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Weaponizing the Legal System: The Case Against the Florida 4
Anti-abortion pregnancy centers dramatically outnumber actual women's health care providers. Click on the image to download a larger map. Photo credit: Floridians for Reproductive Freedom https://floridareprofreedom.org/fakeclinics/ On March 10, 1993, outside Florida’s Pensacola [...]
Justice Distorted: Activists Sentenced for Conspiracy, Avoid FACE Act Charges, in Unprecedented Attack on Pro-Choice Defenders
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 12, 2024 Contact: Lauren Regan, Director of Litigation & Advocacy Civil [...]
JOURNALIST SENTENCED TO 14 DAYS IN JAIL BECAUSE SHE WOULD NOT ADMIT TO BEING A PARTICIPANT IN A FAR-RIGHT RIOT SHE INTENDED TO REPORT ON
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 9, 2024 Contact: Lauren Regan, Director of Litigation & Advocacy info@cldc.org [...]
TINY COMPUTERS THAT HOLD ALL YOUR SECRETS GOT YOU DOWN?
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PRESS RELEASE: JURY MISSES MARK AND FINDS INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST, ALISSA AZAR, GUILTY OF RIOT, DISORDERLY CONDUCT…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 14, 2024 Contact: Lauren Regan, Director of Litigation & Advocacy lregan@cldc.org [...]
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The CLDC represents activists that, in the course of fighting for a better world, are arrested and criminally charged. We believe their courage deserves the best possible defense that can incorporate the political, social, and philosophical motivations of these activists.
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The CLDC engages in civil litigation to hold the powerful accountable and to protect the rights of activists and marginalized communities. Our civil litigation is aimed at holding governments, corporations, and the powerful accountable when they violate the constitutional rights of others. The civil practice of the CLDC is shaped and driven by a desire to create a lasting impact.
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The Civil Liberties Defense Center supports movements that seek to dismantle the political and economic structures at the root of social inequality and environmental destruction. We provide litigation, education, legal and strategic resources to strengthen and embolden their success.
CLDC educates, supports and defends grassroots activists nationwide. We are dedicated to being a backbone for the grassroots and the frontlines. We help activists navigate the legal system, we represent them at no cost when they are arrested and we help them make smart choices in the face of state repression. We provide the necessary legal support so that activists can have long, sustainable lifetimes fighting in the movement for justice.
We also provide Know Your Rights and other legal trainings for activists and other vulnerable groups such as youth, tribes, the houseless community and the undocumented community. We believe that knowledge is power, and when people have the tools and understanding to take action and demand that the government honor all their rights, then grassroots activism will be the best chance of exacting necessary change.