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Campaign to aid Dreamers apply for Obama plan
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 9 months ago
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For years they were vilified, detained, prosecuted and deported, but through it all young undocumented students kept fighting for their dreams of going to college and becoming productive members of society. Their time finally came last June with
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Protesters' lawyers allege improper arrests
Bridgeport :: CT :: USA | 1 year ago
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Police refused to provide any details about the alleged raid or whether they were detaining people. Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy was asked about the allegation after announcing at a news conference this afternoon that there had been zero
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Occupy Wall Street exposes judicial double standards | Naomi Wolf
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 year ago
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Avram Ludwig and Naomi Wolf (left to right), with their attorney Gideon Law, outside New York criminal court, 5 January 2012 I had been waiting with apprehension for our court date, Monday, at which Avram Ludwig and I would have to go on to trial. We
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Occupy protesters sue over free speech, force
Nashville :: TN :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Most major Occupy encampments have been dispersed, but they live on in a flurry of lawsuits in which protesters are asserting their constitutional rights to free speech and assembly and challenging authorities' mass arrests and use of force to break
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Civil rights lawyers move to fight Occupy evictions nationwide
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Los Angeles police lined up against protesters before clearing the camp. Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters Civil rights lawyers are ramping up their fight to halt Occupy evictions around the country, in the face of concerted efforts by city
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IDF Unit Commander Will Testify Over Rachel Corrie's Death
Haifa :: Israel | 2 years ago
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The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) Palestine Subcommittee has joined with other civil and human rights organizations around the world to send a legal observer to monitor the civil lawsuit brought by the family of peace activist Rachel Corrie against
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US lawyers urged RP president to free Morong 43
By Gerry Albert Corpuz, www.allvoices.com MANILA, Philippines- American lawyers belonging to the National Lawyers Guild on Saturday added their voice to the growing demand of the international human rights and social justice
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New Arrests and Charges Related to the Mehserle Verdict
Oakland :: CA :: USA | over 2 years ago
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Johannes Mehserle's involuntary manslaughter verdict on July 8. Some of those recently charged were arrested that night, while others have been identified by police in photos, and have been newly arrested. The latest set of arraignments on Monday
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The National Lawyers Guild
New York City :: NY :: USA | over 2 years ago
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The report lays out age-old government tactics that have been reintroduced under new anti-terrorism policies and legislation. Spying on and infiltration of activists' meetings, the use of agents provocateurs, raiding organizers meeting spaces and the
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Allegations emerge: Phoenix police targeted legal observers at SB 1070 protests
Phoenix police arrested Roxana Orrell, a lawyer and executive officer with the National Lawyers Guild (NLG), Thursday while acting as an NLG Legal Observer for a group that was protesting the immigration policies
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