On The Mounting Violence In Palestine: Toward Humanity And Human Dignity, Always – OpEd
It is our commitment to human dignity and the preciousness of life that has long led our organization to stand
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Author: The Center for Constitutional Rights
The Center for Constitutional Rights works with communities under threat to fight for justice and liberation through litigation, advocacy, and strategic communications. Since 1966, the Center for Constitutional Rights has taken on oppressive systems of power, including structural racism, gender oppression, economic inequity, and governmental overreach.
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Articles by The Center for Constitutional Rights :
Plaintiffs In Stop-And-Frisk Litigation Call To End Neighborhood Safety Teams In Light Of NYPD Monitor Report – OpEd
The New York Police Department’s street crime units known as Neighborhood Safety Teams (NSTs) are frequently making illegal stops and
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Groups Urge UN To Call For Abolition Of Death By Incarceration During Historic US Visit – OpEd
Amid the historic visit of the U.N. Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement, a coalition
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On 20th Anniversary Of US Invasion Of Iraq, We Renew Our Call For Reparations And Accountability – OpEd
Twenty years after the U.S. government invaded Iraq, we renew our call for reparations for those harmed as a result
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Newly Obtained Documents Detail US Government Officials’ Racist Views Of Black Migrants – OpEd
U.S. government officials expressed racist attitudes toward Black migrants, treated their deportation as sport, and dismissed reports of abuse, internal
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Majid Khan Released From Guantánamo, To Begin New Life In Belize – OpEd
Today, more than 16 years after he was brought to Guantánamo Bay and almost a year after he completed a
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Guantanamo: 20 Years Later, Closure Of Prison Still Pending – OpEd
The Center for Constitutional Rights and the Center for Justice and International Law – CEJIL addressed the Inter-American Commission on
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Majid Khan Challenges Imprisonment At Guantánamo Beyond Completion Of Sentence – OpEd
Majid Khan’s lawyers Tuesday filed a habeas petition on his behalf in federal court, challenging his imprisonment beyond the end of his
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Descendants Of Enslaved People Ask Louisiana Court To Stop ‘Pre-Construction’ On Land Likely Containing Ancestral Graves – OpEd
An organization that advocates for descendants of enslaved people filed a motion requesting a temporary restraining order yesterday to prevent
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Man Imprisoned At Guantánamo Since 2002 Sent Home – OpEd
The U.S. government made public today that Sufyian Barhoumi was sent home to Algeria, nearly twenty years after arriving at Guantánamo
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