What do you do when your country doesn’t recognize your right to safety, protection from harm, or freedom? In a world where homophobia and racism rule, violence toward women and gender-nonconforming...
This coming Sunday marks Mother’s Day, a holiday with roots in the post-Civil War burgeoning feminist and pacifist movements in the U.S. In its modern incarnation, Mother’s Day has become a more...
On May 8, 2017, CCR joined a coalition of human rights advocates calling on the U.S. Government to demosntrate leadership on human rights in the Americans, focusing on constructive engagement with...
CCR advocacy program manager Nahal Zamani will speak on a plenary panel at Housing Not Handcuffs: National Forum on the Human Right to Housing.This forum will focus on increasing the reach of the...
Historic Case Has Broken New Legal Ground, Documented Lively’s Campaign of Persecution in Uganda June 6, 2017, New York – Yesterday, a federal court minced no words in affirming that U.S.-based anti-...
The U.S. District Court of Massachusetts may have dismissed a case bought by a Ugandan LGBT rights group against evangelical minister Scott Lively for “crimes against humanity,” but the judge in the...
The historic case of a homophobic preacher Scott Lively being prosecuted for ‘crimes against humanity’ against gay Ugandans has come to an end. Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) have said, even though...
A federal lawsuit against anti-gay Springfield pastor Scott Lively, charged him with "crimes against humanity" for his actions in Uganda in support of a controversial law criminalizing homesexuality...
A US federal court dismissed a suit on Monday against Scott Lively, the American ant-LGBT activist whose 2009 visit to Uganda helped catalyze a campaign to enact a sweeping new law criminalizing...
In terms of a civil lawsuit, when is a win not a win? Possibly when the judge, though ruling in your favor, takes pains to describe your views as "ludicrious," "abhorrent," "pathetic" and examples of...
