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ACLU Statement on 11th Anniversary of Guantánamo

01/11/2013 – Eleven years have passed since the first prisoner arrived in Guantánamo Bay, making it the longest-standing war prison in U.S. history. Guantánamo has been a catastrophic ...

3 Asks for President Obama and the White House

01/02/2013 – Join the ACLU in asking President Obama and the White House to: (1) close Gitmo, (2) end abusive deportation, and (3) stand up for abortion rights.

This Week in Civil Liberties (1/11/2013)

01/11/2013 – Are text messages protected by the higher privacy standards of surveillance laws that protect Internet communications (like email), or are they treated like phone calls? How many years ...

A Misguided Ruling in the WikiLeaks Case: 23 Hours a Day Alone in a Cell is Always Solitary Confinement

01/09/2013 – For nine months, Pfc. Bradley Manning was held in a windowless cell...

A School Voucher by Any Other Name

01/09/2013 – Thirty million. That’s the amount of tax dollars that could be diverted annually from New Hampshire’s coffers to private schools by the year 2022 if the state is allowed to ...

Victory! Equal Pay for Lesbian and Gay Veterans

01/08/2013 – At long last (and after two years of ACLU litigation), many lesbian and gay former members of the military will be getting what they deserve: full severance pay regardless of their ...

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Justice Denied: Voices from Guantánamo

What happens when the rule of law is broken and true justice is denied? The ACLU video series "JUSTICE DENIED: Voices from Guantánamo" features former detainees who were held by the U.S. in Afghanistan and Guantánamo for years.

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Denese Meteye James - The More We Get out to Vote, the Better Opportunities We’ll Have

Denese lives in Tampa, Florida and registered hundreds of voters in the 2008 election. Florida’s new voter suppression measure now puts significant restrictions on third parties that register voters.