On June 16, 2017, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its 23 member organizations in the Americas collaborated on an open letter to the Organization of American States requesting...
Updated: June 21, 2017
During summer 2017, the Guggenheim Museum presented a series of conversations that brought together contemporary artists who think deeply about the most urgent social, political, environmental, or...
Updated: September 6, 2017
CCR joined 238 national and state immigration and civil human rights organizations, law offices, educational institutions, elected officials, and faith-based groups in signing this letter to...
Updated: September 27, 2017
CCR and Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM), joined by a number of national and New York-based organizations, sent a letter to New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo regarding the appointment of Raymond...
Updated: December 19, 2017
CCR’s Yemeni American Justice Initiative (YAJI) is a project that aims to address the systemic obstacles faced by Yemeni-Americans and their families due to the heightened scrutiny directed at those...
Updated: April 10, 2019
In a Pulitzer Prize-winning series of stories, the Associated Press revealed through leaked documents that the New York Police Department (NYPD) had secretly launched a vast program of human mapping...
Updated: September 8, 2021
Hussain Saleh is a life-long Brooklynite and U.S. citizen with roots in the United States dating back multiple generations. His parents and siblings also reside in New York, forming a tight-knit...
Updated: April 10, 2019
Following in the footsteps of his grandfather and father, Ahmed Mohammed came to the United States from Yemen when he was just 19 years old. He graduated from Vaughn College with an Associate’s...
Updated: April 10, 2019
Mohammed Alobahy came to the United States at the age of 16. He has since received citizenship, graduated from college, and now works as a structural engineer. “I came to this country full of hopes...
Updated: April 10, 2019
Three Iraqi torture survivors will finally have their day in court. After over 11 years of litigation, our clients go to trial against CACI Premier Technology, a private U.S. military contractor that...
Updated: March 29, 2019
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