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• InI 13:30 on April 18, 2013 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: 2013 ( 634 ), Afghanistan ( 1,013 ), Amy Goodman ( 5 ), Armed Forces ( 6 ), CCR, Glenn Greenwald ( 14 ), journalists ( 186 ), Julian Assange ( 233 ), Kevin Gosztola ( 2 ), military ( 1,311 ), profit ( 86 ), right ( 621 ), secrecy ( 31 ), South ( 284 ), United States ( 472 )   

  Press and Public Denied Access to Documents in Bradley Manning Case 

  17 April 2013 — Center for Constitutional Rights

  New York – Today, the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (CAAF) rejected claims in a lawsuit by the Center for Constitutional Rights challenging government secrecy around the court martial of Pfc. Bradley Manning. The suit, bought on behalf of a group of journalists, asked the court to ensure members of the press and public have access to court documents and transcripts in the case and challenged the fact that important legal matters in the pre-trial proceedings have been argued and decided in secret. Continue reading this...

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• InI 16:26 on April 12, 2013 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: 2013 ( 634 ), America ( 705 ), CCR, CIA ( 475 ), history ( 230 ), Human Rights ( 83 ), Julian Assange ( 233 ), Kissinger ( 20 ), Michael Ratner ( 3 ), Real News ( 171 ), US ( 3,471 ), Video ( 988 ), Yale Law School ( 2 )   

  Video: Wikileaks Releases Kissinger Cables and Two Decisions in Manning Trial 

  12 April 2013 — The Real News Network

   

  Michael Ratner: Kissinger files show important role Wikileaks continues to play revealing real history of US foreign policy; Judge makes one decision favorable to Manning, one not Continue reading this...

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• InI 14:57 on March 1, 2013 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: 2013 ( 634 ), books ( 75 ), CCR, CIA ( 475 ), Columbia ( 14 ), Human Rights ( 83 ), Julian Assange ( 233 ), Michael Ratner ( 3 ), New York ( 498 ), US ( 3,471 ), Video ( 988 ), War ( 1,465 ), Yale Law School ( 2 )   

  Video: Bradley Manning Tells Court Public Have the Right to Know About US War Crimes 

  1 March, 2013 — The Real Network

   

  American Attorney for Julian Assange, Michael Ratner, reports he was in the courtroom and witnessed Manning speak with confidence and intelligence as he detailed the outrages that drove him to upload the documents to Wikileaks

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• InI 15:15 on January 11, 2013 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: anniversary ( 48 ), CCR, CIA ( 475 ), Congress ( 120 ), drone ( 127 ), George Bush ( 17 ), New York ( 498 ), Obama ( 1,160 ), RATNER ( 8 ), Real News ( 171 ), right ( 621 ), security ( 411 ), United States ( 472 ), Video ( 988 )   

  Video: 11 Years of Guantanamo; Brennan CIA Nomination Consolidates Drone Assassination Strategy 

  11 January, 2013 — The Real News Network

   

  Michael Ratner: From Guantanamo to Brennan at CIA, Obama carries on the policies of George Bush Continue reading this...

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• InI 20:07 on December 1, 2012 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: bradley manning ( 181 ), CCR, Julian Assange ( 233 ), kuwait ( 29 ), military ( 1,311 ), prison ( 105 ), RATNER ( 8 ), Real News ( 171 ), right ( 621 ), suicide ( 48 ), Torture ( 105 ), TRNN ( 24 ), Video ( 988 ), WikiLeaks ( 552 )   

  Video: Manning Testifies About His Torture; Was it Aimed at Turning Him on Assange? 

  1 December, 2012 — The Real News Network

   

  Michael Ratner: Manning describes cruel and unusual punishment; offers to plea to lesser charges (inc. transcript) Continue reading this...

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• InI 20:19 on October 22, 2012 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: books ( 75 ), CCR, Eric Holder ( 7 ), journalists ( 186 ), military ( 1,311 ), New York ( 498 ), Obama ( 1,160 ), RATNER ( 8 ), Real News ( 171 ), right ( 621 ), Torture ( 105 ), Video ( 988 )   

  Video: Court Rules Khalid Sheik Mohammed Can’t Testify About Torture 

  22 October 2012 — The Real News Network

  The Michael Ratner Report: Trial has a 40 second delay on feed to journalists so military can censor testimony (inc. transcript) Continue reading this...

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• InI 15:17 on August 17, 2012 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: 2012 ( 1,388 ), assange ( 140 ), CCR, ECUADOR ( 67 ), extradition ( 42 ), Real News ( 171 ), UK ( 555 ), US ( 3,471 ), Video ( 988 )   

  Video: Ecuador Defies UK/US Pressure, Gives Assange Asylum 

  17 August 2012 — The Real News Network

  Baher Azmy (CCR): International humanitarian law trumps extradition treaties

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• InI 17:45 on August 16, 2012 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: 2012 ( 1,388 ), assange ( 140 ), CCR, ECUADOR ( 67 ), Executive Director ( 5 ), General Assembly ( 22 ), New York ( 498 ), police ( 420 ), profit ( 86 ), rights ( 276 ), South ( 284 ), Sweden ( 64 ), UN ( 1,125 )   

  CCR Attorneys Applaud Ecuador’s Decision to Grant Asylum to Julian Assange 

  16 August 2012 — Center for Constitutional Rights

  press@ccrjustice.org

  012, New York—Today, in response to Ecuador’s decision to grant political asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) Executive Director Vincent Warren issued the following statement: Continue reading this...

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• InI 22:21 on March 9, 2012 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: 2012 ( 1,388 ), America ( 705 ), CCR, class ( 236 ), New York ( 498 ), news ( 1,237 ), rights ( 276 ), United States ( 472 )   

  Now for some good news… for a change 

  9 March 2012 – Center for Constitutional Rights

  CCR Breaking News: Court Rules FDNY Liable for Up to $128 Million in Back Pay

  CCR is thrilled to announce that U.S. District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis has ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in United States of America and Vulcan Society, Inc., v. City of New York.  The federal class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of the Vulcan Society, the fraternal organization of Black firefighters, and three individual African-American firefighter applicants charging the class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>New York City Fire Department (FDNY) with racially discriminatory hiring practices. The ruling found the City of New York liable for wage losses of $128,696,803. Furthermore, Judge Garaufis ordered the FDNY to hire 186 Black firefighters and 107 Latino firefighters from among the Black and Latino applicants who took either the 1999 and/or 2002 class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>New York City firefighter exams, both of which were found to be racially discriminatory and illegal under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

  class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>CCR has challenged the fundamental inequality of the hiring and recruiting process of the FDNY for several years, and we have consistently advocated for the social and economic rights of people of color in a system that has long denied them a livable wage and equal opportunity. We congratulate the Vulcans on this momentous and well-deserved victory. Please join us in celebrating this critical step forward for justice. For more information visit our case page and press release.

  We thank you for your continued support of class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>CCR’s work and share in this victory with you.

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• InI 16:41 on December 21, 2011 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: 2012 ( 1,388 ), Abu Ghraib ( 5 ), CACI ( 3 ), CCR, impunity ( 13 ), Iraq ( 1,284 ), military ( 1,311 ), PMC ( 2 ), profit ( 86 ), Torture ( 105 ), War ( 1,465 )   

  CCR Fights Impunity for Military Contractor War Crimes and Torture 

  21 December 2011 — CCR

  This week, CCR and co-counsel filed briefs in our cases on behalf of dozens of Iraqis challenging private military contractor impunity for war crimes and torture at Abu Ghraib and other detention centers in Iraq. Continue reading this...

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• InI 16:36 on December 21, 2011 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: CCR, class ( 236 ), interview ( 107 ), New York ( 498 ), NYPD ( 15 ), police ( 420 ), York Times ( 211 )   

  NYTIMES Highlights CCR Witness Who was Stopped / Targeted by the NYPD 

  21 December 2011 — CCR

  On Sunday, The New York Times featured a powerful op-ed, Why Is the N.Y.P.D. After Me?, authored by Nicholas K. Peart. Nicholas submitted a declaration in support of our recently filed motion for class certification in Floyd v. the City of New York. In the piece, he shares his experiences being stopped and frisked repeatedly by the New York City Police Department. Nicholas writes,

  “For young people in my neighborhood, getting stopped and frisked is a rite of passage. We expect the police to jump us at any moment. We know the rules: don’t run and don’t try to explain, because speaking up for yourself might get you arrested or worse. And we all feel the same way — degraded, harassed, violated and criminalized because we’re black or Latino. Nicholas is not alone. Hundreds of thousands of people are stopped each year by the NYPD.”

  Have you been stopped as well? CCR is currently interviewing people who have been stopped by the NYPD. Contact us: stopandfrisk@ccrjustice.org or 347.574.7723 to set up an interview. This collection of stories will appear in an upcoming report that documents the impact of stop-and-frisk on peoples’ lives. Learn more at ccrjustice.org/stopandfrisk.

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• InI 17:46 on October 5, 2011 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: America ( 705 ), Amy Goodman ( 5 ), CCR, civil rights ( 16 ), demonstrations ( 33 ), First Amendment ( 8 ), journalists ( 186 ), New York ( 498 ), Occupy Wall ( 115 ), police ( 420 ), rights ( 276 )   

  1st Amendment Victory in Goodman v. St. Paul, MN Police 

  5 October 2011 — Center for Constitutional Rights

  Yesterday, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) with co-counsel Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in New York and Albert Goins in Minneapolis, celebrated a landmark settlement in Goodman v. St. Paul, a federal lawsuit brought by Democracy Now! journalists Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous, and Nicole Salazar against the Minneapolis-St. Paul police departments and the U.S. Secret Service, arising from law enforcement’s unlawful arrest and use of excessive of force during the journalists’ coverage of protests and demonstrations around the 2008 Republic National Convention (RNC). Learn more about the case here.

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• InI 09:07 on May 27, 2011 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: CCR, Egypt ( 805 ), Gaza ( 1,394 ), Israel ( 2,908 ), Obama ( 1,160 ), PA ( 531 ), Palestinian ( 613 ), Syria ( 1,525 ), US ( 3,471 ), VTJP ( 523 ), Yemen ( 226 )   

  VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 26 May, 2011: CCR Launches Lawsuit In Connection With Last Year’s Raid of Flotilla Bound to Gaza 

  26 May, 2011 — VTJP

  News

  International Middle East Media Center

  Israeli Vice-PM Shalom Against Opening Gaza Crossing
  IMEMC – Thursday May 26, 2011 – 17:08, Israeli Vice-Premier Silvan Shalom has spoken out against the easing of the blockade on Gaza through relaxed restrictions at the Egypt-Gaza crossing at Rafah, according to the Jerusalem Post.

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• InI 16:51 on August 3, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: CCR, Yemen ( 226 )   

  CCR and ACLU File Lawsuit to Allow Challenge to Targeted Killings off the Battlefield 

  3 August, 2010 — CCR

  Today CCR along with the ACLU filed a joint lawsuit to challenge the legality and constitutionality of a licensing scheme that requires lawyers to seek government permission to represent individuals that same government intends to kill. The U.S. government has claimed the power to target and kill U.S. citizens and other individuals anywhere in the world, outside of any battlefield-without charge, trial, or a judicial process of any kind.

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• InI 07:50 on November 13, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: acorn ( 5 ), CCR   

  CCR: Tell Congress It Can't Be Judge, Jury and Executioner 

  12 November, 2009 — Center for Constitutional Rights

  Dear CCR Supporter Take Action!:
  Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a lawsuit against the United States government in an effort to derail a a right wing campaign to target, attack and crush progressive organizations. ACORN v. USA challenges the legality of the actions of Congress in passing a resolution barring government funding of ACORN and all of its affiliated and allied organizations.

  Their actions constitute a bill of attainder – effectively permitting Congress to act as judge, jury and executioner without a trial or judicial hearing. Despite existing regulations and mechanisms to address legal concerns involving federal grantees, this resolution was passed solely for the purpose of singling out ACORN and its affiliates for de-funding and punishment.

  The right wing has used the media and its influence to target progressive organizations and individuals in order to silence voices on the left which, like CCR, work tirelessly for open democracy, social change and a just society. Now, Congress has entered this politically motivated campaign by illegally using its power to punish those it doesn’t like. By singling out ACORN without so much as a single hearing, Congress has initiated an unconstitutional attack on poor people, on working people and on democracy itself.

  This resolution expires on December 18, 2009. Please take action by contacting your representative today to tell them that Congress can’t be the judge, jury and executioner. Urge your representative to vote against any attempts to de-fund ACORN or any other organization without due process. Everyone has the right to due process. Join CCR in challenging this effort by the right to yet again disregard the Constitution and destroy the forces working for positive change.

  Sincerely,
  Vincent Warren
  Executive Director

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• InI 15:55 on May 23, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: CCR, Video ( 988 )   

  Video: "Absolutist" to defend the law? Michael Ratner 

  23 May, 2009

  It’s outrageous to equate people who demand the rule of law with those who break it

  Bio

  Michael Ratner is President of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in New York. He has taught at Yale Law School, lectured at Columbia Law School, and was President of the National Lawyers Guild.

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