CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS (CCR)
Mise à jour le 8 juin 2010
Michael Ratner (President)
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ETATS UNIS
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Fax : (1).212.614.6499
Email : ccr@ccr-ny.org
www.CCRjustice.org
666 BROADWAY
7th Flooor
NY-10012 NEW YORK
ETATS UNIS
Tel : (1).212.614.6434 / 212.614.6400 Fax : (1).212.614.6499 Email : ccr@ccr-ny.org
www.CCRjustice.org
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This is a feed of the Center for Constitutional Rights’ latest news, press releases, events, and calls to action.
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17 mai 2012par Camilo Ramirez
Judge Grants Class-Action Status to Stop-and-Frisk Suit
A federal judge on Wednesday granted class-action status to a lawsuit challenging the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk tactics, saying she was disturbed by the city’s “deeply troubling apathy towards New Yorkers’ most fundamental constitutional (...) 4th Amendment Rights, Police (mis)conduct, Racial Discrimination, Racial, Gender and Economic Justice -
11 mai 2012par Camilo Ramirez
Privatized Torture
On Friday, May 11, 2012, a federal appellate court ruled that private military contractors allegedly complicit in torture at Abu Ghraib aren’t immune from prosecution. In post 9/11 America, that counts as a significant victory for the rule of (...) Miltary Industrial Complex, Torture and Abuse, War Crimes Against Humanity, Corporate Human Rights Abuse, International Law and Accountability -
26 avril 2012par Camilo Ramirez
Shedding Light on the Secret Pre-Trial of Bradley Manning
With the threat of life in prison and the ideal of government transparency looming heavily in the background, Pfc. Bradley Manning's hired defense attorney and attorneys representing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pressed the military court to release key discovery evidence, legal (...) 1st Amendment Rights, Expansive Executive & State Secrets, Repression, Government Abuse of Power -
25 avril 2012par Camilo Ramirez
Bradley Manning: a Show Trial of State Secrecy
CCR President Michael Ratner discusses Bradley Manning's April 24 hearing in one of the most important court martial cases in decades. The accused faces life in prison for the 22 charges against him, which include "aiding the enemy" and "transmitting defense (...) 1st Amendment Rights, Expansive Executive & State Secrets, Habeas Corpus and Legislation, Repression, U.S. Military Aggression, Illegal Detentions and Guantanamo, Government Abuse of Power -
19 avril 2012par Camilo Ramirez
Why the U.S. Government Must Release Information on al-Majalah Killings
CCR Executive Director Vince Warren explains that the CIA and Pentagon maintain lists of suspected terrorists to be targeted for killing and have these "kill lists" approved only by an internal executive process. Expansive Executive & State Secrets, Government Abuse of Power, International Law and Accountability -
14 avril 2012par Camilo Ramirez
Lawyer for victims of CIA drone strikes in Pakistan again denied entry to US
A lawyer representing civilian victims of drone strikes in Pakistan has accused the US government of blocking his appearance at a conference in Washington this month by failing to grant him a visa. Expansive Executive & State Secrets, Repression, International Law and Accountability -
5 avril 2012par Camilo Ramirez
Judge Rules La. Sex Law Violates Offenders' Rights
A Louisiana law violates the constitutional rights of people who were required to register as sex offenders after they were convicted of soliciting oral or anal sex for money, a federal judge ruled Thursday, March 29. Gender Oppression, Racial, Gender and Economic Justice -
5 avril 2012par Camilo Ramirez
From Prejudice to Persecution: Some on the Religious Right Have Crossed the Line in the Anti-gay Crusade
CCR Executive Director Vince Warren claims that what white American evangelicals are doing in Africa by talking to political and religious leaders about anti-gay legislation is the same thing they're doing in the U.S.: cynically pitting communities of color against LGBT (...) Gender Oppression, Racial, Gender and Economic Justice -
5 avril 2012par Camilo Ramirez
Correspondence: The Center for Constitutional Rights vs. Jack Goldsmith
In a correspondence between Jack Goldsmith and CCR Legal Director Baher Azmy, Professor Goldsmith credits Michael Ratner and the Center for Constitutional Rights for initiating—and consistently sustaining—challenges to the Bush Administration’s Guantanamo Bay detention and torture practices, while (...) Expansive Executive & State Secrets, Habeas Corpus and Legislation, Torture and Abuse, Illegal Detentions and Guantanamo
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