November 15, 2021In July 2017, Jessica Reznicek and Ruby Montoya, two activists from the Catholic Worker Movement, held a press conference to announce that they were responsible for acts of vandalism against the...
New York, December 16, 2011— The Center for Constitutional Rights, representing Julian Assange, publisher of the WikiLeaks media organization, filed a petition this morning seeking guaranteed...
August 5, 2024... Rights groups have called on the Biden administration to investigate crimes committed in Gaza as potential violations of US law. Ahead of the trip to the US last week of the Israeli prime...
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM This panel discussion will take place at the 70th Annual National Lawyers Guild Convention in Washington, DC. In early 2002, people around the world watched with dismay as the...
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Mr. Khalil was unlawfully detained by ICE because of his speech in support of Palestinian rights March 17, 2025, New York – Today, to bring recent Columbia graduate student, activist, soon-to-be...
Mr. Khalil was unlawfully detained by ICE last week because of his pro-Palestine advocacy at Columbia University NEW YORK — In a fight to get recent Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil back to...
November 14, 2012, Vancouver and New York — Today, four torture survivors filed a complaint against Canada with the United Nations Committee against Torture for the country’s failure to...
December 7, 2010 WASHINGTON – A federal court today acknowledged the serious issues raised by a lawsuit challenging the Obama administration’s targeted killing policy, but dismissed the...
October 18, 2017The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit last week on behalf of a Kansas public school teacher who, as a condition for taking her job, was required under a new state law to declare...
Michelle J. DePass, Oregon, is the president and chief executive officer of Meyer Memorial Trust. DePass began her career as a community organizer in New York and went onto leadership positions in...
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