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Court Gives NYPD Green Light to Conduct Religious Surveillance

February 20, 2014

February 20, 2014, Newark and New York – Today, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging the New York City Police Department’s broad surveillance of Muslims in New Jersey. In a...

California and Louisiana Death Row Conditions Result in Torture, Report Finds

October 9, 2013

October 9, 2013, New York – Prisoners on California and Louisiana’s death row are being held in conditions that amount to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or torture under...

Civil Rights Groups Comment on Hearing Held to Rein in NYPD Spying

October 1, 2013

October 1, 2013 – In response to today’s hearing in Handschu v. Special Services Division , Muslim Advocates and the Center for Constitutional Rights provide the following joint statement...

Hundreds of California Prisoners in Isolation Should Be Covered by Class Action, Attorneys Argue in Court

September 26, 2013

September 26, 2013, Oakland – Today, lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged a federal judge to grant class action status to a lawsuit challenging prolonged solitary...

Prisoners’ Attorneys Pledge Solidarity as Hunger Strike Ends

September 5, 2013

September 5, 2013, New York – In response to the announcement today that prisoners in Security Housing Units (SHU) throughout California have suspended their third hunger strike after nine...

Joint Statement of Muslim Advocates and CCR in Response to NYPD Designating Mosques as Terrorist Organizations

August 28, 2013

August 28, 2013, New York – Today, in response to revelations that the NYPD has secretly labeled entire mosques as terrorism organizations, Muslim Advocates and the Center for Constitutional...

Former Prisoner’s First Amendment Claims Dismissed Under “Second Class System of Justice”

July 15, 2013

July 15, 2013, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) released the following statement in response to the dismissal of the claims in a federal lawsuit that plaintiff...

Center for Constitutional Rights Supports Pelican Bay Hunger Strikers

July 8, 2013

July 8, 2013, New York – Today, in response to the resumption of a hunger strike by prisoners in the Security Housing Unit (SHU) at Pelican Bay State Prison in California, the Center for...

CCR Appeals Post-9/11 Immigrant Detention Case Challenging Racial Profiling of Muslim, Arab, South Asian Men

April 24, 2013

April 24, 2013, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights appealed the decision of a federal court judge to dismiss a lawsuit against high-level Bush administration officials for...

Judge Refuses to Dismiss Pelican Bay Solitary Confinement Case

April 10, 2013

April 10, 2013, Oakland – Last night, a federal judge rejected the State of California’s attempt to dismiss a class action lawsuit challenging prolonged solitary confinement in California...

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Court Gives NYPD Green Light to Conduct Religious Surveillance

California and Louisiana Death Row Conditions Result in Torture, Report Finds

Civil Rights Groups Comment on Hearing Held to Rein in NYPD Spying

Hundreds of California Prisoners in Isolation Should Be Covered by Class Action, Attorneys Argue in Court

Prisoners’ Attorneys Pledge Solidarity as Hunger Strike Ends

Joint Statement of Muslim Advocates and CCR in Response to NYPD Designating Mosques as Terrorist Organizations

Former Prisoner’s First Amendment Claims Dismissed Under “Second Class System of Justice”

Center for Constitutional Rights Supports Pelican Bay Hunger Strikers

CCR Appeals Post-9/11 Immigrant Detention Case Challenging Racial Profiling of Muslim, Arab, South Asian Men

Judge Refuses to Dismiss Pelican Bay Solitary Confinement Case

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