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Dec 18, 2013

Should Diplomats Always Get Immunity?

A diplomatic furor has erupted between New Delhi and Washington over...

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

A diplomatic furor has erupted between New Delhi and Washington over...

By By Steven M. Watt, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU Human Rights Program
Dec 18, 2013

Senate Report Opens a Window Into Hidden World of Data Aggregators

Free Speech and Pluralism

Today, the powerful Senate Commerce Committee issued a damning report on the invasive...

By By Sandra Fulton, ACLU Washington Legislative Office

Today, the powerful Senate Commerce Committee issued a damning report on the invasive...

By By Sandra Fulton, ACLU Washington Legislative Office
Dec 18, 2013

Why So Few Female Firefighters, NYC?

Last Friday, a committee of the New York City Council attempted to answer a simple question: Why is it that in the year 2013, only 37 of 10,500 firefighters in New York City are women? Why is it that only...

By By Mie Lewis, Women's Rights Project

Last Friday, a committee of the New York City Council attempted to answer a simple question: Why is it that in the year 2013, only 37 of 10,500 firefighters in New York City are women? Why is it that only...

By By Mie Lewis, Women's Rights Project
Dec 18, 2013

ACLU Tells Parliamentarians That EU Faces a Choice on Surveillance

Free Speech and Pluralism

My colleague Christopher Soghoian testified today before the European Parliament at a hearing on the “Electronic Mass Surveillance of EU Citizens,” which is a response to widespread concern in Europe about...

By By Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project

My colleague Christopher Soghoian testified today before the European Parliament at a hearing on the “Electronic Mass Surveillance of EU Citizens,” which is a response to widespread concern in Europe about...

By By Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project
Dec 18, 2013

America's Broken Guestworker Program Violates Human Rights

Twenty-three years ago today, the United Nations adopted the landmark International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant...

By By Chandra Bhatnagar, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU Human Rights Program

Twenty-three years ago today, the United Nations adopted the landmark International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant...

By By Chandra Bhatnagar, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU Human Rights Program
Dec 17, 2013

Edward Snowden is a Patriot

Edward Snowden is a patriot.

As a whistleblower of illegal government activity that was sanctioned and kept secret by the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government for years, he...

By By Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director, ACLU

Edward Snowden is a patriot.

As a whistleblower of illegal government activity that was sanctioned and kept secret by the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government for years, he...

By By Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director, ACLU