Immigration Detainees Should Have Same Recourse as Convicted Prisoners, Attorneys Say March 15, 2018, New York – Today, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged a federal court...
March 9, 2018, Olympia, WA – Today, a Washington State court ended a seven-year litigation battle against former volunteer board members of the Olympia Food Co-op over their decision to boycott...
March 1, 2018, Baton Rouge, LA – Newly released documents reveal that Louisiana state intelligence officers surveilled community groups opposed to the Bayou Bridge Pipeline and that regulators used...
February 5, 2018, New York –Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) sent a letter to the New York City Council Committee on...
January 30, 2018, New York – In response to the announcement by Mayor Bill de Blasio and Commissioner James O’Neill that the New York City Police Department will be speeding up the expansion of its...
CCR and Muslim Advocates File FOIA on Opaque Muslim Ban Waiver Process January 23, 2018, New York, NY – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and Muslim Advocates (MA) filed a Freedom of...
January 19, 2018, New York – Today, in a case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court last year, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged a federal court to protect the ability of people detained in...
Trump’s Blanket Refusal to Release Any Detainee Amounts to Arbitrary Detention, Lawsuit Says January 11, 2018, Washington, D.C. – Today, on the 16 th anniversary of the Guantánamo prison’s opening,...
Students Argue for Urgent Relief to Be Able to Advocate for Palestinian Rights on Campus January 3, 2018, New York, NY – Today, Fordham students denied permission by their university to start a...
December 21, 2017, New York – In response to emerging reports that the United States embassy in Djibouti has issued blanket denials or revocations of visas to Yemenis awaiting processing, the Center...