Ahead of a second Trump administration, expertise in racial and religious profiling and immigrant advocacy is a top priority "We are excited to welcome Nermeen Arastu to the CCR Board. Nermeen is a...
Lawsuit challenges constitutionality of punishing people who resist forced labor in Alabama’s majority-Black prisons November 20, 2024, Montgomery, AL – Yesterday, five incarcerated workers brought...
November 18, 2024, Hagåtña, Guam – Today, Guam-based international law firm Blue Ocean Law filed a submission to two UN independent human rights experts detailing numerous rights violations caused by...
First of its kind to make it to trial, lawsuit delivers rare accountability for U.S post-9/11 torture November 12, 2024, Alexandria, VA – Today, in a landmark verdict, a jury in a federal court found...
November 7, 2024, New York – In response to a military commission’s ruling that Defense Secretary Austin cannot rescind the plea deals with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other 9/11 defendants, the...
“The very things that Trump will target – dissent, solidarity, and resistance – are our greatest strengths” November 6, 2024, New York – In response to Donald Trump’s apparent victory, Center for...
But judges invoke “qualified immunity”to shield agents from accountability and uphold dismissal of lawsuit seeking damages October 29, 2024, New York – Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second...
October 23, 2024 , San Diego, CA – Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals largely affirmed a lower court decision that held unlawful the government’s systematic turnbacks – or “metering” – of...
October 23, 2024, Buffalo, NY – Today, legal and civil rights groups argued on behalf of the grassroots organization Black Love Resists in the Rust and nine individuals for class certification in...
