By Lynne Stewart The following statement is from Lynne Stewart, the People’s Lawyer currently imprisoned at Carswell Federal Prison. I began my career as a political movement lawyer. The government was rounding…
Category: Police State Repression
Know Your Rights!
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Booklet from the Center for Constitutional Rights |
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Also see:
Ten Years Later: Surveillance in the Homeland (a joint project of the ACLU of Massachusetts and Truthout)
Debra Sweet: Why I Oppose a Grand Jury Investigation of Anti-War Activists
Three of the anti-war activists targeted by the FBI By Debra Sweet A contradiction to ponder: A three-year investigation by the Department of Justice into the CIA operatives who carried out waterboarding,…
Holder Calls Terrorism Sting Operations ‘Essential’
By Malia Wollan and Charlie Savage Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has defended the use of sting operations orchestrated by government informers, telling advocates for the civil rights of American Muslims…
Judge Rules that President’s Decision to Assassinate US Citizens Abroad is “Judicially Unreviewable”
By Andy Worthington On Tuesday, in an extremely troubling ruling in the District Court in Washington D.C., Judge John D. Bates dismissed a lawsuit contesting what is described as President Obama’s “targeted…
Lynne Stewart Being Moved to Maximum Security Prison
World Can’t Wait received this letter from the Lynne Stewart Defense Committee Dear Friends, Please forward widely… I just received a terribly sad one-sentence letter from Ralph Poynter, Lynne Stewart’s husband….
Update on Obama’s Plan to Assassinate US Citizen Anwar al-Aulaqui
Court Dismisses Targeted Killing Case On Procedural Grounds Without Addressing Merits Press Release from Center for Constitutional Rights CONTACT: press@ccrjustice.org Judge Acknowledges ACLU And CCR Case Raises Important Questions About Legality Of…
Week of Action: Stop FBI and Grand Jury Repression
From the Committee to Stop FBI Repression: Three activists from the Twin Cities, Tracy Molm, Sarah Martin and Anh Pham are being called back before the Grand Jury in Chicago, and we…
Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project: A Supremely Bad Supreme Court Decision
Revolution Newspaper: Attorneys and the activists who were subpoenaed by a federal grand jury after the FBI raids in late September have pointed out that they "fear that the government may be…
FBI Raids on Antiwar Activists – In the Age of Obama: Criminalizing Political Opposition to U.S. Aggression
In late September, FBI agents carried out coordinated early morning raids on the office of the Anti-War Committee in Minneapolis and on seven homes in Minneapolis and Chicago. At some homes, the…
Gregory Koger Released on Appeal Bond – Support Still Needed
From the Ad Hoc Committee for Reason– We have exciting news! The Appellate Court of Illinois has granted Gregory’s motion for bond pending appeal, and Gregory was released this evening! In accepting…