Today I was locked in a small windowless room with asbestos walls crumbling onto a filthy floor for over seven hours. I was allowed to leave only once to use the restroom. I was not permitted to have water, food, or access to my cellphone to let anyone know whether […]
In an ideal world you never lose your phone or have it on you when risking arrest. Of course this isn’t always practical. Keeping your phone locked at all times is great protection, but some of your data could still be at risk if the cops get their hands on it. Here’s […]
Yesterday, in Eugene, OR, two Sunrise Movement activists entered into a deferred prosecution agreement stemming from acts of non-violent, civil disobedience.
On March 19, 2021, two young sisters participated in a mass demonstration against NW Natural, a fracked gas polluter. The bike march, ending at NW Natural’s facilities, was a part […]
“June 11th is a reminder to us that though we spend our days outside of a prison many of our friends and allies spend theirs behind bars having sacrificed what little freedom they had to fight for something greater than themselves. We have a responsibility to them and to ourselves […]
100 years ago this week, on May 31 and June 1, 1921, mobs of white residents, many of them deputized and given weapons by city officials, attacked Black residents and businesses of the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, from land and air. The white mob destroyed more than 35 square […]
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May 25, 2021
Contact:
Lauren Regan, Executive Director & Senior Staff Attorney
(541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org
Eugene, OR —Today, the Civil Liberties Defense Center filed a federal civil rights lawsuit under Bivens v. Six […]
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May 24, 2021
Contacts:
Lauren Regan, Executive Director & Senior Staff Attorney
Marianne Dugan, Senior Staff Attorney
(541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org
Eureka, CA — Today CLDC attorneys representing journalist Mike Gamms […]
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May 21, 2021
Contact:
Chava Shapiro, Tucson Anti-Repression Crew
(415) 857-0507 or Chava_tarc@protonmail.com
Phoenix, Arizona – On May 5, 2021, Loren Reed, a 27-year-old Diné (Navajo) activist, was released from federal custody following his plea hearing in the […]
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May 21, 2021
Contacts:
Shoshana Wechsler at swechs@sonic.net +1.510.332.4110
Nyunt Than at nyuntthan@gmail.com +1.510.220.1323
Paul Paz y Miño at paz@amazonwatch.org +1.510.773.4635
Demonstrating the efficacy of direct action, right-wing legislators across the country are ramping up state legislative efforts to limit the right to protest. According to our colleagues at the International Center for Nonprofit Law (ICNL), as of May 10, 2021, there were more than 31 new laws and 69 […]
