The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the Islamic Center at NYU (ICNYU) invite you to a conversation with Linda Sarsour, Executive Director of the Arab American Association of NY and co...
President Barack Obama on Tuesday outlined his long-awaited plan to close the Guantánamo Bay military detention center in Cuba, but rights groups immediately condemned the proposal as a series of “...
Please join CCR and our partners in the No Separate Justice (NSJ) campaign on March 7 for our monthly vigil. The NSJ campaign seeks to raise awareness around human rights and civil rights...
More than 100 people turned out last night for a CCR discussion titled “Challenging the rise of Islamophobia in America: An honest conversation.” And an honest as well as far-ranging conversation is...
Ahsan Samad sits on the sofa in the living room of his small family home in Brooklyn, New York. The 30-year-old plumber leans forward and carefully pours the coffee his mother has just brought in...
It was the year of the Apollo 14 moon landing. On March 1, the Weather Underground took credit for a bombing at the U.S. Capitol. Later in the year, the U.S. Supreme Court would rule unanimously that...
CCR Executive Director Vince Warren will join a conversation between Palestinian civil society leaders and scholars about the impact of state violence in Palestine and the U.S. Panelists will discuss...
In recent days we’ve seen horrendous attacks in Belgium, Turkey and Pakistan targeting innocent people simply going about their daily lives. As we mourn the victims, these attacks are another tragic...
Please join CCR and our partners in the No Separate Justice (NSJ) campaign for our monthly vigil on May 2. The May vigil will focus on the case of Ahmed Ferhani. In early April, Ahmed was put into...
May 11, 2016, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights is sad to release the following statement on the occasion of the passing of the Center’s president emeritus Michael Ratner: From Attica...
