...A leading constitutional rights attorney calls the action "21st century McCarthyism." Baher Azmy, the legal director of the New York-based nonprofit Center for Constitutional Rights, said that...
Legislators in states throughout the U.S. are trying to push through pro-Israel bills that would punish Palestinian human rights advocates who endorse boycotts like those organized in order to combat...
A day after receiving abundant praise for his latest executive order, Gov. Andrew Cuomo weathered the backlash. ... ... On Monday, civil liberties groups who have objected to similar anti-boycott...
... In the years since Yousry’s arrest and trial, the U.S. government has struggled to find competent Arabic-language translators. In sensitive legal cases, like the ongoing military-court hearings...
Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered outside the office of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday, protesting a new pro-Israel policy that legal groups warn is “McCarthyite” and unconstitutional . Cuomo...
“You do not belong here on earth!” people yell at the filmmaker and crew of Troublers , a film by Young Lee that tells the chilling story of repression LGBTQI community members face in South Korea...
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...
Last night, on what would have been his 73rd birthday, nearly 1000 people turned out to commemorate CCR's late President Emeritus Michael Ratner. Executive Director Vince Warren, among two dozen...
July 15, 2016, Albany – Today, the Vulcan Society, the fraternal organization of Black New York City firefighters, along with their attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the...
