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Bill Ushers in Humane Standards for Immigration Detention Facilities
Long-awaited legislation ensures access to medical care, including protections from forcible drugging and deportation
WASHINGTON - October 3 - Today Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) introduced legislation to adopt humane standards for immigration detention facilities that are legally enforceable. The ACLU applauds Rep. Roybal-Allard for her leadership in ensuring that all immigration detainees receive basic minimum protections including access to medical care, phones, legal materials, and law libraries. The bill, H.R.
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ACLU Welcomes Child Soldiers Accountability Act
Bipartisan legislation signed into law today
WASHINGTON - October 3 - The American Civil Liberties Union applauds President Bush and both chambers of Congress for enacting the Child Soldiers Accountability Act law today. The Act criminalizes the recruitment and use of child soldiers and gives the United States the authority to deport or to deny entry to individuals for such activities.
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CONTACT: Public Citizen |
Pennsylvania Court’s Decision to Protect Majority of Anonymous Online Posters a Win for Free Speech,
Public Citizen Says
Public’s Right to Anonymously Criticize Elected Officials Upheld
WASHINGTON - October 3 - A ruling that protects the identity of the majority of anonymous posters on a Scranton, Pa., political Web site is a win for free speech, Public Citizen said today of an order by Judge Peter J. O'Brien filed in the Lackawanna Country Court of Common Pleas.
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CONTACT: National Gay and Lesbian Task Force |
Rea Carey, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Leader, Demands Higher Standard From National Candidates
WASHINGTON - October 3 - Rea Carey, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Fund, responds to last night's vice presidential debate between Republican Gov. Sarah Palin and Democratic Sen. Joseph Biden.
Statement by Rea Carey, Executive Director
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Fund
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CONTACT: ACLU Will Matthews, ACLU National, (212) 549-2582 or 2666; media@aclu.org |
ACLU Sues School District for Punishing Kindergarten Student Because of Family’s Religious Beliefs
Needville Independent School District Violates State Law With Suspension of Five-Year-Old
HOUSTON - October 2 - The
American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Texas today filed a
lawsuit against the Needville Independent School District (NISD) for
punishing a five-year-old American Indian kindergarten student for
practicing and expressing his family's religious beliefs and heritage
by wearing his hair long in violation of school rules.
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CONTACT: Brennan Center for Justice |
Study Finds States Purging Millions of Voters in Secret, Often Erroneously
Brennan Center Reveals Wild Inconsistencies in Maintenance of Voter Registration Lists
Issues Public Records Requests in 12 States with Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
NEW YORK - October 1 - Today the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law released one of the first systematic examinations of voter purging, a practice-often controversial-of removing voters from registration lists in order to update state registration rolls-click here for report.
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CONTACT: Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA) |
The Secret World of Voter Purges
WASHINGTON - October 1 -
MYRNA PEREZ
WENDY WEISER
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CONTACT: ACLU Jay Stanley, (202) 675-2312, |
ACLU Demands UN Group End Secrecy Over Internet Tracking System
WASHINGTON - September 30 - The American Civil Liberties Union and London-based Privacy International today wrote to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to express their concern over a process to draft technical standards that would allow Internet communications to be traced to their origin.
