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Court Rules in Favor of Woman Who Was Denied Membership in All Male Club (02/28/2007)
HARTFORD, CT - The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut today hailed an important victory in a lawsuit brought by a woman who was denied membership in the German Social Society because of her gender. The Connecticut Court of Appeals ruled that the lower court committed a legal error when it incorrectly applied a narrow federal standard to the club’s requirement to be open to the public rather than the broader state standard.

Federal Judge Tells Local Alabama Property Manager to Stop Sexual Harassment (02/23/2007)
MONTGOMERY, AL – The American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama today hailed a preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Keith Watkins against Jamarlo GumBayTay, an agent of Elite Real Estate Consulting Group, ordering him to cease the sexual harassment of a renter and stop any and all actions to evict her.

ACLU Files Lawsuit on Behalf of Domestic Abuse Victim Who Was Evicted (02/21/2007)
DETROIT -- The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a federal sex discrimination lawsuit against a Detroit landlord after the company evicted a domestic violence victim from her home. The management company has refused to revise a policy that evicts all tenants whose “guests” create a disturbance or damage the property, including tenants who are victims of domestic violence.

ACLU Alarmed At Justice Department Move to Collect DNA, Violates Privacy Rights and Causes Further Delays in Overwhelmed System (02/05/2007)
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union criticized the Justice Department’s move to collect DNA samples of individuals who are arrested or detained by federal authorities - even if they are not convicted, or charged with a crime. That collection was authorized in an amendment authored by Senators Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and John Cornyn (R-TX) to the Violence Against Women Act in 2005.

ACLU Fights Eviction of Domestic Abuse Victim in Michigan (01/17/2007)
DETROIT - In a letter sent to an apartment management company today, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Michigan urged a Detroit landlord to revise a policy that evicts all tenants whose "guests" create a disturbance or damage the property, including tenants who are victims of domestic violence.

ACLU Charges Kuwait Government and Diplomats With Abusing Domestic Workers (01/17/2007)
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union today charged the country of Kuwait and a Kuwaiti diplomat and his wife with trafficking three women and forcing them to work as domestic employees and childcare workers against their will under slavery-like conditions.

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 Education Department Regulations Violate Title IX, Constitution (10/24/2006)
NEW YORK -- The American Civil Liberties Union expressed disappointment today over the release of new Title IX regulations that invite sex segregation in public schools.

Jury Sides with Women Workers, ACLU in Harassment Case (09/29/2006)
NEW YORK -- After a weeklong trial, a jury today found the owner of an upper Manhattan discount retail store guilty of assaulting and sexually harassing three Latina workers. The verdict comes in a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union Women’s Rights Project.