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NORTH AMERICA HUMAN RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES
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Know Your Civil Rights
Fact Sheet Know Your Civil Rights from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
www.hhs.gov
Fact Sheet Know Your Civil Rights from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
www.hhs.gov
United States Local Transgender Organizations
Information about state and local organizations and resources for the transgender community.
www.dv-8.com
Information about state and local organizations and resources for the transgender community.
www.dv-8.com
FedLaw - Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Equal Opportunity, and Discrimination
Detailed list of links to important modern and historic civil rights and civil liberties legislation.
www.thecre.com
Detailed list of links to important modern and historic civil rights and civil liberties legislation.
www.thecre.com
Nowhere to Hide
Retaliation against women prisoners who protest sexual abuse includes a range of further abuse including rape.
www.hrw.org
Retaliation against women prisoners who protest sexual abuse includes a range of further abuse including rape.
www.hrw.org
Civil Rights Coalition
Resource for current news, events, reports and organizations. Also includes information on hate crimes and affirmative action.
www.civilrights.org
Resource for current news, events, reports and organizations. Also includes information on hate crimes and affirmative action.
www.civilrights.org
Save the Montagnard People, Inc. (STMP)
Organization helping Montagnards of Vietnam's Central Highlands fight religious and political persecution and settle refugees.
www.montagnards.org
Organization helping Montagnards of Vietnam's Central Highlands fight religious and political persecution and settle refugees.
www.montagnards.org
Human Rights Watch: United States
Reports and articles pertaining to rights of Americans. Features include surveys, archives, developments, and an email newsletter
www.hrw.org
Reports and articles pertaining to rights of Americans. Features include surveys, archives, developments, and an email newsletter
www.hrw.org
American Civil Liberties Union
Litigates, lobbies, and educates the public regarding on a broad array of issues affecting individual freedom in the United States.
www.aclu.org
Litigates, lobbies, and educates the public regarding on a broad array of issues affecting individual freedom in the United States.
www.aclu.org
Children In The Custody of The INS
Argues that the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) has a conflict of interest when it acts as both jailer and caretaker of children.
www.hrw.org
Argues that the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) has a conflict of interest when it acts as both jailer and caretaker of children.
www.hrw.org
Clarence Aaron
This 23-year-old college student received three life sentences in a drug conspiracy trial based on the testimony of informants and no other evidence.
www.pbs.org
This 23-year-old college student received three life sentences in a drug conspiracy trial based on the testimony of informants and no other evidence.
www.pbs.org
The Reality Zone
A collection of quotes and links to articles that argue there has been a steady decline of liberty, freedom, privacy and justice in the United States.
www.angelfire.com
A collection of quotes and links to articles that argue there has been a steady decline of liberty, freedom, privacy and justice in the United States.
www.angelfire.com
Oromo American Citizens Council
An information center for Oromos to promote racial and economic justice and also to influence American public and foreign policy towards East Africa, especially Ethiopia.
www.oromoamerican.org
An information center for Oromos to promote racial and economic justice and also to influence American public and foreign policy towards East Africa, especially Ethiopia.
www.oromoamerican.org
Women's Institute for Leadership Development for Human Rights
Provides human rights education, engages in public advocacy, and collaborates on the adoption and implementation of international human rights standards in the United States.
www.wildforhumanrights.org
Provides human rights education, engages in public advocacy, and collaborates on the adoption and implementation of international human rights standards in the United States.
www.wildforhumanrights.org
Police Brutality in the U.S.
Although variable throughout the U.S., reported human rights violations knows no bounds as far as urban / rural, rich / poor areas. Human Rights Org's details on major U.S. cities.
www.hrw.org
Although variable throughout the U.S., reported human rights violations knows no bounds as far as urban / rural, rich / poor areas. Human Rights Org's details on major U.S. cities.
www.hrw.org
Locked Away
Increasing numbers of immigrants are being incarcerated as the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) attempts to fulfill the provisions of the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and immigrant Responsibility Act.
www.hrw.org
Increasing numbers of immigrants are being incarcerated as the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) attempts to fulfill the provisions of the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and immigrant Responsibility Act.
www.hrw.org
Human Rights and the Drug War
Shows the actual photos of people in American prisons today and the case histories of selected inmates whose sentences illustrate the often harsh and arbitrary policies imposed on first-time, non-violent drug offenders.
www.hr95.org
Shows the actual photos of people in American prisons today and the case histories of selected inmates whose sentences illustrate the often harsh and arbitrary policies imposed on first-time, non-violent drug offenders.
www.hr95.org
United States: Punishment and Prejudice: Racial Disparities in the War on Drugs
The U.S. war on drugs has been waged overwhelmingly against black Americans, Human Rights Watch charges in this report which includes the first state-by-state analysis of the role of race and drugs in prison admissions.
www.hrw.org
The U.S. war on drugs has been waged overwhelmingly against black Americans, Human Rights Watch charges in this report which includes the first state-by-state analysis of the role of race and drugs in prison admissions.
www.hrw.org
Papers Please
Dudley Hiibel was jailed and fined for not showing ID to a police officer; he is appealing his conviction. Details, video, and transcript of the incident, court documents, amicus curiae briefs, and US Supreme Court docket.
www.papersplease.org
Dudley Hiibel was jailed and fined for not showing ID to a police officer; he is appealing his conviction. Details, video, and transcript of the incident, court documents, amicus curiae briefs, and US Supreme Court docket.
www.papersplease.org
When One Conviction May Mean Losing The Right To Vote Forever
Losing the Vote, produced in collaboration between Human Rights Watch and The Sentencing Project, presents the first fifty-state survey of the effect of laws taking away the right to vote from people convicted of a felony.
www.hrw.org
Losing the Vote, produced in collaboration between Human Rights Watch and The Sentencing Project, presents the first fifty-state survey of the effect of laws taking away the right to vote from people convicted of a felony.
www.hrw.org
Death Penalty Focus
Non-profit organization dedicated to the abolition of capital punishment through grassroots organizing, research, and the dissemination of information. Features articles, opportunities for action, membership information and events.
www.deathpenalty.org
Non-profit organization dedicated to the abolition of capital punishment through grassroots organizing, research, and the dissemination of information. Features articles, opportunities for action, membership information and events.
www.deathpenalty.org
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