March 5, 2021, New York – Today, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights urged a federal court to deny the Biden administration’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit over alleged torture under...
Civil Rights Groups Press Federal Court to Reinstate Lawsuit March 5, 2021, Baton Rouge, LA – Today, individuals incarcerated at East Baton Rouge Parish Prison urged a federal judge to reinstate a...
Amid Pandemic, Rule Exacerbates Fear of Seeking Services February 22, 2021, New York – This morning, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear the government's appeal of a preliminary injunction...
February 16, 2021, San Francisco – A federal court has again blocked a Trump administration ban that categorically denied asylum to anyone at the southern border who had transited through a third...
February 16, 2021, New York– Today, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals denied the New York City police unions’ (along with corrections and fire unions’) attempt to stop the City of New York from...
February 8, 2021, Harrisburg, PA – Death By Incarceration, also known as life without the possibility of parole, is a term coined by a movement of advocates working to end the practice, including...
February 5, 2021, New York – In response to a decision issued today by the Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court, recognizing that the territory of the State of Palestine – Gaza and...
Customs and Border Protection Has Contributed to Deaths of Thousands, Advocates Say Groups Demand Documents Under Freedom of Information Act February 3, 2021, New York – Today, as the humanitarian-...
February 2, 2021, New York – Immigrant rights groups litigating against the Trump administration’s “public charge” rules—including The Legal Aid Society, Center for Constitutional Rights, the...
February 2, 2021, Washington, D.C. – Today, more than a hundred non-governmental organizations joined a letter led by the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Center for Victims of Torture,...
