shooting...
September 3, 2015A federal court ruled American Muslims, who claim they were placed on the No Fly List after refusing to become informants, are not allowed to sue FBI agents for damages. The case, Tanvir v. Holder,...
Federal Court Monitor Details Ongoing Constitutional Violations and Failure of Supervision; Center for Constitutional Rights Responds October 28, 2020, New York – In response to the release, today,...
This month, the Freedom Flicks team invites you to our a screening of the award-winning documentary: Slingshot Hip Hop. Slingshot Hip Hop braids together the stories of young Palestinians living in...
Updated: June 1, 2015
June 30, 2016Immigrant mothers and their children are being detained under guaranteed minimum provisions, which assure fixed detainee quotas, effectively rendering immigrants a source of profit for private and...
July 5, 2016Against a backdrop of surveillance of the Black Lives Matters movement ahead of the Republican National Convention , two civil rights organizations are aiming to further expose government tracking of...
CCR staff attorney Omar Farah will discuss discriminatory surveillance, policing, and detention of Arabs and Muslims at a series that is part of CCR board member and Columbia Law professor Katherine...
Updated: March 17, 2017
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