CCR is proud to collaborate with Gallery 102, Witness Against Torture, and the National Coalition to Protect Civil Freedoms, on the The Tea Project with Ghaleb Al-Bihani...
Updated: December 29, 2016
January 18, 2017Fifteen years ago, after the Sept. 11 attacks, I was swept up with lots of other Muslim, Arab and South Asian men, held in immigration detention for months in isolation, beaten and harassed. I later...
"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced." - James Baldwin In 1979, author James Baldwin wrote a 30-page letter outlining a biography of slain civil...
Updated: February 1, 2017
Background : From taking on the NYPD’s racially discriminatory stop-and-frisk program to challenging indefinite detention and torture at Guantánamo, the Center for Constitutional Rights has been on...
Updated: April 3, 2017
The March 9 performance is currently SOLD OUT and we have given away all of our tickets. To purchase tickets for a different date, visit the 59E59 theatre website. Kunstler is a play starring...
Updated: March 10, 2017
At Race of the Races: Privilege, Exclusion and Inequality among People of Color in the Law , CCR Staff Attorney Omar Farah will join a distinguished panel titled, "State Violence Against Racially...
Updated: February 7, 2017
February 9, 2017, New York – In response to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling on Trump’s Muslim Ban, Center for Constitutional Rights Executive Director Vince Warren issued the following...
April 10, 2017This is CCR's weekly "Frontlines of Justice" news round-up, keeping you in the loop about what we've been up to and what's coming soon. Check it out every Monday, your one-stop-shop for CCR opinions...
April 16, 2017A pilot program for police officers to begin wearing body cameras this month cleared a major hurdle when it was approved last week by the federal monitor overseeing changes to the New York Police...
June 19, 2017The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to former President George W. Bush's attorney general, FBI chief and other officials, ruling they cannot be sued over the treatment of detainees,...
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