Recent calls to weaponize terrorism laws against Palestinian rights activists part of decades-long push February 21, 2024, New York – Opposition to Palestinian rights has shaped U.S. federal anti-...
February 25, 2024...“The US has created a situation where Israel, a foreign government, can kill US citizens knowing that the US is not going to hold them accountable,” said Maria LaHood, deputy legal director of the...
February 26, 2024On January 26th, the International Court of Justice, in The Hague, ordered Israel to take immediate measures to reduce the number of civilian casualties in Gaza, to insure the provision of basic...
February 26, 2024...In 2020, at age 67, she became the lead plaintiff in a six-person lawsuit filed by the Abolitionist Law Center, the Amistad Law Project, and the Center for Constitutional Rights arguing that...
In April 2004, news outlets broke the story of torture and abuse at the U.S.-run Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. The stories were accompanied by gruesome photos from a whistleblower – images so...
Updated: February 29, 2024
March 11, 2024...Early this month, a federal judge dismissed a case brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) charging U.S. President Joe Biden, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and Secretary of...
March 11, 2024...[Center for Constituation Rights] sought an emergency injunction to stop the Biden administration from aiding the Israeli assault and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of...
March 20, 2024...The UK is facing legal pressure to reverse its position on weapons exports to Israel while in the US, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) NGO is appealing its case against the president,...
March 20, 2024...Lee remains determined not to die in prison. In 2016, the court assigned him an attorney to assist with his post-conviction appeal. In Pennsylvania, a person must file a notice for appeal within...
April 12, 2024...Twenty years ago this month, photos of abused prisoners and smiling U.S. soldiers guarding them at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison were released, shocking the world. Now, three survivors of Abu Ghraib...
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