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Dec 17, 2014

A Definite End to Indefinite Detention Is Within Reach

This piece originally appeared in Foreign Policy on December 10, 2014. ...

By By Zak Newman, ACLU Washington Legislative Office

This piece originally appeared in Foreign Policy on December 10, 2014. ...

By By Zak Newman, ACLU Washington Legislative Office
Dec 16, 2014

The Reign of Terror Ends at LA County Jails

For many years there's been an entrenched culture of savage deputy-on-inmate violence Los Angeles County Jails – violence as extreme as anything we've seen in decades of investigating some of the most...

By By Margaret Winter, National Prison Project & Peter J. Eliasberg, ACLU of Southern California

For many years there's been an entrenched culture of savage deputy-on-inmate violence Los Angeles County Jails – violence as extreme as anything we've seen in decades of investigating some of the most...

By By Margaret Winter, National Prison Project & Peter J. Eliasberg, ACLU of Southern California
Dec 16, 2014

Detained for the Holidays

This fall, Zadia* and her son Jose* came to the United States to escape years of physical abuse by her common-law husband. With the help of members of their church, Zadia and Jose fled Honduras. But rather...

By By Michael Tan, Staff Attorney, Immigrants' Rights Project, ACLU

This fall, Zadia* and her son Jose* came to the United States to escape years of physical abuse by her common-law husband. With the help of members of their church, Zadia and Jose fled Honduras. But rather...

By By Michael Tan, Staff Attorney, Immigrants' Rights Project, ACLU
Dec 16, 2014

Those Who Approved Torture Shouldn't Be Above the Law

This piece originally appeared at MSNBC.com.

The Senate report released earlier this week...

By By Jameel Jaffer, ACLU Deputy Legal Director and Director of ACLU Center for Democracy

This piece originally appeared at MSNBC.com.

The Senate report released earlier this week...

By By Jameel Jaffer, ACLU Deputy Legal Director and Director of ACLU Center for Democracy
Dec 15, 2014

Amidst the Budget Chaos, Long-Awaited Abortion Coverage for Women in the Peace Corps

The news out of Washington this weekend was dramatic as lawmakers hashed out an eleventh hour ...

By By Georgeanne M. Usova, Washington Legislative Office

The news out of Washington this weekend was dramatic as lawmakers hashed out an eleventh hour ...

By By Georgeanne M. Usova, Washington Legislative Office
Dec 15, 2014

Now Can Torture Survivor Khaled El-Masri Have His Apology?

The CIA's unlawful detention and torture of Khaled El-Masri has left him "a broken man," according to a ...

By By Steven M. Watt, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU Human Rights Program

The CIA's unlawful detention and torture of Khaled El-Masri has left him "a broken man," according to a ...

By By Steven M. Watt, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU Human Rights Program