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Prisoners Who Continue to Be Held in Solitary Ask Full Ninth Circuit for Review

August 31, 2020

District Court Found CDCR Had Violated Settlement, but Appellate Panel Reversed August 31, 2020, San Francisco – Today, men who sued the state of California for imprisoning them in solitary...

Court Rules Communities United for Police Reform May Intervene in NYPD Misconduct Database Case

August 25, 2020

Group That Led #Repeal50a Campaign to Enter Police Unions’ Lawsuit Aimed at Rolling Back 50-a Repeal and Re-Entrenching Police Secrecy August 25, 2020, New York – Today, a federal court ruled that...

Civil Rights Organizations Debunk Myths of No COVID-19 Cases in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison

August 19, 2020

Impacted people behind bars share harrowing stories of coronavirus outbreaks, unsanitary conditions August 19, 2020, Baton Rouge , LA – Last night , several civil rights and racial justice...

Tribunal de Apelaciones de los Estados Unidos falla en contra del ex presidente de Bolivia y su ministro de Defensa por la masacre de 2003

August 3, 2020

3 de agosto de 2020, Miami - Hoy, la Corte de Apelaciones de EE.UU. por el Onceavo Circuito anuló la decisión que el tribunal de primera instancia emitió a favor del ex presidente de Bolivia, Gonzalo...

U.S. Appeals Court Rules Against Former Bolivian President and Defense Minister Over 2003 Massacre

August 3, 2020

August 3, 2020, Miami – Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit vacated a trial court judgment that had been entered in favor of Bolivia’s former president, Gonzalo Sánchez de...

Communities United for Police Reform Moves to Intervene in NYPD Misconduct Database Case

July 29, 2020

Group That Led #Repeal50a Campaign Seeks to Enter Police Unions’ Lawsuit Aimed at Rolling Back 50-a Repeal and Re-Entrenching Police Secrecy July 28, 2020, New York – Today, Communities United for...

Center for Constitutional Rights Denounces Federal Forces in U.S. Cities, Militarized Crackdowns on Protesters, Rising Authoritarianism

July 21, 2020

Current Escalations Tied to Past Failure to Hold Agencies Accountable for Abuses July 20, 2020, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement in response to recent...

Immigrant Rights Groups FOIA for Info on ICE’s Chicago Vigilante Training

July 16, 2020

July 16, 2020, New York/Chicago — On Thursday, the Immigrant Defense Project (IDP), Organized Communities Against Deportations (OCAD) and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a Freedom of...

Plaintiffs Groups Dismayed by Court Decision That Declines Ordering Investigation Into NYPD’s Racially Discriminatory Social Distancing and Curfew Enforcement Practices

July 10, 2020

July 10, 2020, New York — This week, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a ruling regarding an emergency motion and supplemental submission filed by the...

People Serving Mandatory Life Without Parole Challenge Death-By-Incarceration Sentences as Cruel and Unconstitutional

July 8, 2020

Sentences Are Akin to Death Penalty July 8, 2020, Harrisburg, PA –Today, people in Pennsylvania serving Death-By-Incarceration sentences, commonly known as Life Without Parole, filed a lawsuit...

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Press Releases

Prisoners Who Continue to Be Held in Solitary Ask Full Ninth Circuit for Review

Court Rules Communities United for Police Reform May Intervene in NYPD Misconduct Database Case

Civil Rights Organizations Debunk Myths of No COVID-19 Cases in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison

Tribunal de Apelaciones de los Estados Unidos falla en contra del ex presidente de Bolivia y su ministro de Defensa por la masacre de 2003

U.S. Appeals Court Rules Against Former Bolivian President and Defense Minister Over 2003 Massacre

Communities United for Police Reform Moves to Intervene in NYPD Misconduct Database Case

Center for Constitutional Rights Denounces Federal Forces in U.S. Cities, Militarized Crackdowns on Protesters, Rising Authoritarianism

Immigrant Rights Groups FOIA for Info on ICE’s Chicago Vigilante Training

Plaintiffs Groups Dismayed by Court Decision That Declines Ordering Investigation Into NYPD’s Racially Discriminatory Social Distancing and Curfew Enforcement Practices

People Serving Mandatory Life Without Parole Challenge Death-By-Incarceration Sentences as Cruel and Unconstitutional

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