Press Releases

Jun 25, 2024

ACLU Statement on Long-Overdue Resolution of Julian Assange Case

WASHINGTON — Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, was released from prison in the United Kingdom yesterday after pleading guilty to a single felony count of illegally obtain...

Issue Areas: Free Speech National Security

Jun 25, 2024

ACLU Announces Plan to Combat Nationwide Abortion Ban and Other Attacks on Reproductive Health Care Under a Second Trump Term

The memo continues the ACLU’s 2024 election policy memo series exploring likely policies from a potential Trump or Biden second term.

Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

Jun 25, 2024

95 Percent of Deaths in ICE Detention Could Likely Have Been Prevented With Adequate Medical Care: Report

New study reveals persistent medical care failures in immigration detention facilities, examines 52 deaths from 2017-2021

Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Jun 24, 2024

Leading Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice Organizations Launch 'Abortion Access Now' Campaign and $100 Million Investment

WASHINGTON –Marking the two-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision, leading reproductive health, rights, and justice organizations have launched the ‘Abortion Access Now...

Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

Jun 24, 2024

Clergy, Public-School Parents Sue to Block Louisiana Law Requiring Public Schools to Display the Ten Commandments

BATON ROUGE, La. — A multi-faith group of nine Louisiana families with children in public schools filed suit in federal court today to block H.B. 71, a new state law requiring al...

Issue Areas: Religious Liberty

Jun 24, 2024

ACLU and ACLU of South Carolina Sound Alarm on Sweeping New Book Ban Law

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina regulation that would enable mass censorship of books in school classrooms and libraries is set for automatic approval tomorrow, June 25th. Tit...

Issue Areas: Free Speech LGBTQ Rights

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