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LGBT Uganda Fights Back: The Case Against Scott Lively

ABOUT CCR

The Center for Constitutional Rights is dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Founded in 1966 by attorneys who represented civil rights movements in the South, CCR is a non-profit legal and educational organization committed to the creative use of law as a positive force for social change.

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  • CCR Calls on Manning Court-Martial Judge to Uphold Right to Open Trial

    March 22, 2012, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) sent a letter to the judge presiding over the court martial of alleged Wikileaks leaker Private Bradley Manning, requesting immediate public and… Read more >>

  • Ugandan LGBT Activists File Case Against Anti-Gay U.S. Evangelical in Federal Court

    March 14, 2012, Springfield, MA and New York –Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a federal lawsuit against Abiding Truth Ministries President Scott Lively on behalf of Sexual Minorities Uganda, a non-profit umbrella… Read more >>

  • Update: CCR Client Under Attack by Catholic Church Lawyers

    The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, CCR’s client, is a survivor-led support group for clergy sex abuse victims that joined with CCR to urge the International Criminal Court (ICC) to prosecute the Vatican… Read more >>

  • CCR Supports House and Senate Letters to Secretary of State Clinton Urging Concrete Actions to Promote Human Rights in Honduras

    March 13, 2012, New York, NY – Members of the House and Senate sent two letters to Secretary of State Clinton urging the State Department to address the worsening human rights crisis in Honduras and… Read more >>

  • Court Rules FDNY Liable for Up to $128 Million in Back Pay to Black and Latino Applicants

    March 8, 2012, New York – Today, United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis ruled in favor of the plaintiffs on the issue of back pay in a class action lawsuit that found the Fire… Read more >>

  • Over 80 Civil Rights Organizations Call on FBI to End Facilitation of ICE's "Secure Communities" Deportation Program

    March 8, 2012 - Today, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network and over 80 other civil and immigrant rights organizations sent a letter to the FBI demanding that it end its facilitation of ICE’s Secure… Read more >>

  • CCR Condemns Reported Sealed Indictment Against WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange

    February 28, 2012, New York – Leaks published today from Stratfor, a private intelligence corporation, indicate the United States Department of Justice has issued a secret, sealed indictment against Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks. In… Read more >>

  • Supreme Court Hears Argument Over Whether Corporations Can Be Held Accountable for Human Rights Abuses

    February 28, 2012, Washington D.C. – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case that will determine whether corporations can be sued in U.S. courts for their complicity in torture, crimes against… Read more >>

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  • Bradley Manning, Solitary Confinement and Occupy 4 Prisoners

    An estimated 20,000 U.S. prisoners are held in solitary confinement, an internationally-recognized form of torture.  CCR Associate Legal Director Bill Quigley calls for us to rally to free them from their isolation, just as activists… Read more >>

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  • Baher Azmy: CCR's new Legal Director

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