Judge Partially Grants CLDC Motion to Suppress Coerced Statement in Trial of Anti-Racist Political Prisoner, Eric King
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 30, 2021 Contacts: Lauren Regan, Executive Director & Senior Staff Attorney Sarah Alvarez, Staff Attorney (541) 687-9180 info@cldc.org Judge Partially Grants CLDC Motion to Suppress Coerced Statement in Trial [...]
Civil Rights Groups Submit Support Brief for Impact Investment Firm in Legal Battle with Private Prison Corporation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 22, 2021 Contact: Valentina Stackl, Protect the Protest task force (734) 276 6260 vstackl@greenpeace.org Candide Group fighting defamation suit from notorious private prison corporation CoreCivic San Francisco, California — Today, 13 [...]
Drop the Charges: Resistance to State Repression of Racial Justice Uprising Continues
By the Drop the Charges Coalition An unprecedented number of arrests followed the protests that erupted upon George Floyd’s murder at the hands of Minneapolis police in 2020. It’s difficult to know the exact number [...]
Police Tactics for Violently Repressing Mass Movements (trigger warning)
Heavy-handed police responses to protests in the United States (and around the world) are nothing new. While horrifically graphic videos and images of police brutality taken by everyday people are now circulated across the Internet [...]
Springfield Police Engaged in Politically-Motivated Surveillance and Spying; CLDC Amends Lawsuit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 19, 2021 Contacts: Marianne Dugan or Lauren Regan, Senior Staff Attorneys 541-687-9490 info@cldc.org Springfield Police Engaged in [...]
A Dispatch from FCI Englewood’s Segregated Housing Unit
Today I was locked in a small windowless room with asbestos walls crumbling onto a filthy floor for over seven hours. [...]
Climate Activists Celebrate Dismissal of Charges in the Midst of the Hottest Summer on Record
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 22, 2021 Contacts: Civil Liberties Defense Center Sarah Alvarez, Staff Attorney (541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org Portland Rising [...]
Expect the Unexpected: Secure Your Phone Against Confiscation or Loss
In an ideal world you never lose your phone or have it on you when risking arrest. Of course this isn't always [...]
Eugene Sunrise Movement Activists Agree to Deferred Prosecution for Non-Violent Civil Disobedience
Yesterday, in Eugene, OR, two Sunrise Movement activists entered into a deferred prosecution agreement stemming from acts of non-violent, civil disobedience. [...]
International Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason & All Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners: Flowers for the Rebels Caged
“June 11th is a reminder to us that though we spend our days outside of a prison many of our friends [...]