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Feb 13, 2019
ACLU Comment on Saudi-Yemen Resolution House Vote
WASHINGTON — The House passed a resolution today on the Saudi led-fight in Yemen that could result in further harm to Yemenis.
The House voted to bar the U.S. military from refue...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Jun 08, 2018
Court Releases First Annual Report on NYPD Reforms after Landmark Muslim Surveillance Settlement
NEW YORK – A federal court overseeing unprecedented reforms in the wake of wrongful NYPD surveillance of Muslim communities made public late yesterday the first annual report of ...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Jun 07, 2018
ACLU Asks Court to Halt Government Plan to Send Detained American to Syria
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union filed an emergency request tonight asking a federal district court to block the Trump administration’s plan to transport an Amer...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Jun 06, 2018
ACLU Comment on U.S. Plan to Release Detained American
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration told a federal court tonight that it plans to release an American citizen it has unlawfully detained in Iraq without charges for almost nine...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Jun 01, 2018
ACLU Statement on Trump Administration’s Release of Official Civilian Casualty Report
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration today submitted to Congress a report revealing how many civilian casualties it believes resulted from U.S. military operations in Iraq, Syri...
Issue Areas:
National Security
May 31, 2018
ACLU Statement on CIA Torture Program Rulings From European Court of Human Rights
STRASBOURG, France — The European Court of Human Rights today found Lithuania and Romania were complicit in the CIA’s illegal torture and rendition programs. The decisions were...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Human Rights
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