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Last week, Mahmoud Khalil brought a lawsuit seeking to compel the Trump administration to release its communications with anti-Palestinian organizations and individuals in the run-up to his arrest and detention last March.
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Last week, Mahmoud Khalil brought a lawsuit seeking to compel the Trump administration to release its communications with anti-Palestinian organizations and individuals in the run-up to his arrest and detention last March.
“The public deserves full accountability for every bad actor who helped make that possible, including those at Columbia who fabricated and amplified these smears and opened the door for state retaliation against Palestinian speech.”
— Mahmoud Khalil via @zeteo.com.
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— Mahmoud Khalil via @zeteo.com.
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EXCLUSIVE: Mahmoud Khalil Sues Trump Admin for Communications With Anti-Palestinian Groups
Khalil is seeking all communications between the Trump administration and outside pro-Israel doxxing groups like Canary Mission.
zeteo.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
“The public deserves full accountability for every bad actor who helped make that possible, including those at Columbia who fabricated and amplified these smears and opened the door for state retaliation against Palestinian speech.”
— Mahmoud Khalil via @zeteo.com.
zeteo.com/p/mahmoud-kh...
— Mahmoud Khalil via @zeteo.com.
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Today, we and our partners filed six public records requests relating to Alabama counties Baldwin and Pickens and the tri-county municipality of Leeds.
November 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Today, we and our partners filed six public records requests relating to Alabama counties Baldwin and Pickens and the tri-county municipality of Leeds.
Victory! After nearly three years in ICE detention, Melika Olya, a 23-year-old Iranian woman and asylum seeker was released today.
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Victory! After nearly three years in ICE detention, Melika Olya, a 23-year-old Iranian woman and asylum seeker was released today.
The New York Times recently spoke with 40 of the 200 Venezuelan men, including our client Edicson Quintero, who were shipped to CECOT, a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The New York Times recently spoke with 40 of the 200 Venezuelan men, including our client Edicson Quintero, who were shipped to CECOT, a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
New Jobs to Move America report sheds light on Hyundai/Kia’s suppliers’ reliance on prison labor, quantifying how coercive labor practices in Hyundai/Kia’s Southern manufacturing supply chain suppress wages for both incarcerated and non-incarcerated workers.
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The Impact of Incarcerated Labor in Hyundai’s U.S. Supply Chain
This pioneering study from Columbia Labor Lab provides a rigorous, large-scale statistical analysis of the economic impact of prison labor in driving wage suppression in Hyundai/Kia’s supply chain.…
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November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
New Jobs to Move America report sheds light on Hyundai/Kia’s suppliers’ reliance on prison labor, quantifying how coercive labor practices in Hyundai/Kia’s Southern manufacturing supply chain suppress wages for both incarcerated and non-incarcerated workers.
jobstomoveamerica.org/resource/the...
jobstomoveamerica.org/resource/the...
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We are eagerly awaiting the PA Supreme Court's ruling on our case with @abolitionistlawcenter.org and @ccrjustice.org claiming Death By Incarceration for felony murder is unconstitutional.
What's felony murder? Listen to John Oliver break it down on @lastweektonight.com.
What's felony murder? Listen to John Oliver break it down on @lastweektonight.com.
Here’s last night’s story about felony murder – a way you can wind up in prison for murder without actually killing anyone – as well as a certain Minnesota law regarding slippery pigs. youtu.be/Y93ljB7sfco
Felony Murder: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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November 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
We are eagerly awaiting the PA Supreme Court's ruling on our case with @abolitionistlawcenter.org and @ccrjustice.org claiming Death By Incarceration for felony murder is unconstitutional.
What's felony murder? Listen to John Oliver break it down on @lastweektonight.com.
What's felony murder? Listen to John Oliver break it down on @lastweektonight.com.
WATCH: This morning, we co-sponsored a side event in Geneva examining recent developments around the U.S. refusal to participate in the UN Universal Period Review, which has raised concern among advocates, journalists, and local leaders.
www.youtube.com/live/hjNnVjq...
www.youtube.com/live/hjNnVjq...
November 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
WATCH: This morning, we co-sponsored a side event in Geneva examining recent developments around the U.S. refusal to participate in the UN Universal Period Review, which has raised concern among advocates, journalists, and local leaders.
www.youtube.com/live/hjNnVjq...
www.youtube.com/live/hjNnVjq...
This week, the U.S. gov’t was meant to be reviewed at the UN as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process, a peer-to-peer assessment of every country’s human rights record. The U.S. is set to become the first country ever to avoid review after withdrawing in August.
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This week, the U.S. gov’t was meant to be reviewed at the UN as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process, a peer-to-peer assessment of every country’s human rights record. The U.S. is set to become the first country ever to avoid review after withdrawing in August.
“It is outrageous that YouTube is furthering the Trump administration’s agenda to remove evidence of human rights violations and war crimes from public view.“
— Katherine Gallagher, senior staff attorney
— Katherine Gallagher, senior staff attorney
YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
theintercept.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
“It is outrageous that YouTube is furthering the Trump administration’s agenda to remove evidence of human rights violations and war crimes from public view.“
— Katherine Gallagher, senior staff attorney
— Katherine Gallagher, senior staff attorney
Peter Weiss (1925-2025)
The Center for Constitutional Rights mourns the passing of Peter Weiss, the visionary human rights lawyer, our beloved mentor and friend, and our long-time vice president, who served on our board for nearly five decades.
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The Center for Constitutional Rights mourns the passing of Peter Weiss, the visionary human rights lawyer, our beloved mentor and friend, and our long-time vice president, who served on our board for nearly five decades.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Peter Weiss (1925-2025)
The Center for Constitutional Rights mourns the passing of Peter Weiss, the visionary human rights lawyer, our beloved mentor and friend, and our long-time vice president, who served on our board for nearly five decades.
ccrjustice.org/home/blog/20...
The Center for Constitutional Rights mourns the passing of Peter Weiss, the visionary human rights lawyer, our beloved mentor and friend, and our long-time vice president, who served on our board for nearly five decades.
ccrjustice.org/home/blog/20...
Last week, we filed a FOIA lawsuit against the Trump administration with our partners at @justfutureslaw.bsky.social demanding information on ICE and CBP’s use of Israeli surveillance tools against US citizens. Staff attorney Samah Sisay shares more in the video below.
November 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Last week, we filed a FOIA lawsuit against the Trump administration with our partners at @justfutureslaw.bsky.social demanding information on ICE and CBP’s use of Israeli surveillance tools against US citizens. Staff attorney Samah Sisay shares more in the video below.
Tonight, at 8PM ET there is a virtual documentary screening for Tremane Wood, a man facing execution in Oklahoma next week. northeastern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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November 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Tonight, at 8PM ET there is a virtual documentary screening for Tremane Wood, a man facing execution in Oklahoma next week. northeastern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Reproductive freedom means choice & consent for intersex people, too. Many intersex people have that freedom stripped from them due to nonconsensual sterilizing surgeries in childhood. This #IntersexAwarenessWeek we show up for reproductive choice for all. #WhyWeShowUp
October 31, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Reproductive freedom means choice & consent for intersex people, too. Many intersex people have that freedom stripped from them due to nonconsensual sterilizing surgeries in childhood. This #IntersexAwarenessWeek we show up for reproductive choice for all. #WhyWeShowUp
We all have the right to make informed decisions about our own bodies — including transgender and intersex people. Our liberation is tied together, and this Intersex Awareness Week we show up to encourage trans and intersex solidarity 🏳️⚧️💜💛 #WhyWeShowUp #IntersexAwarenessWeek
October 31, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We all have the right to make informed decisions about our own bodies — including transgender and intersex people. Our liberation is tied together, and this Intersex Awareness Week we show up to encourage trans and intersex solidarity 🏳️⚧️💜💛 #WhyWeShowUp #IntersexAwarenessWeek
Today, we and our partners at @justfutureslaw.bsky.social filed a lawsuit to compel the Trump administration to release information about its use of powerful new surveillance tools as part of its massive effort to arrest and deport immigrants and occupy American cities.
October 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Today, we and our partners at @justfutureslaw.bsky.social filed a lawsuit to compel the Trump administration to release information about its use of powerful new surveillance tools as part of its massive effort to arrest and deport immigrants and occupy American cities.
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INBOX: @justfutureslaw.bsky.social and @ccrjustice.org sued the Trump admin to compel disclosure of ICE/CBP's use of surveillance tech developed by two Israeli companies, Paragon and Cellebrite, after the legal groups claimed the govt improperly denied initial FOIA requests to see the contracts.
October 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
INBOX: @justfutureslaw.bsky.social and @ccrjustice.org sued the Trump admin to compel disclosure of ICE/CBP's use of surveillance tech developed by two Israeli companies, Paragon and Cellebrite, after the legal groups claimed the govt improperly denied initial FOIA requests to see the contracts.
On Saturday, November 8, at 6:00 p.m. CT, we’ll be hosting a free screening of ”Born In Flames” by Lizzie Borden at ILÉ ÌFÉ, in New Orleans in collaboration with the Highlander Center.
October 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
On Saturday, November 8, at 6:00 p.m. CT, we’ll be hosting a free screening of ”Born In Flames” by Lizzie Borden at ILÉ ÌFÉ, in New Orleans in collaboration with the Highlander Center.
📣 We’re hiring! 📣
We’re currently hiring spring legal interns! We're seeking experienced second- or third-year law students or LLM students with a strong commitment to social justice to provide legal research and analysis as part of an internship or externship opportunity.
We’re currently hiring spring legal interns! We're seeking experienced second- or third-year law students or LLM students with a strong commitment to social justice to provide legal research and analysis as part of an internship or externship opportunity.
October 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
📣 We’re hiring! 📣
We’re currently hiring spring legal interns! We're seeking experienced second- or third-year law students or LLM students with a strong commitment to social justice to provide legal research and analysis as part of an internship or externship opportunity.
We’re currently hiring spring legal interns! We're seeking experienced second- or third-year law students or LLM students with a strong commitment to social justice to provide legal research and analysis as part of an internship or externship opportunity.
Intersex rights are human rights. Intersex Awareness Week recognizes the diversity of people born with variations in their sex traits, and their right to health, dignity and freedom. #WhyWeShowUp #IntersexAwarenessWeek
October 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Intersex rights are human rights. Intersex Awareness Week recognizes the diversity of people born with variations in their sex traits, and their right to health, dignity and freedom. #WhyWeShowUp #IntersexAwarenessWeek
Currently in Alabama, the Library Development Division of the Alabama Public Library Service is attempting to ban any positive depictions of transgender people in youth library sections of Alabama’s public libraries.
October 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Currently in Alabama, the Library Development Division of the Alabama Public Library Service is attempting to ban any positive depictions of transgender people in youth library sections of Alabama’s public libraries.
“We haven’t seen Mohammed. We haven’t heard his voice. We’ve been denied visits. We’ve been denied phone calls. The U.S. State Department is unable to show us a picture of him.”
— Zeyad Kadur, uncle of Mohammed Ibrahim. www.newsweek.com/who-is-moham...
— Zeyad Kadur, uncle of Mohammed Ibrahim. www.newsweek.com/who-is-moham...
Who is Mohammed Ibrahim? US citizen teen detained by Israel for 8 months
A U.S. citizen remains in an Israeli prison after a ceasefire agreement secured the release of almost 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.
www.newsweek.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“We haven’t seen Mohammed. We haven’t heard his voice. We’ve been denied visits. We’ve been denied phone calls. The U.S. State Department is unable to show us a picture of him.”
— Zeyad Kadur, uncle of Mohammed Ibrahim. www.newsweek.com/who-is-moham...
— Zeyad Kadur, uncle of Mohammed Ibrahim. www.newsweek.com/who-is-moham...
📣 We’re hiring! 📣
We’re currently hiring for a Legal Administrative Associate and a Policy Advocacy Manager (PAM). See thread below for more details.
We’re currently hiring for a Legal Administrative Associate and a Policy Advocacy Manager (PAM). See thread below for more details.
October 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
📣 We’re hiring! 📣
We’re currently hiring for a Legal Administrative Associate and a Policy Advocacy Manager (PAM). See thread below for more details.
We’re currently hiring for a Legal Administrative Associate and a Policy Advocacy Manager (PAM). See thread below for more details.
We’ve joined the @aclu.org to demand the Trump admin turn over docs re: to its illegal strikes on civilian boat in the Caribbean.
“No president can arbitrarily choose to assassinate individuals from the sky based on his whim or say-so.” – Legal Director, Baher Azmy
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“No president can arbitrarily choose to assassinate individuals from the sky based on his whim or say-so.” – Legal Director, Baher Azmy
ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...
Rights Groups Demand Legal Memo on Trump’s Executions of Alleged Drug Smugglers in Caribbean
Attorney General Pam Bondi blatantly refused to confirm memo’s existence to Congress under questioning despite confirmation of Army General Counsel October 15, 2025, New York – The Center for Constitu
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October 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
We’ve joined the @aclu.org to demand the Trump admin turn over docs re: to its illegal strikes on civilian boat in the Caribbean.
“No president can arbitrarily choose to assassinate individuals from the sky based on his whim or say-so.” – Legal Director, Baher Azmy
ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...
“No president can arbitrarily choose to assassinate individuals from the sky based on his whim or say-so.” – Legal Director, Baher Azmy
ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...