June 6, 2016, New York – Yesterday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order creating a blacklist of companies and other organizations abiding by boycott or divestment campaigns...
Readers of CCR’s blog know that a series of state bills have popped up across the country , seeking to punish individuals, companies, and organizations that participate in Boycott, Divestment, and...
..."Since 9/11, all manner of legitimate protests have been characterized by law enforcement of all stripes as acts of terrorism," Vince Warren, executive director of the Center for Constitutional...
Earlier this year, a man named Mohammed Bawazir, one of dozens of remaining Guantanamo detainees whom the Obama administration has cleared for release and is working to transfer, rejected an offer of...
...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...
