November 9, 2016Over the last several weeks, CCR has received 634 messages of support and solidarity with our clients from Sexual Minorities Uganda . As we head into court in Springfield this morning with SMUG, we...
November 9, 2016, Springfield, MA – Today, Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and co-counsel, appeared in court to argue that a federal lawsuit...
November 7, 2016Anti-homosexuality Evangelist pastor Scott Lively has requested a judge toss out a "crimes against humanity" case against him before it can reach federal court. The lawsuit, which Lively has called "...
November 7, 2016Scott Lively, the US pastor accused of ‘crimes against humanity’ while preaching homophobia in Uganda, is trying in a last-ditch effort to stop the lawsuit. The minister has repeatedly attempted to...
CCR Advocacy Program Manager Nahal Zamani will speak about LGBTQIA persecution and criminalization on a panel discussion presented in conjunction with the opening of an art exhibit. Exhibit artists...
Updated: December 1, 2016
December 6, 2016On November 9, under a grey sky with light rain, I drove to federal court in Springfield, MA, to hear summary arguments in Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) vs. Scott Lively , a civil lawsuit in which...
January 5, 2017Many of us bid 2016 goodbye with a toast of “good riddance” – what with the deaths of cultural icons like David Bowie and Prince, the Pulse massacre, the horror of Aleppo, and of course the rise of...
November 9, 2016Supporters of an East African advocacy group that has filed a "crimes against humanity" lawsuit against anti-homosexuality evangelist pastor Scott Lively gathered in front of the federal courthouse...
November 9, 2016In a precent-setting case, Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) has accused Massachusetts pastor Scott Lively of crimes against humanity, claiming he convinced lawmakers in Uganda to pass draconian anti-...
"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced." - James Baldwin In 1979, author James Baldwin wrote a 30-page letter outlining a biography of slain civil...
Updated: February 1, 2017
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