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CCR Statement on Senate Armed Services Committee Report on Abuse of Detainees in U.S. Custody

December 11, 2008

December 11, 2008, New York – In response to the release today by the Senate Armed Services Committee of a bi-partisan report almost two years in the making on the abuse of detainees in U.S...

CCR Statement on Ashcroft v. Iqbal: Supreme Court Must Hold High-Level Officials Accountable for Post-9/11 Sweeps

December 10, 2008

December 10, 2008, New York – Today the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in a post-9/11 detainee’s challenge to former Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director...

Muslim, Arab, South Asian Men Rounded Up Post-9/11 Based on Racial, Religious Profiling With Knowledge of Ashcroft, Others

October 31, 2008

October 31, 2008, New York – Muslim, Arab, and South Asian men were targeted solely based on race, country of origin, and religion in post-9/11 immigration sweeps with the knowledge of former...

Legality of Prison Telephone Rates Argued in Court

September 8, 2008

Albany, NY, September 8, 2008 – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) challenges the constitutionality of the unlawful tax levied on families who received collect calls at exorbitant...

U.N. Special Rapporteur on Racism Brings Fact-Finding Mission to NYC, Meets with CCR Representatives

May 23, 2008

CCR Challenges Racial Profiling of Muslim, Arab, South Asian Men in Post-9/11 Immigrant Detention Case at Court of Appeals

February 14, 2008

February 14, 2008, New York, NY – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) challenged the post-9/11 racial profiling, illegal detention and abuse of Muslim, Arab, and South Asian men before...

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CCR Statement on Senate Armed Services Committee Report on Abuse of Detainees in U.S. Custody

CCR Statement on Ashcroft v. Iqbal: Supreme Court Must Hold High-Level Officials Accountable for Post-9/11 Sweeps

Muslim, Arab, South Asian Men Rounded Up Post-9/11 Based on Racial, Religious Profiling With Knowledge of Ashcroft, Others

Legality of Prison Telephone Rates Argued in Court

U.N. Special Rapporteur on Racism Brings Fact-Finding Mission to NYC, Meets with CCR Representatives

CCR Challenges Racial Profiling of Muslim, Arab, South Asian Men in Post-9/11 Immigrant Detention Case at Court of Appeals

GOVERNOR SPITZER SIGNS FAMILY CONNECTIONS BILL, ENDS BACKDOOR TAX ON PRISON FAMILIES

CCR Welcomes the Family Connections Bill Introduced by New York Assemblymembers to Reform Prison Prison Phone System

Families Win Victory in Court of Appeals on Prison Telephone Challenge

New York's Highest Court to Hear Challenge to Discriminatory Prison Telephone Charges

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