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CCR Executive Director Vincent Warren Speaks at the United Nations on the Global Struggle Against Racism

March 27, 2008

On Wednesday, March 26, 2008, CCR Executive Director Vincent Warren spoke at the United Nations as part of its panel discussion "What Would Martin Say? Human Rights and the Global Struggle...

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...

CCR Charges NYPD With Racial Profiling in Federal Lawsuit

February 1, 2008

New York, NY, January 31, 2008 – Today, in federal court in Manhattan, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) is filing a companion case to its ground breaking racial profiling case, Daniels et...

Santa Claus Delivers 37,000+ Copies of Constitution to President Bush

December 20, 2007

December 20, 2007, Washington, DC – This morning, Santa Claus (in the person of noted constitutional lawyer Bill Goodman) drove his sleigh to the White House to deliver thousands of copies of the U.S...

City Data Released Today on Fire Department Tests and Applicants of Color Does Not Tell Whole Story, Say CCR Attorneys

November 27, 2007

November 27, 2007, New York – Today, the City of New York released preliminary data from its January 2007 firefighter written exam and claimed that the percentage of Black and Latino firefighters who...

CCR Calls NYPD Rand Report a Distortion of the Facts: NYPD Still Engaging in Racial Profiling

November 21, 2007

November 21, 2007, New York, NY – Yesterday, the RAND Corporation issued a report [attached at the bottom of the press release], commissioned by the New York Police Foundation and requested by...

CCR Condemns Murder of 18-Year-Old Khiel Coppin at Hands of NYPD

November 14, 2007

November 13, 2007, New York, NY – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), which brought the historic NYPD racial profiling case Daniels v. City of New York in 1999 in the wake of the Amadou...

New York City-Area Anti-Raids Network Launches: No More ICE Raids!

November 11, 2007

November 7, 2007, New York, NY – Today, a New York City anti-immigrant raids network launched with the release of this statement condemning the ICE raids across the country and in New York City: In...

CCR Argues Appeal of Rendition Victim Maher Arar: U.S. Officials Must Be Held Accountable for Sending Him to Torture in Syria

November 9, 2007

November 9, 2007, New York, NY – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) argued before the Court of Appeals that rendition victim Maher Arar’s case against U.S. officials should be...

Secretary of State Rice Admits U.S. Government Mishandled Rendition of Maher Arar

October 24, 2007

October 24, 2007, Washington, DC – According to press reports, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice admitted during a House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing today that the U.S. government...

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CCR Executive Director Vincent Warren Speaks at the United Nations on the Global Struggle Against Racism

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

CCR Charges NYPD With Racial Profiling in Federal Lawsuit

Santa Claus Delivers 37,000+ Copies of Constitution to President Bush

City Data Released Today on Fire Department Tests and Applicants of Color Does Not Tell Whole Story, Say CCR Attorneys

CCR Calls NYPD Rand Report a Distortion of the Facts: NYPD Still Engaging in Racial Profiling

CCR Condemns Murder of 18-Year-Old Khiel Coppin at Hands of NYPD

New York City-Area Anti-Raids Network Launches: No More ICE Raids!

CCR Argues Appeal of Rendition Victim Maher Arar: U.S. Officials Must Be Held Accountable for Sending Him to Torture in Syria

Secretary of State Rice Admits U.S. Government Mishandled Rendition of Maher Arar

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