8.27.10
Invasive TSA Searches Invade Privacy, Raise Concerns
Media Coverage | Blogs | Background
7.27.10
State Department Ends Ban on Colombian Journalist Hollman Morris
U.S. should end practice of banning people on ideological grounds, says ACLU.
News Release | Letter to Secretary of State Clinton | Blog: On Liberty
7.27.10
ACLU and Other Organizations Demand Records on FBI Collection of Racial and Ethnic Data
Claimed FBI power to track and map "behaviors" and "lifestyle characteristics" of American communities in Massachusetts and nationwide raises alarm.
News Release | Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request | Blog: Is the FBI Engaging in Race-Based Snooping?
7.16.10
Report into arrest of Harvard prof. Henry Louis Gates sidesteps key issues
As the ACLU of Massachusetts and other advocates point out in a Bay State Banner opinion piece, neither racial profiling nor the constitutional right to talk back to the police were addressed in the expensive Cambridge Review Committee report looking into the arrest of Professor Gates by a Cambridge police officer at his home last year.
Op-ed
7.15.10
ICE Releases Baskaran Balasundaram
ACLU of Massachusetts won release of Sri Lankan asylum-seeker detained in Boston for two years.
Case Details
7.13.10
Local Booksellers, National Trade Associations, ACLU, and Others Sue to Block Internet Censorship Law
Broad Massachusetts law enacted this year bans constitutionally protected speech online for topics including literature, art, sexual and reproductive health.
News Release
6.30.10
As Holiday Weekend Approaches, ACLU of Massachusetts Issues Alert To State Residents Traveling To Arizona
Arizona racial profiling law threatens civil liberties.
News Release | Podcast: From Arizona to Massachusetts?
En Español:
La ACLU de Massachusetts difunde alerta a residentes del estado que viajen a Arizona
La ley de discriminación racial de Arizona amenaza las libertades civiles. (Comunicado de Prensa)
6.22.10
Brockton Experiment with Facial Recognition Technology Raises Civil Liberties Concerns
ACLU seeks documents from Plymouth County Sheriff, Brockton Police Department, and Massachusetts Sheriffs' Association detailing facial recognition and iris scan system.
News Release
6.14.10
Massachusetts Shouldn't Follow Arizona on Immigration
This week, a conference committee on the state budget is considering
whether to include a Senate budget amendment that contains a number of
anti-immigrant measures.
Background | Podcast: Passport to Jail | Lawsuit
Massachusetts Focus:
Blog: Anti-immigrant backlash in Arizona should stop in Arizona
Detention and Deportation in the Age of ICE
Immigrants and Human Rights in Massachusetts
Worcester: Passion from both sides, but all stays peaceful
Podcasts:
There is a human rights crisis in the Massachusetts detention system of immigrants facing deportation.
Immigrants not charged with a crime are languishing in Massachusetts jails.
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