On February 2, 2012, NYPD officers broke into Ramarley Graham's home without a warrant and killed him in front of his grandmother and 6 year-old brother. Ramarley was unarmed and had not committed a...
Updated: January 26, 2016
The landmark 2015 settlement in Ashker v. Governor of California will end long-term solitary for thousands of prisoners in California. Febe Baca tells the story of her husband, Darryl, who was...
Updated: January 26, 2016
What is the greatest threat to free speech at U.S. universities today? Who is trying to block students from organizing around Palestine on American campuses? How are they doing this? Can professors...
Updated: January 27, 2016
January 26, 2016, Oakland – As a federal judge prepared to hold a hearing for the final approval of a landmark settlement agreement to end indefinite solitary confinement in California, the Center...
#Law4BlackLives was a national gathering of over 1000 lawyers, law students, legal workers, and jailhouse lawyers committed to building a world where #BlackLivesMatter. More than a meeting or a...
Updated: January 26, 2016
What is the greatest threat to free speech at U.S. universities today? Who is trying to block students from organizing around Palestine on American campuses? How are they doing this? Can professors...
Updated: February 10, 2016
The Center for Constitutional Rights, Palestine Legal, and the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) have engaged in advocacy to oppose legislation in New York that would threaten core First Amendment-...
Updated: October 16, 2017
In January 2016, the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent conducted a fact-finding mission to the United States. CCR co-coordinated the Working Group's visit to New York City, and...
Updated: September 15, 2016
We are overjoyed to share with you that CCR’s client Fahd Ghazy has been transferred out of Guantánamo to Oman. Fahd had been imprisoned at Guantánamo without charge since he was just 17 years old...
Updated: January 27, 2016
January 27, 2016A federal judge gave final approval to the settlement of a class action filed on behalf of hundreds of prisoners held in solitary confinement, sometimes for years, at California's Pelican Bay prison...
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