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Historic Ruling: High-Level Bush Officials Including Ashcroft May Be Sued for Post-9/11 Abuse of Immigration Detainees at Metropolitan Detention Center

June 17, 2015

June 17, 2015, New York – Today, in a case brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) thirteen years ago, in April 2002, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated claims against...

Salaita Attorneys Applaud AAUP Censure Vote

June 13, 2015

June 13, 2015, New York – In response to the vote today by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) to censure the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) for its...

No-Fly List Lawsuit Argued Today That FBI Retaliated Against Muslims Who Refused to Spy

June 12, 2015

June 12, 2015, New York – Today, attorneys for four American Muslim men with no criminal records who were placed or kept on the No-Fly List by the FBI in retaliation for their refusal to become...

Judge Orders Release of University Donor Emails in Salaita Freedom of Information Act Case

June 12, 2015

June 12, 2015, Champaign, IL – Today, a federal judge ordered the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (UIUC) to release emails regarding UIUC’s firing of tenured professor Steven Salaita over...

American Muslims Who Refused to Become FBI Informants Finally Removed from No-Fly List

June 10, 2015

June 10, 2015, New York – Four American Muslim men with no criminal records who were placed or kept on the No-Fly List by the FBI in retaliation for their refusal to become informants finally...

False Accusations of Anti-Semitism Used to Silence Advocacy for Palestinian Rights on U.S. College Campuses

May 20, 2015

May 18, 2015, New York and Chicago – Today Palestine Solidarity Legal Support (Palestine Legal), in conjunction with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), released findings on the rising trend...

Salaita Attorneys Comment on American Association of University Professors Report on His Firing

April 28, 2015

April 28, 2015, New York – In response to a report issued today by the American Association of University Professors ( AAUP ) on the firing of Professor Steven Salaita, his attorneys at the...

Anti-Gay Ugandan Extremist Martin Ssempa is U.S. Citizen; Testimony Sought in U.S. Court Case

April 9, 2015

April 9, 2015, New York, NY – The Center for Constitutional Rights asked a court to issue a subpoena to Martin Ssempa, a prominent anti-gay crusader in Uganda, to testify in a case brought on...

Dr. Cornel West Joins Boycott of Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign over Salaita Firing

March 4, 2015

March 4, 2015, New York – Esteemed professor and intellectual Dr. Cornel West has cancelled a high-profile lecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in support of a...

“Terrorism” Charges for Freeing Mink Should Be Dismissed, Attorneys Argue

February 19, 2015

February 19, 2015, Chicago – Today, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged a federal court to dismiss a terrorism indictment against two animal rights activists alleged...

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Press Releases

Historic Ruling: High-Level Bush Officials Including Ashcroft May Be Sued for Post-9/11 Abuse of Immigration Detainees at Metropolitan Detention Center

Salaita Attorneys Applaud AAUP Censure Vote

No-Fly List Lawsuit Argued Today That FBI Retaliated Against Muslims Who Refused to Spy

Judge Orders Release of University Donor Emails in Salaita Freedom of Information Act Case

American Muslims Who Refused to Become FBI Informants Finally Removed from No-Fly List

False Accusations of Anti-Semitism Used to Silence Advocacy for Palestinian Rights on U.S. College Campuses

Salaita Attorneys Comment on American Association of University Professors Report on His Firing

Anti-Gay Ugandan Extremist Martin Ssempa is U.S. Citizen; Testimony Sought in U.S. Court Case

Dr. Cornel West Joins Boycott of Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign over Salaita Firing

“Terrorism” Charges for Freeing Mink Should Be Dismissed, Attorneys Argue

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