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CCR Calls for Obama Administration to Move from Rhetoric to Action in Complying with Human Rights Obligations

March 18, 2011

March 18, 2011, New York and Geneva – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued a report on the formal adoption of the United States’ Report at the United Nations Human...

Federal Court Urged to Allow Post 9/11 Religious Profiling Suit to Proceed

March 11, 2011

Brooklyn, March 11, 2011 – Today the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged a federal court judge to reject the government’s efforts to halt a class action civil rights lawsuit on...

CCR Responds to Impending King Hearings on So-Called Homegrown Muslim Terrorism

March 10, 2011

March 8, 2011, New York – In response to the impending hearings being held by United States Representative Peter King, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, on “The Extent of...

Victory in CCR and NLG Suit Against Virginia Prisons for Unconstitutional Censorship of Jailhouse Lawyer’s Handbook

March 1, 2011

March 1, 2011, New York and Charlottesville, VA – Today, t he Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) announced a settlement in their lawsuit in the Western...

Groups Challenge Disparate Punishment Under Louisiana’s Crime Against Nature Law

February 16, 2011

February 16, 2011 – Today, attorneys filed a federal civil rights suit in New Orleans on behalf of nine anonymous plaintiffs convicted under Louisiana’s Crime Against Nature law and...

CCR Warrantless Wiretapping Case Dismissed By Federal Judge

February 1, 2011

February 1, 2011, New York and San Francisco – Last night the federal district court in San Francisco dismissed CCR v. Obama , a lawsuit brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)...

CCR and NLG Attorneys in Court to Protest Targeting of NLG Legal Observers by Sheriff Arpaio’s Deputies at June Demo

January 7, 2011

January 5, 2011, New York and Phoenix – Attorneys representing lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) were in court late yesterday seeking...

An Open Letter to U.S. Government Officials Regarding Free Expression in the Wake of the Wikileaks Controversy

December 22, 2010

December 22, 2010 - Last week, the House Judiciary Committee heard testimony from legal and free speech experts about the possible application of the Espionage Act to the recent publication of secret...

CCR Calls on Supreme Court to Hear Case of SHAC 7

November 16, 2010

November 16, 2010, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged the United States Supreme Court to hear the case U.S. v. Kjonaas . In an amicus brief filed today on behalf of...

Human Rights Groups File Legal Petition on Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in Camps for Displaced in Haiti

October 20, 2010

October 20, 2010 – Washington, DC – Today, a group of advocates and attorneys for displaced women in Haiti submitted a petition calling for urgent action to confront an epidemic of sexual...

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CCR Calls for Obama Administration to Move from Rhetoric to Action in Complying with Human Rights Obligations

Federal Court Urged to Allow Post 9/11 Religious Profiling Suit to Proceed

CCR Responds to Impending King Hearings on So-Called Homegrown Muslim Terrorism

Victory in CCR and NLG Suit Against Virginia Prisons for Unconstitutional Censorship of Jailhouse Lawyer’s Handbook

Groups Challenge Disparate Punishment Under Louisiana’s Crime Against Nature Law

CCR Warrantless Wiretapping Case Dismissed By Federal Judge

CCR and NLG Attorneys in Court to Protest Targeting of NLG Legal Observers by Sheriff Arpaio’s Deputies at June Demo

An Open Letter to U.S. Government Officials Regarding Free Expression in the Wake of the Wikileaks Controversy

CCR Calls on Supreme Court to Hear Case of SHAC 7

Human Rights Groups File Legal Petition on Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in Camps for Displaced in Haiti

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