January 11, 2021This is Sharqawi Al Hajj, a 47-year-old man from Yemen. He has been detained in Guantánamo for 17 years without charge. Guantánamo opened 19 years ago today. Not pictured are his five siblings in...
January 12, 2021 — In response to news regarding former Board Member Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan’s racial/ethnic identity, the Board of Trustees of Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following...
Join the Abolitionist Law Center, Amistad Law Project, and the Center for Constitutional Rights for a virtual community forum to discuss the ongoing legal and political fight to abolish Death By...
Updated: January 12, 2021
January 13, 2021...Baher Azmy, legal director for the Center for Constitutional Rights, provided Teen Vogue with examples of some of these crimes: “These death-eligible federal statutes have what is called a federal...
January 14, 2021...Below are some actionable steps we can take to advance immigrant rights and push back against unjust policies: 1. In order to save ourselves from repeating past mistakes or accepting the current...
Case Highlights Disparity in Police Treatment of Racial Justice Protesters and White Supremacists January 14, 2021, New York – In response to today’s announcement that New York Attorney General...
San Diego, January 18, 2021 —Today, a federal court issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) blocking the Trump administration’s latest attempt to prevent asylum seekers from accessing the U.S...
January 19, 2021, New York– Today, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in the case brought by New York City police unions (along with corrections and fire unions) to stop the City of...
Movement lawyering is focus of fellowship January 19, 2021, New York – Four Bertha Justice Fellows will be spending the next two years at the Center for Constitutional Rights getting first-hand...
Fordham Censorship Motivated by Anti-Palestinian Bias, Advocates Say January 21, 2020, New York – Today, civil rights groups asked the New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in New York State,...
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