December 11, 2015, New York – Today, in a case brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the Second Circuit Court of Appeals refused to reconsider a historic ruling by a three-judge...
In 2015, we continued many long and hard-fought battles against powerful and well-resourced institutions – the U.S. government, the NYPD, the NY Fire Department, the FBI, and the California...
As a Japanese lawyer studying in the United States, I came across CCR’s case Hassan v. City of New York , a lawsuit challenging the blanket surveillance and religious profiling of Muslim communities...
Jen Marlowe’s latest production, There is a Field , opens with actor Kesav Wable’s back to the audience. Wable plays Aseel Asleh, a Palestinian teenager and peace-activist who was a citizen of Israel...
The Israeli government is seeking immunity for former Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak in a civil lawsuit filed last October by the parents of Furkan Doğan , an American teenager killed on May...
Prisoners’ Rights Attorneys Urge Appellate Court to Revive Lawsuit over Federal Communication Management Units March 15, 2016, Washington, D.C. – Today, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional...
The 13 th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq came and went on March 19 with little public acknowledgment. Conversely, before the illegal U.S.-led invasion, under the false premise of halting a...
Second CCR Client Also Among Those Released April 16, 2016, New York – Today, the Department of Defense announced the transfer to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR...
June 6, 2016, New York – Yesterday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order creating a blacklist of companies and other organizations abiding by boycott or divestment campaigns...
All day yesterday I got text messages from queer friends. “Are you OK?” “OMG it could have been me.” “I had two friends who were there.” “How are you holding up?” “I used to go to Pulse all the time...
