December 7, 2009, Washington, DC— Former Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger today issued a report on an independent inquiry into ACORN’s organizational systems and processes and made...
In the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which the United States ratified in 1994, torture is defined as "any act by which...
Updated: January 11, 2010
The below-signed organizations are deeply disturbed by and stand opposed to the indictment yesterday of Rasmea Yousef Odeh, a Palestinian-American community activist who has dedicated 10 years to the...
Updated: October 28, 2013
June 7, 2017Secretary John Kelly’s May 22 announcement that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will extend Haiti’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for only six months rather than the usual 18...
Human Rights Groups Call Decision Unacceptable and Shameful April 12, 2019, Paris, The Hague, New York – In what human rights groups call an appalling decision, the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber II decided...
Judge Orders University to Recognize Students for Justice in Palestine Club August 6, 2019, New York – Five Fordham University students have won a landmark legal victory against Fordham University,...
July 13, 2020We're suing to end cruel and unconstitutional death-by-incarceration sentences [caption align="right"] [/caption] People in Pennsylvania serving death-by-incarceration sentences (commonly known as “...
Legal Filing Details Gruesome Suicide Attempts, Hallucinations March 8, 2021, Washington, D.C. – Lawyers representing Guantánamo prisoner Mohammed al Qahtani are urging a federal judge to deny an...
Emergency Motion Says Ashley Diamond’s Allegations of Assault Prompted Retaliation by Prison Staff April 9, 2021, Atlanta – Today, Ashley Diamond, a Black transgender woman who is currently suing the...
Win for Communities United for Police Reform: Litigation will be dismissed and prior temporary injunction to be lifted April 13, 2021, New York – Today, the New York City police, corrections and fire...
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