In June 2021, due to a "terrorism enhancement" that the judge imposed at the prosecution's request, Jessica Reznicek was sentenced to eight years in federal prison. Jessica pleaded guilty to a single...
Updated: November 15, 2021
On behalf of Muslims for Human Rights (MUHURI), the Center for Constitutional Rights and the NYU School of Law's Global Justice Clinic filed a FOIA request to the CIA, DOD, and other federal agencies...
Updated: July 13, 2022
Rufus Henry and Matthew Allen were both convicted of murder in the second degree by non-unanimous juries and sentenced to life in prison following trials in which they argued that they acted in self-...
Updated: March 7, 2023
Leaders of the National Sanctuary Collective and allied organizations filed a challenge ICE’s practice of issuing exorbitant civil fines against people who have taken sanctuary in houses of worship,...
Updated: June 22, 2023
On November 9, 2021, on behalf of The Descendants Project, an organization founded to advocate for descendants of people once enslaved in Louisiana’s river parishes, the Center for Constitutional...
Updated: January 10, 2024
Cameroon is in the midst of an intense civil war that has displaced 700,000 people and left 3.9 million in need of humanitarian support. Cameroonian security forces have been responsible for...
Updated: March 18, 2024
Black August 2021: Fighting for Freedom from the Inside Black August honors the freedom fighters, especially those inside the walls of our sprawling prison-industrial complex, who, with their vision...
Updated: August 26, 2021
Click here for link to PDF version of testimony. TESTIMONY OF DARIUS CHARNEY CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO THE NEW YORK CITY CIVILIAN COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD REGARDING THE NEW YORK POLICE...
Updated: January 16, 2021
On February 2, 2021, 111 organizations joined a letter led by the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Center for Victims of Torture to President Biden urging him to close the prison at...
Updated: September 8, 2021
On January 27, 2021, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and over 60 member organizations (including the Center for Constitutional Rights) released a coalition letter calling on the...
Updated: February 1, 2021
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