October 7, 2014, New York – Despite Mayor de Blasio’s claims that he had a new vision for the City of New York and his dismantling of the New York Police Department (NYPD) Muslim spying...
July 24, 2014, New York – Attorneys at the CLEAR project (Creating Law Enforcement Accountability & Responsibility) of CUNY Law School and the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the...
July 11, 2014, New York – Last night, dozens of organizations and individuals representing diverse interests and faiths filed amicus briefs in support of a lawsuit challenging the blanket...
July 9, 2014, New York – In response to news , reported today by Glenn Greenwald at The Intercept , that the National Security Agency (NSA) has been spying on the Executive Director and co-...
July 2, 2014, New York – In response to a new report that addresses warrantless NSA searches made possible by a particular section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act (FISA...
June 30, 2014, Richmond, VA – Today, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that victims of torture and abuse in Abu Ghraib prison could pursue legal claims for their abuse against private...
May 21, 2014, New York, Paris, Gaza, Jerusalem, Ramallah – On the occasion of the appeal in the civil suit filed by the family of Rachel Corrie against the State of Israel for the death of the...
May 12, 2014, New York – In response to revelations in a Sunday New York Times article, “New York Police Recruit Muslims to Be Informers,” Muslim Advocates and the Center for...
April 23, 2014, New York – Late last night , the CLEAR project (Creating Law Enforcement Accountability & Responsibility) and the Center for Constitutional Rights, along with co-counsel at...
April 15, 2014 – Today in response to the New York Police Department’s announcement that it is disbanding its Demographics Unit, Muslim Advocates and Center for Constitutional Rights...