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U.S. Operatives Killed Detainees During Interrogations in Afghanistan and Iraq (10/24/2005)
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union today made public an analysis of new and previously released autopsy and death reports of detainees held in U.S. facilities in Iraq and Afghanistan, many of whom died while being interrogated. The documents show that detainees were hooded, gagged, strangled, beaten with blunt objects, subjected to sleep deprivation and to hot and cold environmental conditions.

Court Orders Release of Images of Detainee Abuse at Abu Ghraib (09/29/2005)
NEW YORK - A federal judge has ordered the release of photos and videos of detainee abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, saying that the photos may answer important questions about government accountability. In seeking the release of the images, the American Civil Liberties Union and its allies said the images are a critical component in the quest for public accountability.

New Documents Contradict Army Report Denying Systemic Failures in Treatment of Detainees (09/15/2005)
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union today made public more than 1,800 pages documenting the investigation into at least three military units' detainee operations in Iraq. Among the documents were reports of untrained soldiers using interrogation techniques they "remembered from the movies," as well as reports of deaths that could have been prevented with proper training.

ACLU Responds to Court Ruling Upholding Detention of Jose Padilla (09/09/2005)
NEW YORK -- The American Civil Liberties Union expressed disappointment at today's ruling upholding the military detention of Jose Padilla, and reversing a trial court decision that had ordered the government either to criminally charge him or to release him.

Innocent Civilian Held in Iraq Released Days After ACLU Files Lawsuit (09/06/2005)
LOS ANGELES -- The American Civil Liberties Union today celebrated the release of a long-time U.S. resident who was being held in Iraq by the U.S. military. The release came less than a week after the ACLU filed a lawsuit against top U.S. officials, almost two months after a military court declared Numan Adnan Al Kaby innocent and just two days before a judge was to hear his case in Washington.

ACLU Calls On U.S. Government to Release Innocent Civilian Held in Iraq (08/31/2005)
WASHINGTON -- The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit today against top U.S. officials demanding the release of a legal permanent resident of the United States who is in custody in a U.S. military jail in Iraq after being declared innocent by a military court eight weeks ago.

At Public Hearing Today, ACLU to Argue for Release of Photographs and Videos Depicting Detainee Abuse (08/30/2005)
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union and the New York Civil Liberties Union will again appear before a federal judge Tuesday, August 30, to seek the release of Defense Department photographs and videotapes depicting the abuse of prisoners held by the United States at Abu Ghraib.

Update in ACLU Torture FOIA Lawsuit (08/19/2005)
Following a two-hour closed hearing in New York on August 15, a federal judge ordered the government to reveal blacked-out portions of its legal papers arguing against the release of images depicting abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib.

Diplomats Should Keep their Own Houses in Order, Advocates for Domestic Workers Say (04/07/2005)
GENEVA -- Andolan, Global Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union are convening a panel in Geneva today to address specific concerns about migrant domestic workers employed by international organizations, including the United Nations and the broader diplomatic community.

Global Lens Focused on U.S. Torture and Detention Policies (04/04/2005)
GENEVA - The American Civil Liberties Union today called for immediate action by the U.N. Commission on Human Rights to address the abuse and torture of prisoners by the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq, and at other U.S.-controlled detention centers.

ACLU Calls for United States to Respect Universal Human Rights at Home and Abroad (04/01/2005)
GENEVA -- A delegation of attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union arrived in Geneva this morning to attend the 61st meeting of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights. The delegation seeks to bring issues of torture and detention, racial profiling and the exploitation of migrant domestic workers in the U.S. to the Commission's attention.

Citing Growing Abuses, ACLU Intensifies International Human Rights Advocacy in the United States (12/06/2004)
NEW YORK - Intensifying its efforts to hold the United States government accountable under universally recognized human rights principles, the American Civil Liberties Union today announced that it has hired three full-time advocates to apply human rights strategies to the ACLU's work on national security issues, immigrants' rights, women's rights, and criminal justice.

Federal Government Turns Over Thousands of Torture Documents to ACLU (10/21/2004)
NEW YORK-The American Civil Liberties Union and the New York Civil Liberties Union today said that they have received from the federal government nearly 6,000 pages of documents related to the abuse of prisoners at overseas detention facilities, including almost all of the annexes to the Taguba report concerning abuses at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

ACLU Convenes First National Conference On the Use of International Human Rights Law in the U.S. Justice System (10/08/2003)
NEW YORK - In a new campaign to bring internationally recognized human rights law to the American justice system, the American Civil Liberties Union is convening a national conference, October 9-11 at the Carter Center, in Atlanta. The conference, Human Rights at Home: International Law in U.S. Courts, combines an overview of international laws with practical workshops to help lawyers and others develop legal and organizing strategies for enforcing human rights in specific areas, including criminal justice, economic justice, the rights of non-citizens and women's rights.

Rights Groups Ask Government For Proof That Detainees in U.S. Custody Are Not Being Tortured (10/07/2003)
WASHINGTON - Citing news reports that the United States government may have tortured detainees or subjected them to "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment," the American Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Constitutional Rights and medical and veterans' groups today asked Department of Defense and other agency officials for proof that that the U.S. is honoring its obligations under domestic and international law.

ACLU Criticizes U.S. Withdrawal from Anti-Racism Conference; Says America Has Responsibility to Speak Out in South Africa (09/04/2001)
WASHINGTON --The American Civil Liberties Union today joined other leading civil and human rights organizations in condemning the Bush Administration's decision to back out of the United Nations' World Conference Against Racism currently being held in Durban, South Africa. 

ACLU Joins Civil and Human Rights Leaders in Urging the Bush Administration To Participate Fully in Anti-Racism Conference in South Africa (08/29/2001)
WASHINGTON -- The American Civil Liberties Union today joined a diverse array of civil and human rights leaders attending the World Conference Against Racism in urging the U.S. government to participate fully in the symposium set to open Friday in Durban, South Africa. 

ACLU Joins International Protest Against Global Internet Censorship Plans (09/09/1999)
MUNICH, GERMANY-- The American Civil Liberties Union today joined rights groups from around the world in denouncing a proposed international Internet rating system that could provide governments with a blueprint for censorship.