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Press release re Xiafen Sherry Chen, May 2018
Press release from Committee of 100, an ally of Defending Rights & Dissent, about Sherry Chen, a scientist who was the victim of racial profiling.
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Community Letter to DOC Sec Ross re Xiafen Sherry Chen
Letter from 132 community organizations including Defending Rights & Dissent, asking the Secretary of Commerce to allow a Merit Systems Protection Board decision allowing Sherry Chen to return to work to stand. Chen is a scientist who was the victim of racial profiling.
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War cabinet opposition letter to Senate Democratic Caucus
Letter from progressive and civil liberties, including Defending Rights & Dissent, urging the Senate Democratic Caucus to oppose Trump's "war cabinet," i.e John Bolton, Gina Haspel, and Mike Pompeo.
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Haspel Opposition Letter
Coalition letter signed by Defending Rights & Dissent opposing Gina Haspel's nomination to be CIA director. Haspel was involved in the CIA's torture program.
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Letter to SSCI re Wray Chinese Profiling
Coalition letter initiated by Defending Rights & Dissent, and signed by a wide array of civil rights groups, expressing concern about comments made by FBI Director Christopher Wray to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that would suggest support for profiling of Chinese-American scientists and academics.
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Espionage Act Statement, 2018
Statement signed by whistleblowers, former intelligence professionals, journalists, and activists calling for the end of Espionage Act prosecutions of whistleblowers. The statement was written in response to news that former FBI agent and whistleblower Terry J. Albury had been charged under the Espionage Act.
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Letter supporting Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports (ACMRA) Act
Letter signed by 45 groups, including Defending Rights & Dissent, supporting the Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act.
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National coalition rejects death penalty and increased penalties for drug offenses
Coalition letter signed by Defending Rights & Dissent rejecting Donald Trump's proposal to implement the death penalty for drug offenses
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Memo- Opposing Missouri Anti BDS Bill 2018
Legal memo opposing an unconstitutional anti-BDS bill in Missouri.
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HR 4909 Sign-on Letter 3.13.18: oppose STOP School Violence Act
Letter signed by 51 organizations, including Defending Rights & Dissent, opposing the STOP School Violence Act.
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