In a blistering opinion Tuesday, a federal appeals court revived a lawsuit challenging extensive surveillance the New York Police Department conducted of Muslims in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001...
On Wednesday, the trailblazing attorney Michael Ratner died at the age of 72. In recent years, Ratner served as the chief attorney for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and became a leading critic of...
Amid calls for torture prosecutions, former Bush administration officials Friday slammed President Barack Obama's release of terror interrogation memos, warning the move would fuel "timidity and...
"New York City police unions protesting the city's agreement to settle lawsuits on stop-and-frisk practices waited too long before trying to insert themselves into the high-profile litigation,...
" ne of the remaining few convictions at a military court at the U.S. base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, appears to be on shaky ground. ..." Read the full piece here.
Twelve years ago today, 23-year-old U.S. human rights defender Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer while peacefully protecting Palestinian homes in Gaza from...
Arar's U.S. lawyer, CCR's Maria LaHood, told the Canadian Press that she hoped Kiriakou's revelations would bring about long-overdue atonement. "He's never received an apology from the United States...
Reflections from Ferguson Join us for an evening with CCR’s Purvi Shah, Bertha Justice Institute Director, and Chauniqua Young, Bertha Fellow, recounting their experiences in Ferguson as part of a...
President Obama is a prisoner of the Guantanamo prison. Unveiling a new plan to close it, he elicited modest attention Tuesday. Political media are immersed in the campaign to find his successor,...
CCR Executive Director Vince Warren will deliver the keynote address at the 2016 Annual Dinner for the Michigan Coalition for Human Rights (MCHR). He will speak about the assault on democracy...
