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Immigrant Rights Organizations Challenge Invasive, Unjustified Louisiana AG’s Subpoenas

March 22, 2023

Demand for confidential info threatens attorney-client privilege, freedom of association, religious freedom, orgs say March 22, 2023, Lafayette, LA – Three local immigrant rights organizations are...

In Landmark Case, St. James Parish Residents Sue Parish Council to Protect Black Neighborhoods With a Moratorium on Hazardous Petrochemical Plants

March 21, 2023

Plaintiffs sue parish council for pattern of racist land use practices that centralize petrochemical plants in Black neighborhoods, declare that new suit is only just the beginning March 21, 2023,...

Newly Obtained Documents Detail U.S. Government Officials’ Racist Views of Black Migrants

February 6, 2023

ICE officials treated deportation as sport February 6, 2023, New York and Atlanta – U.S. government officials expressed racist attitudes toward Black migrants, treated their deportation as sport, and...

Nuestro cliente de larga data Majid Khan fue liberado de Guantánamo para comenzar una nueva vida en Belice

February 2, 2023

2 de febrero de 2023, Ciudad de Belice – Hoy, más de 16 años después de haber sido llevado a la Bahía de Guantánamo y casi un año después de completar una sentencia de comisión militar allí, de...

Outrage, Heartbreak, Resistance at Police Murder of Tyre Nichols

January 27, 2023

January 27, 2023 – In response to the release of the video of Tyre Nichols’ murder by five Memphis police, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: We join our community...

Ashley Diamond to Forego Trial to Focus on Healing

January 19, 2023

Transgender Woman’s lawsuit sought to hold Georgia prison officials liable for failing to protect her from sexual assault, denying care January 19, 2023, Macon, GA – In response to Ms. Diamond’s...

Brooklyn Man Wins Compassionate Release From Prison After Serving 30 Years of 92-Year Sentence for Robbery

January 4, 2023

Charles Watts, sentenced under obsolete version of “stacking” law, wins motion in federal court January 4, 2023, New York – Today, a 52-year-old Black man sentenced to 92 years in prison for...

Failure to Discipline Rampant Use of N-Word by Buffalo Police Officers, Lack of Oversight Chronic

November 13, 2022

Testimony Shows Officers Receive No Training on Racial Bias or Profiling November 14, 2022, Buffalo, NY – Litigation against the Buffalo Police Department (BPD) challenging the constitutionality of...

Court of Appeals Finds St. Louis County Police Department’s “Wanteds” Policy Constitutionally “Fraught”; Majority of Arrests Under Policy Likely Violate Fourth Amendment, Attorneys Say

November 2, 2022

Lawyers Vow to Continue to Pursue Invalidation of Widespread Unconstitutional Use of Wanteds November 2, 2022, St. Louis, MO – Yesterday, the federal Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued an...

Advocacy and Legal Groups Urge U.N. to Call for Abolition of Life Sentences in U.S.

September 15, 2022

Groups argue “Death by Incarceration” is torture and violates ban on racial discrimination September 15, 2022, New York ‒ A national coalition of advocacy and legal groups today submitted a complaint...

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Press Releases

Immigrant Rights Organizations Challenge Invasive, Unjustified Louisiana AG’s Subpoenas

In Landmark Case, St. James Parish Residents Sue Parish Council to Protect Black Neighborhoods With a Moratorium on Hazardous Petrochemical Plants

Newly Obtained Documents Detail U.S. Government Officials’ Racist Views of Black Migrants

Nuestro cliente de larga data Majid Khan fue liberado de Guantánamo para comenzar una nueva vida en Belice

Outrage, Heartbreak, Resistance at Police Murder of Tyre Nichols

Ashley Diamond to Forego Trial to Focus on Healing

Brooklyn Man Wins Compassionate Release From Prison After Serving 30 Years of 92-Year Sentence for Robbery

Failure to Discipline Rampant Use of N-Word by Buffalo Police Officers, Lack of Oversight Chronic

Court of Appeals Finds St. Louis County Police Department’s “Wanteds” Policy Constitutionally “Fraught”; Majority of Arrests Under Policy Likely Violate Fourth Amendment, Attorneys Say

Advocacy and Legal Groups Urge U.N. to Call for Abolition of Life Sentences in U.S.

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