November 18, 2021, Washington D.C. ‒ Family members of people disappeared and executed by police and paramilitary units in Kenya say the U.S. government is funding and fueling these abuses, and are...
A lesser-known weapon in the “War on Terror” inflicts suffering on people in prison and denies them due process October 18, 2021, New York ‒ Today, a man who spent nearly five years in a so-called...
September 30, 2021, New York — In response to today’s hearing in Abdulrahman al-Hela v. Biden on whether a man held at Guantánamo has rights under the Due Process Clause of the Constitution, the...
New Memorandum from Leading Civil Rights Advocates Documents the Most Egregious Federal Programs that Surveil, Profile, and Criminalize Black, African, Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian...
Site Provides Historical Context and Resources Around Reckoning With 20 Years of Injustice September 2, 2021, New York – Ahead of the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the Center for Constitutional Rights...
Stop-and-Frisk Attorneys Respond to Monitor’s Report September 1, 2021, New York– In response to a report just filed by Peter Zimroth, the court-appointed monitor in the landmark stop-and-frisk case...
Court Monitor Cannot Accurately Assess NYPD Policy Changes Without Hearing from Impacted People July 29, 2021, New York – Today, community organizations, attorneys behind the class-action lawsuits...
Lawsuit Filed Under Freedom of Information Act May 11, 2021, Chicago – Today, immigrant rights groups sued Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), to compel...
April 20, 2021, New York – In response to the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd moments after the Columbus police murder of 16-year-old Ma’...
Win for Communities United for Police Reform: Litigation will be dismissed and prior temporary injunction to be lifted April 13, 2021, New York – Today, the New York City police, corrections and fire...