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December 2, 2021
Published by Chip Gibbons at December 2, 2021

Fred Hampton: We Still Need Justice

Fifty-two years ago today, the Chicago Police murdered Illinois Black Panther Chair Fred Hampton and Mark Clark. In a raid orchestrated by the FBI, Chicago Police stormed the Black Panther officer at 4:00 AM. Not only did they fire first,
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November 24, 2021
Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at November 24, 2021

From Outrage to Action: The Origin Story of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee

Twenty years ago, George W. Bush signed the PATRIOT Act into law.  And twenty years ago, the Bill of Rights Defense Committee was born. The law ripped the Fourth Amendment to shreds by expanding government surveillance powers, impaled the First
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November 23, 2021
Published by Sue Udry at November 23, 2021

Arkansas Paper Stands Up for the First Amendment – Despite the Cost

Almost every state in the country has considered legislation designed to restrict the right to participate in a boycott. The motivation behind these bills is no secret: it is to undermine the BDS movement – a campaign launched by Palestinian
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November 11, 2021
Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at November 11, 2021

DRAD Joins National Letter Rebuking NY Plan to Transfer Women & Trans from Rikers to Upstate Prisons

On Wednesday, Defending Rights & Dissent joined with leading national LGBTQI and women’s advocacy organizations including the National Women’s Law Center, Transgender Law Center, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and the New York Transgender Advocacy Group urging New York Governor
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October 29, 2021
Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at October 29, 2021

Reactions & Analysis of the Julian Assange Extradition Appeal

The Julian Assange extradition appeal concluded in London on Thursday, October 29. Immediately following the proceedings, Defending Rights & Dissent brought together some of the best journalists covering the proceedings this week to offer their reactions and analysis, including DRAD
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October 28, 2021
Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at October 28, 2021

Human Rights Lawyer Steven Donzinger Should Not Be in Jail

On October 27, 2021, human rights lawyer Steven Donzinger reported to prison to serve a six month prison term for contempt of court.  “We’re outraged that Steven Donzinger is in jail, and disgusted by the US judiciary’s complicity in Chevron’s
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October 18, 2021
Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at October 18, 2021

DRAD Joins National Call for Biden Administration to Drop Case Against Assange

DRAD joined a national coalition of civil liberties and human rights organizations this week calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland to drop the criminal prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after the explosive revelations in recent reporting about how in
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October 18, 2021
Published by Defending Rights & Dissent at October 18, 2021

Defending Rights & Dissent Condemns Placement of Drone Whistleblower in Draconian Prison Unit

Defending Rights & Dissent condemns the US government’s decision to place Daniel Hale in a “Communications Management Unit” (CMU). Defending Rights & Dissent has both long opposed the use of CMUs, as well the imprisonment of Daniel Hale.  CMUs are
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December 7, 2021

The nerve of Sen. Lindsey Graham trying to claim that the CSRTs of 2004-05 accurately found the men held at #Guantanamo to have been correctly designated on capture as "enemy combatants" https://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2008/12/22/an-interview-with-guantanamo-whistleblower-stephen-abraham-part-one/ https://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2008/12/30/an-interview-with-guantanamo-whistleblower-stephen-abraham-part-two/

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December 7, 2021

Repeal the AUMF

The US Is Not a Battlefield

Close Guantanamo Bay

Rollback the Surveillance State

Rein in the FBI and Dismantle DHS

End the War on Terror at Home and Abroad

https://www.rightsanddissent.org/news/president-biden-end-the-war-on-terror-at-home/

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December 7, 2021

Happening now. Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on "Closing Guantanamo: Ending 20 Years of Injustice"

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/closing-guantanamo-ending-20-years-of-injustice

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