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Over 150,000 People Tell Amazon: Stop Selling Facial Recognition Tech to Police

Jun 18, 2018
On Monday afternoon, civil rights, religious, and community organizations are taking their demand that Amazon stop providing face surveillance technology to governments, including police departments, to the company’s headquarters in Seattle. The groups will deliver over 150,000 petition signatures, a coalition letter signed by nearly 70 organizations representing comm... Read More
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Fact-Checking Family Separation

Jun 19, 2018
As public outrage around family separation mounts, members of Congress demand access to government-run facilities, and the United Nations condemns us, the Trump administration is attempting to shift the blame — fast. Read More
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ACLU Comment on U.S. Plans to Withdraw from U.N. Human Rights Council

Jun 19, 2018
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is reportedly planning to withdraw from the U.N. Human Rights Council today.Jamil Dakwar, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Human Rights Program, issued the following statement in response:“The Trump administration’s withdrawal from the U.N. Human Rights Council, coupled with its abusive use of power at home, only confirm what we’ve always known... Read More
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Celebrate Pride Month by Improving California Laws

Jun 22, 2018
June is Pride month, a month to celebrate the strength and activism of LGBTQ people. We at the ACLU of California are excited to be working on three LGBTQ-related bills this year to make things better for students, youth in foster care, and people in jail or prison. Read More
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Dignity and Opportunity Act (SB 990)

Transgender and nonbinary people in prison or jail are often placed in segregated housing and denied access to programs and parole opportunities. While this is supposedly for their own safety, isolating people and withholding critical resources not only makes it harder for them to qualify for parole and reenter society, but also is cruel and unnecessary. Transgender and nonbinary people deserve th... Read More