April 2011A treasure trove of newly discovered documents about detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has revived familiar questions: Were too many innocent men incarcerated there ove...
December 2011Nicholas K. Peart, a witness in a lawsuit brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights against racial profiling, has been stopped and frisked by New York City police officers at least five times...
Omar Deghayes is a man who was wrongly detained and tortured at Bagram and Guantanamo for 6 years, and who is now back home in England. Along with other formerly detained men, Omar continues to...
Updated: January 9, 2011
The Gregory H. Finger Racial Justice Fellowship was launched in May 2010 in honor of former CCR Executive Director, long-serving Board member, and former Board Chair Greg Finger. The Fellowship will...
Updated: February 11, 2011
Rhonda Copelon was a force of nature and a CCR institution. As an early staff member and longtime Board member, Rhonda blazed the trail for countless people’s lawyers and social justice...
Updated: February 11, 2011
By Al Baker Thursday, May 13, 2010 Blacks and Latinos were nine times as likely as whites to be stopped by the police in New York City in 2009, but, once stopped, were no more likely to be arrested...
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 Secure Communities, an immigration enforcement program created under President George W. Bush and now being greatly expanded by President Obama, is billed as an effort to...
Plaintiffs Rights Infringed Upon By Laura Maggi THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2011 People who must register as sex offenders because they were convicted of engaging in oral sex for money filed a lawsuit...
By Peter Finn Sunday, February 06, 2011 A planned trip to Switzerland this week by George W. Bush was canceled after human rights activists called for demonstrations and threatened legal action over...
By Paul Koring Published Monday, Mar. 07, 2011 3:17PM EST Last updated Monday, Mar. 07, 2011 11:09PM EST President Barack Obama has abandoned the last vestige of his vow to shut the U.S. prison at...
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