January 21, 2021...Diala Shamas, a staff attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights, echoed that point, telling The Intercept Sunday that "anyone familiar with the scope of surveillance and targeting of...
January 21, 2021... Diala Shamas, a staff attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights, echoed that point, telling The Intercept Sunday that "anyone familiar with the scope of surveillance and targeting of...
January 21, 2021... Terrorism is a nebulous legal concept , and related statutes have historically been used to target Black and brown communities and environmental activists — rarely ever used to prosecute far-...
February 9, 2021...“An expansion of domestic terrorism won’t mean more focus on white terrorism,” said Diala Shamas, an attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights. “When you consider the biases that law...
February 9, 2021...“It is long past time for . . . a sea change in the United States’ approach to national and human security . . .” Yes, yes, yes. These words cut to the soul. Can we create a grown-up America? This...
Human rights disparities across race and socioeconomic strata have been magnified since the outbreak of the coronavirus. The effects on Black and Brown communities have been disproportionate, as...
Updated: February 9, 2021
The Department of Homeland Security and FBI have warned for some time of ongoing domestic terrorism threats from right-wing radical extremist groups. The events at the Capitol on January 6, 2021...
Updated: February 18, 2021
February 18, 2021...A coalition of more than 40 advocacy groups is calling on President Joe Biden to take executive action imposing a moratorium on U.S. government use of facial recognition and other biometric...
February 18, 2021...Despite bipartisan criticism of the agency’s conduct, Congress has done little to impose new rules limiting the FBI’s power or its use of informants. “Once they’ve recruited somebody, they can,...
On February 25, 2021, the Center for Constitutional Rights, together with several partner organizations, submitted comments on draft New York City Police Department policies regarding three types of...
Updated: February 26, 2021
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