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ACLU Attorneys Discuss the Detention of Immigrants, Women and Children Learn more >>
On December 10, 2007, the ACLU released a comprehensive analysis of the pervasive, institutionalized, systemic and structural racism in America. Jamil Dakwar, Advocacy Director for the ACLU's Human Rights Program (left), discusses the issue of detention of immigrants, women and children with ACLU attorneys Tom Jawetz and Mie Lewis. MP3 | Podcast
Dennis Parker, Nsombi Lambright and Lisa Graybill Discuss Racial Inequality Learn more >>
Dennis Parker, Director of the ACLU's Racial Justice Program, discusses juvenile justice, voting rights, the death penalty and other issues addressed in the new ACLU report, Race & Ethnicity in America, with ACLU of Mississippi Executive Director Nsombi Lambright (center) and ACLU of Texas Legal Director Lisa Graybill. MP3 | Podcast
Chandra Bhatnagar Talks About Racism in America Learn more >>
Chandra Bhatnagar, Staff Attorney for the ACLU's Human Rights Program, gives a historic overview on racism in America, and discusses racial profiling, affirmative action and the rights of immigrants and noncitizens as addressed in the new ACLU report, Race & Ethnicity in America: Turning a Blind Eye to Injustice.
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ACLU Attorney Laleh Ispahani Talks About the U.S.'s Obligations Under the CERD Treaty Learn more >>
Laleh Ispahani, Senior Policy Counsel for the ACLU's Racial Justice Program, talks about the U.S.'s obligations as a signatory to the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) treaty. Laleh is the author of Race & Ethnicity in America: Turning a Blind Eye to Injustice, an analysis of the U.S. State Department's report on the state of racial discrimination in the U.S.
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Cecillia Wang Discusses the Boumediene v. Bush Supreme Court Arguments Learn more >>
On December 5,2007, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Boumediene v. Bush, a case that will determine whether Guantánamo detainees have the right to challenge the lawfulness of their detention in U.S. federal courts. Immigrants' Rights Senior Staff Attorney Cecillia Wang attended the arguments, and talked about the morning's proceedings.
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Matt Coles Talks About the ACLU's 25 Years of Fighting Discrimination Against AIDS Patients Learn more >>
December 1 was World AIDS Day. The ACLU AIDS Project believes no one should be deprived of their basic constitutional protections of equality, privacy or free expression because they have HIV or AIDS. Matt Coles, Director of the ACLU AIDS Project, talks about how the government has attempted to trample the civil rights of those with HIV/AIDS, and the project's work fighting to eliminate discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS in all aspects of society, including employment, housing and public accommodations.
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Abused Domestic Workers of Diplomats Seek Justice From International Commission Learn more >>
On November 15, 2007, domestic workers who were exploited and abused in the U.S. by foreign diplomats petitioned the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). The petition charges that the United States has violated the American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man by failing to ensure that foreign officials with diplomatic immunity are prohibited from committing egregious human rights abuses.
Indonesian domestic worker, Siti Aisah, tells her story of exploitation at the hands of the Ambassador to the Qatar Mission of the United Nations.
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Otilia Huayta, una trabajadora domestica de Bolivia, cuenta como ella y su hija de 12 anos, Carla, fueron explotadas y abusadas por una diplomática Boliviana quien las trajo a los Estados Unidos. Read the English translation of this podcast >>
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Jennie Pasquarella, Staff Attorney for the ACLU Women's Rights Project, explains how diplomatic immunity allows diplomats to violate domestic workers' rights and describes the ACLU's petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
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Military Commissions Resume at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba Learn more >>
On November 8, 2007, military commission hearings resumed at Guantánamo. The first hearing will determine if Canadian national Omar Ahmed Khadr can tried as an unlawful enemy combatant. Jamil Dakwar, Director of the ACLU's Human Rights Program, attended Khadr's hearing as a human rights monitor. He discusses the day's proceedings and talks about a new Pentagon rule that prohibits monitors from attending the post-hearing press conference.
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Administration of Torture, a Groundbreaking Account of Prisoner Abuse in U.S. Custody Abroad, Is Released Learn more >>
Written by ACLU attorneys Jameel Jaffer and Amrit Singh, the book presents a detailed account of the treatment of prisoners held in U.S. detention centers in Afghanistan , Iraq , and Guantánamo Bay. In this Columbia University Press podcast, Jaffer and Singh talk about the substantial evidence that the torture and abuse of prisoners was systemic and resulted from decisions made by senior U.S. officials, both military and civilian.
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ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero Talks About His New Book, In Defense of Our America Learn more >>
Using the stories of real Americans on the front lines of the fight for civil liberties, the book takes a critical look at civil liberties in this country at a time when constitutional freedoms are in peril. Romero talks about meeting the people whose stories make up the book, and how it addresses the crucial issues that every American faces today.
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Medical Care in Immigrant Detention Learn more >>
On October 4, 2007, the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law heard testimony on the issue of medical care in immigrant detention.
June Everett tells of her sister Sandra Kenley's detention. Prisons staff neglected to give Kenley her daily medication — Kenley died in detention.
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Former detainee Francisco Castaneda talks about a cancerous lesion that went untreated while he was held at the San Diego Correctional Facility.
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Max Sevilla es un consultor legislativo para el ACLU. Lo entrevistamos sobre la preocupante falta de cuidado medico adecuado de inmigrantes confinados a centros de detención, y sobre los esfuerzos del ACLU para mejorar las condiciones de estos inmigrantes en custodia de ICE.
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Former Inmate Garrett Cunningham Describes His Ordeal in a Texas Prison Learn more >>
On September 28, 2007, Garrett Cunningham testified at a congressional briefing hosted by the ACLU and SAVE Coalition to discuss the unintended consequences of the 1996 Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA). Because of the PLRA's complex rules, Cunningham, who was raped by a guard while incarcerated at a Texas prison, was unable to bring formal charges against the officer, who went on to sexually assault more prisoners.
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Justice in Jena: Dennis Parker Discusses the Jena 6 Case Learn more >>
On September 20, 2007, thousands of activists from across the country gathered in the small town of Jena, Louisiana, to show their support for the Jena 6, a group of six black high school students who initally faced attempted murder charges for their involvement in a schoolyard fight with a white student. Dennis Parker, Director of the ACLU's Racial Justice Program, talks about the case of the Jena 6, and how the case is symptomatic of the much larger problem of racial injustice throughout the country.
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Human Costs of War: ACLU Sues DoD to Release Documents Under FOIA Learn more >>
On September 4, 2007, the ACLU filed a lawsuit against the Department of Defense demanding that it comply with a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to release documents related to civilians killed by coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. ACLU staff attorney Nasrina Bargzie (left), retired Army colonel Micheal Pheneger and others talk about what documents released by the Army reveal about the American military's conduct in these wars.
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Peter Chase Addresses A Fellow John Doe Learn more >>
On August 15, 2007, the ACLU argued the unconstitutionality of a provision of the USA Patriot Act that allows the FBI to issue gag orders against recipients of National Security Letters (NSL). After the ACLU brought a similar case in 2005, the government lifted its gag on librarian Peter Chase, who received an NSL ordering him to turn over library patrons' internet usage records. After the August 15 hearing, he recorded this message, from one John Doe to another.
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ACLU of Washington Legal Director Sarah Dunne Discusses Title IX Learn more >>
June 23 marks the 35th anniversary of Title IX, the landmark 1972 law enacted to end sex discrimination in education. ACLU of Washington Legal Director Sarah Dunne talks about past Title IX cases she litigated as a civil rights attorney at the Department of Justice, and what remains to be done to establish gender equity in schools.
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Matt Coles Talks About LGBT Discrimination in the Workplace Learn more >>
Matt Coles, director of the ACLU's LGBT Project, talks about the need for federal legislation outlawing LGBT discrimination in the workplace. The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the current list of federal employment protections, which already ban discrimination based on race, religion, gender, national origin, age and disability.
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A Discussion with Actor Peter Krause Learn more >>
On May 2, 2007, the ACLU hosted a screening of "Civic Duty," a film about fear and racial prejudice in the highly charged atmosphere of post-9/11 America. ACLU Senior Staff Attorney Reggie Shurford (right) discussed "Civic Duty" with the film's star and producer, Peter Krause, after the screening.
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Dirty Wars: An Evening of Readings to End Torture, Arbitrary Detention and Extraordinary Rendition Learn more >>
On April 26, 2007, leading writers and luminaries from around the world gathered for an evening of readings at Joe's Pub in New York City. Cosponsored by the ACLU and PEN American Center, the event was part of the PEN World Voices Festival.
Actors Daoud Heidami, right, and Daniel Oreskes and author Mark Danner reenacted the Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) of one of Guantánamo's "high-value" detainees, Mustafa Ait Idr.
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Mark Danner, author of Truth and Torture, read from government documents released to the ACLU under the Freedom of Information Act.
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South African author Breyten Breytenbach, right, read his "Letter to a Butcher from Abroad." Written in the 1960's, the piece depicts the tireless efforts of prisoners to find dignity.
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Filmmaker Alex Gibney recited selections from the interrogation log of Mohammad al-Qahtani, detainee 016, thought to be the 20th hijacker from the 9/11 attacks.
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Nobel laureate and author Nadine Gordimer, right, elaborated on the implications of "dirty wars" abroad, in a reading from Scatter the Ashes and Go by South African poet Mongane Wally Serote.
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Actor Gloria Reuben read ACLU client Khaled El-Masri's op-ed in the Los Angeles Times, "I am not a State Secret." The CIA abducted El-Masri, beat him, drugged him and transported him to a secret prison in Afghanistan. In the op-ed, El-Masri discusses his harrowing experience.
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Francine Prose, right, President of PEN American Center, read from emails released to the ACLU under the Freedom of Information Act, containing correspondence from FBI agents visiting the prison at Guántanamo Bay.
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Peter Chase Accepts the Medal of Liberty Learn more >>
On June 15, 2007, the ACLU honored Peter Chase, vice president of Library Connection, with the Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty. As a client in the ACLU's lawsuit against the FBI and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales over the use of National Security Letters, Chase was honored for his commitment to civil liberties and courage to stand up to the government's attempt to violate citizens' privacy. Peter gave this speech at the ACLU's Biennial Conference in Seattle, Washington.
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U.N. Human Rights Expert Visits U.S. Learn more >>
Dr. Jorge Bustamante, the United Nations' Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants, made an official visit to the U.S. from April 30 through May 18 to investigate the conditions of immigrants and migrants living here.
Lucas Guttentag, Director the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project, talks about anti-immigrant ordinances, post-9/11 changes to U.S. immigration policy and other issues that will be addressed by the Special Rapporteur.
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Jamil Dakwar, Advocacy Director for the ACLU's Human Rights Program, talks about the mandate of the Special Rapporteur, and the significance of his visit to the human rights community.
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Tom Jawetz, Immigration Detention Staff Attorney for the ACLU's National Prison Project, talks about the conditions inside immigrant detention facilities, and the other detention issues the Special Rapporteur's will address.
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Unabridged: A New Poetry Collection by Steve Connell and Sekou (tha misfit) Learn more >>
Spoken word artists Steve Connell (top) and Sekou (tha misfit) perform from their new poetry collection, Unabridged.
Habeas Corpus: "In Sheeps Clothing"
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Free Speech: "The freedom of Speech"
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Abstinence-Only Education: "The Fallacy of Unicorns"
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Racial Profiling: "The Face of Danger"
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The Trials of Darryl Hunt Learn more >>
ACLU Senior Staff Attorney Reggie Shuford talks with Darryl Hunt, left, and Mark Rabil about Darryl Hunt's wrongful conviction. His case brings up questions of cross-racial eyewitness identification, prosecutorial misconduct, inexperienced defense attorneys and racial bias in death penalty cases.
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Civilian Casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan Learn more >>
ACLU attorney Jameel Jaffer, left,and Jon Tracey of Civic, on the compensation claims filed by Iraqis and Afghanis for combat, injury and death in wartime. The government released the claims in response to the ACLU's Freedom of Information Act request.
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Free Speech Experiment Learn more >>
The Supreme Court case Morse v. Frederick, could alter the precedent set by Tinker v. Des Moines, in which the court ruled that free speech isn't shed "at the schoolhouse gate." Joseph Frederick and Mary Beth Tinker talk about the cases. Streaming | Podcast
Joseph Frederick talks about his "Free Speech Experiment," as ACLU attorneys and independent counsel Doug Mertz discuss the legal grounds.
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Ghosts of Abu Ghraib Learn more >>
Acclaimed filmmaker Rory Kennedy, pictured left, talks with Jameel Jaffer, Deputy Director of the ACLU's National Security Program, about her documentary, "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib."
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Post-screening discussion with ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero, Rory Kennedy, staff attorney Amrit Singh, and moderator Laura Flanders.
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ACLU Challenges Hutto Detention Center Learn more >>
The ACLU brought several lawsuits against Michael Chertoff, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, on behalf of children detained at the Hutto detention facility.
ACLU staff attorney Vanita Gupta on why legal action was taken.
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Barbara Hines, co-counsel in the case, discusses why she got involved.
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ACLU v. NSA: The Challenge to Unchecked Surveillance Learn more >>
The ACLU defeated the Bush administration in the first federal challenge ever argued against the president's NSA spying program: A district court declared the program unconstitutional and called for an immediate halt to this abuse of presidential power.
ACLU Associate Legal Director Ann Beeson, right, on how the case is still alive and how clients have been harmed.
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ACLU of Northern California staff attorney Ann Brick on why phone companies' collusion with the NSA violates privacy rights.
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Josh Dratel, a criminal defense lawyer in New York, discusses the NSA eavesdropping program from a plaintiff's point of view.
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Arsalan Iftikhar, National Legal Director of Council on American Islamic Relations, on illegal eavesdropping for all Americans.
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Harvey Grossman, Legal Director of the ACLU of Illinois, pictured right, discusses Terkel v. AT&T.
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Nick Schmader , member of the Rhode Island Community Coalition for Peace (via telephone)
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The World We Want: Roe v. Wade 34 Years Later Learn more >>
ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero and Reproductive Freedom Project Director Louise Melling discuss the impact of Roe v. Wade and the ACLU's vision for reproductive freedom.
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Impact of Reproductive Freedom
ACLU lawyer Sondra Goldschein on the real-life impact of reproductive freedom 34 years after Roe v. Wade.
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Detainees at Guantánamo Bay Learn more >>
ACLU legal director Steve Shapiro discusses court rulings regarding the Bush administration's unlawful detention policy, and the outlook for cases challenging the constitutionality of the Military Commissions Act.
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2006 ACLU Membership Conference Learn more >>
Member greetings, commentary from ACLU staff members, and speaker interviews from the 2006 Membership Conference.
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