CLDC has been providing movement aligned legal support to the campaigns and activists in the so called U.S. for over 20 years now. In that time period, I have personally witnessed numerous waves of state repression targeting the […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 23, 2022
Contact:
Sarah Alvarez, Staff Attorney
(541) 687-9180
info@cldc.org
Final Black Lives Matter activist arrested at Springfield protest exonerated in State Court
Eugene, OR — Today, moments before a jury was to hear opening statements, the Deputy Lane County District Attorney abruptly moved to dismiss all charges against racial justice […]
Eugene, OR –May 25 marked two years since the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin. Though not the last Black man killed by militarized police, the outrage and heartbreak that flowed from his death spurred an uprising that continues today.
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April 21, 2022
From Lauren Regan, Director and Senior Staff Attorney, Civil Liberties Defense Center
On April 21, 2022 at 12:30 pm, Joseph Dibee had his federal change of plea hearing with Judge Ann Aiken by telephone only.
Dibee is one of the final individuals indicted in what is known […]
With CLDC’s Founder and Executive Director, Lauren Regan, celebrating her 25th year of lawyering this year, we have much to reflect on, be grateful for, and share with our community.
You can learn more about our 2021 victories and progress on these […]
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November 30, 2021
Contacts:
Lauren Regan, Executive Director & Senior Staff Attorney
Sarah Alvarez, Staff Attorney
(541) 687-9180
info@cldc.org
Denver, CO —Yesterday, Judge William J. Martínez, of the U.S. District Court in Colorado, ruled […]
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 of people arrested during such a massive, distributed, and sustained uprising, but 14,000 is generally considered […]
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 in the blink of an eye, the institution of police departments in this country […]
Ever since the broadly-trusted, Switzerland-based encrypted email service ProtonMail acknowledged that it helped identify a young French climate activist, organizers have been pondering whether they should continue using ProtonMail accounts.
For the sake of solidarity, the strength of our movements, and the safety of our people, activists must never cooperate […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 19, 2021
Contacts: Marianne Dugan or Lauren Regan, Senior Staff Attorneys
541-687-9490
info@cldc.org
Lane County, Oregon – In light of new evidence, on August 19, 2021, the Civil Liberties Defense Center (CLDC) and Black Unity moved to amend their […]
