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Center for Constitutional Rights Condemns Reintroduction of Ugandan “Kill the Gays” Bill

February 10, 2012

February 9, 2012, New York, NY – In response to Tuesday’s reintroduction in the Ugandan parliament of a bill that would require the death penalty for consensual sex between persons of the...

Dutch Commission Report Highlights Need for International Response to Clergy Sex Abuse

December 16, 2011

December 16, 2011, New York – In light of a report released today by an official commission investigating clergy sex abuse throughout the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands, the Center...

Activists Challenge Animal Rights Terrorism Law as a Violation of Free Speech

December 15, 2011

December 15, 2011, Boston – Today, animal rights activists who allege their freedom of speech has been violated by the federal Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) filed a lawsuit asking the...

CCR Issues Letter to Immigration Subcommittee Urging Termination of Secure Communities

November 30, 2011

Yesterday, CCR Legal Director, Baher Azmy, issued a letter to the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement urging an end to the controversial Secure Communities...

New Documents Show Secure Communities Fuels FBI’s Rapidly Expanding Surveillance System While Ignoring States’ Concerns

November 10, 2011

November 10, 2011, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), and the Cardozo Immigration Justice Clinic released...

DISTRICT COURT ORDERS RELEASE OF KEY ICE MEMORANDUM

October 25, 2011

October 25, 2011, New York —Last night, Judge Shira Scheindlin ordered the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency to publicly disclose by November 1 a previously withheld internal...

Secure Communities Dragnet Includes US Citizens

October 19, 2011

Reading Guide to Report Available at: http://uncoverthetruth.org/resources/warren-report/ October 19, 2011, New York, NY - The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the National Day Laborer...

Members of Congress Send Letter of Inquiry to Bureau of Prisons over CMU Experimental Prison Units

October 13, 2011

October 13, 2011, New York and Washington—This week, Members of the House of Representatives issued a Congressional Letter of Inquiry to the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) expressing their...

Major Human Rights Report Affirms That Sexual Abuse by the Clergy is “Torture, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment”

September 26, 2011

September 26, 2011 NEW YORK – In response to the release of a major human rights report on clerical sexual abuse, released today by Amnesty International in Ireland, CCR issued the following...

Clergy Sex Victims File International Criminal Court Complaint Case Charges Vatican Officials with ‘Crimes Against Humanity’

September 13, 2011

September 13, 2011 – A survivor-led support group for clergy sex abuse victims today formally urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor to investigate the Vatican for crimes...

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Press Releases

Center for Constitutional Rights Condemns Reintroduction of Ugandan “Kill the Gays” Bill

Dutch Commission Report Highlights Need for International Response to Clergy Sex Abuse

Activists Challenge Animal Rights Terrorism Law as a Violation of Free Speech

CCR Issues Letter to Immigration Subcommittee Urging Termination of Secure Communities

New Documents Show Secure Communities Fuels FBI’s Rapidly Expanding Surveillance System While Ignoring States’ Concerns

DISTRICT COURT ORDERS RELEASE OF KEY ICE MEMORANDUM

Secure Communities Dragnet Includes US Citizens

Members of Congress Send Letter of Inquiry to Bureau of Prisons over CMU Experimental Prison Units

Major Human Rights Report Affirms That Sexual Abuse by the Clergy is “Torture, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment”

Clergy Sex Victims File International Criminal Court Complaint Case Charges Vatican Officials with ‘Crimes Against Humanity’

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