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ACLU and Public Health Groups Urge Appeals Court to Reject Bush Global AIDS Gag (12/21/2006)
WASHINGTON - The federal government is illegally restricting the ability of U.S. health organizations to end the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, charged the American Civil Liberties Union and more than 25 public health and human rights organizations in a legal brief filed today.

Bush Global AIDS Gag is Harmful to Public Health, Groups Tell Appeals Court (11/14/2006)
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union and 26 public health experts, human rights and HIV/AIDS organizations are urging a federal appeals court to reject a government policy that restricts the ability of U.S. groups to end the spread of HIV/AIDS in other countries.

Undocumented Workers Bring Plea for Non-Discrimination to Human Rights Body (11/01/2006)
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union, the National Employment Law Project and the Transnational Legal Clinic at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law today filed a petition urging the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to find the United States in violation of its universal human rights obligations by failing to protect millions of undocumented workers from exploitation and discrimination in the workplace.

New Jersey Citizens on Parole and Probation Bring Plea For Right to Vote to Human Rights Body (09/14/2006)
NEWARK -- The American Civil Liberties Union and the Rutgers Law School Constitutional Litigation Clinic filed a petition today urging the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to rule that denying New Jersey citizens on parole and probation the right to vote violates universal human rights principles.

On Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, ACLU Sees America's Reputation as Human Rights Leader Diminished (08/29/2006)

ACLU of Mississippi Shares U.N. Concerns About Human Rights Violations (08/02/2006)
JACKSON, MS — Saying it is gravely concerned about human rights violations by the United States, a United Nations human rights body today issued recommendations for improving conditions at home and abroad. The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi welcomed the recommendations, noting that several of the violations have occurred in Mississippi, and urged the U.S. government to take immediate and vigorous steps to implement the recommendations on the state and federal level.

ACLU of Texas Shares United Nation's Concern About Increased Level of Militarization on Border (07/28/2006)
EL PASO, TX — A United Nations human rights body today expressed grave concerns over the United States' human rights record. The American Civil Liberties Union welcomed the recommendations and urged the U.S. government to take immediate and vigorous steps to implement them on both the state and federal level. Among the findings from the committee were concerns about the increased level of militarization on the U.S.-Mexico Border, National Guard troops on the U.S.-Mexico border and the enforcement of immigration laws by agents lacking adequate training on immigration issues.

U.N. Human Rights Body Slams Louisiana Actions During Katrina (07/28/2006)
NEW ORLEANS — A United Nations human rights body today criticized Louisiana officials for their actions during Hurricane Katrina, including a police blockade on Gretna New Orleans Bridge, which left thousands of mostly black residents trapped in the city, and the failure to evacuate prisoners from the flooded Orleans Parish Prison. The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, which has long called for investigations into the conditions at the prison and on the bridge, welcomed the report and its recommendations.

U.N. Committee Blasts U.S. and Michigan on Juvenile Life Without Parole Laws (07/28/2006)
DETROIT — The American Civil Liberties Union today announced that the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC) has expressed "concern" over state laws that allow juvenile offenders to be incarcerated for life and has asked the United States to ensure that no juvenile is sentenced to life without parole.

U.S. Human Rights Record Strongly Condemned by Leading International Body (07/28/2006)
NEW YORK — A United Nations human rights body today expressed grave concerns over the United States’ human rights policies. The American Civil Liberties Union welcomed the recommendations and urged the U.S. government to take immediate and vigorous steps to implement them on the state and federal level.