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CCR Challenges Patriot Act Material Support Law in Supreme Court Today

February 23, 2010

February 23, 2010, Washington and New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, the first case to...

CCR Letter to Supporters on Human Rights Day, December 10, 2009

December 10, 2009

Dear CCR Supporter, Each year the world celebrates Human Rights Day on December 10, the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), adopted by the United Nations 61 years ago...

Court Ignores Plea of Prisoners’ Families Who Paid Millions in Unlawful Phone Tax

November 24, 2009

November 24, 2009, Albany, NY – Yesterday, the Court of Appeals of the State of New York affirmed the dismissal of Walton v. New York State Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) . The...

CCR Challenges Legality of Prison Telephone Rates Before NY Court of Appeals

October 13, 2009

October13, 2009, Albany, NY – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) challenged the legality of prison phone rates in oral arguments before the Court of Appeals of the State of New...

Soldiers Refuse to Engage in Abuse and Occupation: One Appeals Bad Conduct Discharge, Another Court-Martialed

August 6, 2009

August 6, 2009, Washington, DC – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and co-counsel Font & Glazer, Citizen Soldier, and former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark filed an appeal with the...

CCR Statement on Prop 8 and SCOTUS Decision on Questioning Defendants Without Lawyers Present

May 27, 2009

May 27, 2009, New York – In response to both the California Supreme Court ruling supporting Proposition 8, the anti-gay marriage ballot initiative, and the United States Supreme Court ruling...

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...

Rights Groups Launch Campaign to End Animal Enterprise Terrorist Act

December 9, 2008

December 8, 2008, New York – This week, the Coalition to Abolish the Animal Enterprise Terrorist Act launched a campaign to repeal the Animal Enterprise Terrorist Act (AETA), a law that broadens the...

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

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Press Releases

CCR Challenges Patriot Act Material Support Law in Supreme Court Today

CCR Letter to Supporters on Human Rights Day, December 10, 2009

Court Ignores Plea of Prisoners’ Families Who Paid Millions in Unlawful Phone Tax

CCR Challenges Legality of Prison Telephone Rates Before NY Court of Appeals

Soldiers Refuse to Engage in Abuse and Occupation: One Appeals Bad Conduct Discharge, Another Court-Martialed

CCR Statement on Prop 8 and SCOTUS Decision on Questioning Defendants Without Lawyers Present

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

Rights Groups Launch Campaign to End Animal Enterprise Terrorist Act

Legality of Prison Telephone Rates Argued in Court

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

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