Press Releases
Jan 07, 2016
Landmark Settlement Protects American Muslims From Discriminatory NYPD Surveillance
NEW YORK — In a landmark settlement announced today, the New York City Police Department has agreed to reforms designed to protect New York Muslims and others from discriminatory...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Jan 05, 2016
Emergency Motion Hearing Today to Allow Doctor at Catholic Hospital to Provide Pregnancy-Related Care to Patient
SAN FRANCISCO — A judge today will hear whether to grant an emergency motion to prevent a Catholic-affiliated hospital in California’s largest hospital network from using relig...
Jan 04, 2016
ACLU Comment on Raids of Central American Families in United States
NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union condemns Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson's statement today that the Obama administration will continue its raids targeting f...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jan 04, 2016
ACLU Finds Dangerous Overuse of Solitary Confinement for Nebraska Youth
Some facilities send young people to solitary for as long as three months, despite medical evidence that extreme isolation can permanently damage adolescents’ brains.
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Juvenile Justice
Dec 29, 2015
ACLU Files Lawsuit Against Hospital For Denying Reproductive Health Care
Dignity Health Hospital Network Continues to Refuse Pregnancy-Related Care Because of Religious Directives
Dec 23, 2015
ACLU of NH Challenges State Prison Ban on Mailed Christmas Cards, Prayer Cards, and Children’s Drawings
“We do not doubt that Suboxone is a problem in New Hampshire’s prisons. But the Department of Corrections must address this problem without indiscriminately banning innocent s...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
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