A current and comprehensive list of CCR's press releases, press statements, and case updates dating back to 2003.
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September 1, 2010, San Francisco, New York and Washington D.C.—In a teleconference press briefing today, public officials and civil rights organizations underscored that nearly two years after its launch, ICE has finally suggested a procedure for local jurisdictions to request… Read More >>
NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) today filed a lawsuit challenging the government's asserted authority to carry out “targeted killings” of U.S. citizens located far from any armed conflict zone. Read More >>
August 19, 2010, New York – Today, a federal court judge took testimony from three witnesses put on by the City of New York in the federal civil rights lawsuit on the racially discriminatory hiring practices of the New York… Read More >>
August 11, 2010, New York, NY – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the statement below in response to a summary of stop-and-frisk statistics for April, May, and June 2010 made available to the press. CCR receives the… Read More >>
CONTACT: Jen Nessel, CCR, (212) 614-6449, jnessel@ccr.org Sarahi Uribe, NDLON, (202) 332-2871, sarahi@ndlon.org Bridget Kessler, Immigration Justice Clinic of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, (212) 790-0213, bkessle1@yu.edu Read More >>
August 4, 2010, New York – Today, a federal court judge found that the City of New York’s 2007 FDNY entrance exam (Exam 6019) unfairly discriminated against Black and Latino test-takers and prohibited the City from using its results for… Read More >>
August 4, 2010 NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union and Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) today received a license from the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) allowing the groups to pursue their legal challenge to… Read More >>
August 3, 2010, Washington, DC and New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the American Civil Liberties Union today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury Department and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to challenge… Read More >>
July 30, 2010, New York - A group of 72 Iraqi citizens who allege they were tortured while imprisoned at detention facilities across Iraq can continue with their lawsuit against military contractor L-3 Services, Inc. and a former employee, a… Read More >>