“We are left to wonder why we cannot see with foresight what we see so clearly with hindsight.” A Philadelphia-based federal appeals court wrote this in explaining why the New York City Police...
Updated: April 9, 2020
Gay McDougall’s work has consistently challenged inequality. She has worked on the fault-lines of race, gender and economic exploitation in the American context and in countries around the world. Gay...
October 29, 2007, New York, Paris – Today, human rights groups filed an urgent appeal with two United Nations Special Rapporteurs because the failure of the French Prosecutor to act on a complaint...
March 31, 2011 - In 1976, 17-year-old Joelito Filártiga was abducted and later tortured to death by Americo Norberto Peña-Irala, the inspector general in the Department of Investigation...
Beyond the Bars 2022 is bringing together movements for decarceration, abolition, and climate and environmental justice to develop solidarity, share analysis, exchange strategies, and build power...
Updated: April 8, 2022
Virginia jury last year held CACI liable for torture and awarded damages to Iraqi plaintiffs March 12, 2026, Richmond, VA – The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld a historic verdict against...
January 10, 2014, New York - Yesterday, Shurat HaDin, an Israeli legal organization, threatened to sue the American Studies Association (ASA) for its December, 2013 endorsement of a resolution to...
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Updated: January 14, 2008
July 13, 2020We're suing to end cruel and unconstitutional death-by-incarceration sentences [caption align="right"] [/caption] People in Pennsylvania serving death-by-incarceration sentences (commonly known as “...
January 8, 2018CCR marks 16 years of Guantánamo [caption align="right"] [/caption] Stay tuned and tune in: on Thursday, January 11, we'll be livestreaming a morning press conference from the National Press Club in...
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