The day I learned of Michael Ratner’s passing, one year ago today, I had to travel to Richmond, Virginia to argue an appeal related to one of the Abu Ghraib torture suits CCR brought against an...
Today marks the eighth anniversary of the coup d’etat in Honduras. On June 28, 2009, former President Manuel Zelaya, who was democratically elected and later embarked on a platform of progressive...
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March 1, 2018, Baton Rouge, LA – Newly released documents reveal that Louisiana state intelligence officers surveilled community groups opposed to the Bayou Bridge Pipeline and that regulators used...
Document Raises Questions About Escalating Government Surveillance and Criminalization of Black Activists March 19, 2018, New York, NY – Today, racial justice organizations filed a lawsuit against...
CCR Calls for Iraq Reparations on 15th Anniversary of U.S. Invasion Today is the 15 th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) has challenged U.S...
NJ Muslims win settlement with NYPD [caption align="right"] [/caption] On Thursday, a group of Muslim-owned businesses, mosques, individuals, and student groups announced that we finalized a...
No reward for torture: #BlockHaspel as CIA Director Wednesday, the Senate Intelligence Committee will hold a public confirmation hearing for Gina Haspel, Trump's pick for CIA director. No one, not...
Organizations that successfully challenged stop and frisk request reforms based on three years of community input June 8, 2018 , New York — Today, the attorneys behind three landmark class actions...
"The Women of Cancer Alley" - A Freedom Flicks screening [caption align="right"] [/caption] On April 18, the Center for Constitutional Rights and Louisiana Bucket Brigade will be hosting a short-film...
