April 6, 2012, Washington, DC - Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General issued two reports on the much-maligned “Secure Communities” deportation program. The...
March 30, 2012, New Orleans – Yesterday, one day after attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights argued that individuals convicted prior to August 2011 under Louisiana’s “...
March 14, 2012, Springfield, MA and New York –Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a federal lawsuit against Abiding Truth Ministries President Scott Lively on behalf of...
March 13, 2012, New York, NY – Members of the House and Senate sent two letters to Secretary of State Clinton urging the State Department to address the worsening human rights crisis in...
March 8, 2012, New York – Today, United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis ruled in favor of the plaintiffs on the issue of back pay in a class action lawsuit that found the Fire...
February 21, 2012, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) requested that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) open an immediate criminal investigation into claims of...
February 18, 2012, New York –Yesterday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request for rehearing in the case USA v. El-Mezain, et al . The defendants are five former officers and...
February 14, 2012, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) responded to new data released to the City Council by the New York City Police Department (NYPD) summarizing stop...
February 9, 2012, New York, NY – In response to Tuesday’s reintroduction in the Ugandan parliament of a bill that would require the death penalty for consensual sex between persons of the...
February 8, 2012, New York and Madrid – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) submitted a declaration to a Spanish court detailing the torture of Mohammed al Qahtani, who has been...