Israel High Court Rules to Allow and Expand Use of Torture
IMEMC News | mintpressnews.com | 2018-11-29
In a ruling that directly violates international law and conventions against the use of torture, the Israeli High Court ruled that Shin Bet was justified in torturing a Palestinian prisoner, setting a dangeroius precedent. | The post Israel High Court Rules to Allow and Expand Use of Torture appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/israel-high-court-rules-allow-expand-use-torture/252378/
'More BLM posters than actual black people': Former employee calls out Facebook's 'workplace racism'
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-29
A black Facebook employee's post alleging racial discrimination at the social media giant has gone viral, depicting a racially tone-deaf company and challenging the "progressive" Silicon Valley company's public image. | …
rt.com/usa/445107-facebook-black-people-problem/
The Day I Almost Went to Prison for Life
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2018-11-29
Larry and I took the bus from Augusta to Atlanta, Georgia on a Friday night in November 1969. We were at the halfway point of basic training at Fort Gordon and the first weekend pass was our reward for surviving the rigors of military training during the Vietnam era. We were both in the National Guard, and unlike some others in our training unit, we would get to go home in the early spring following the completion of both basic and advanced training in our military specialty.
counterpunch.org/2018/11/29/the-day-i-almost-went-to-prison-for-life/
Why is Rosenstein in jail on Trump's meme? He 'shouldn't have picked special counsel'
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-29
US President Donald Trump has hinted that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein should be jailed as he "never should have picked a special counsel." Trump was answering a question about the jailed official's meme he retweeted. | …
rt.com/usa/445148-rod-rosenstein-jail-trump-russia/
US immigration policy leaves millions in limbo
Danica Jorden | zcomm.org | 2018-11-29
As non-citizens or residents, immigrants in US detention centers are not afforded the basic rights and accommodations that are supposed to be provided to regular prisoners. Samuel's case is revealing…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/us-immigration-policy-leaves-millions-in-limbo/
Army Abducts A Former Political Prisoner From Nablus
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-29
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, a former political prisoner from the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and attacked dozens of protesters in Sebastia and Qaryout nearby towns. Media sources in Nablus have reported that several army jeeps invaded Rafidia neighborhood in the city, and abducted a former …
Blacks are fighting back against privatization & systemic racist attacks on SF City Worker
Steve Zeltzer | indybay.org | 2018-11-29
SF African American city workers have forced the second hearing by the City and County of SF to expose the systemic racism and to demand that managers and executives including HR Director Micki Callahan be held accountable for their support for racist practices and systemic discrimination.
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/27/18819428.php
Micki Callahan Has To Go! SF SEIU1021 Rank & File Leaders/Members Speak Out Against Racism
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2018-11-29
San Francisco SEIU 1021 African American workers and other SF public workers spoke out about the systemic racism, workplace bullying and privatization and outsourcing before a SF Board Of Supervisors Audit meeting on systemic racism in the City and County of SF. They also called for the removal of SF Department of Human Resources Director Micki Callahan.
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/28/18819434.php
Green Book and At Eternity's Gate: Overcoming racism and painter Vincent van Gogh's final years
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-11-29
Set in 1962, Green Book is a heartfelt film about the relationship between a famed black pianist and his white, working class chauffeur. In At Eternity's Gate, artist Julian Schnabel treats the last period in the life of legendary Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/11/29/gree-n29.html
Transgender asylum seeker beaten in US custody before her death, according to autopsy
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-11-29
Roxsana Hernandez Rodriguez died weeks after turning herself in at the San Ysidro port of entry in California seeking asylum from the discrimination and abuse she faced in Honduras.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/11/29/immi-n29.html
Bangladesh: Further information: Activist released on bail after months in detention: Shahidul Alam
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-11-29
Shahidul Alam, photographer and outspoken social activist, has been freed on permanent bail after spending more than 100 days behind bars for comments he made in an interview with Al-Jazeera in August 2018. In detention, he was ill-treated and subjected to prolonged detention merely for peacefully exercising his right to freedom of expression.
amnesty.org/en/documents/asa13/9455/2018/en/
Amnesty International launches worlds biggest human rights campaign
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-11-29
Women human rights defenders around the world are facing unprecedented levels of abuse, intimidation and violence, said Amnesty International as it launched its global Write for Rights campaign, in a bid to shine a spotlight on brave women who have been harassed, jailed, tortured or even killed for their human rights work. | Women continue to face multiple forms of discrimination, targeted because of their gender and other characteristics, as well as for their human rights work. However, women refuse to stay silent and have been at the forefront of the battle for human rights in 2018. | "Across the world, women a…
amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/11/amnesty-international-launches-worlds-biggest-human-rights-campaign/
Viet Nam: Ludicrous charge against activist accused of 'insulting national flag' must be dropped
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-11-29
A charge of "insulting the national flag" against prominent Vietnamese human rights activist Huynh Thuc Vy amounts to an attack on freedom of expression by the authorities and must be dropped, Amnesty International said ahead of her trial on Friday. | It is rare for the authorities to prosecute a human rights activist for this charge, which carries a maximum penalty of three years' imprisonment, in a disturbing sign of the intensifying crackdown against peaceful dissent in the country. | "This ludicrous charge must be dropped as it is aimed solely at silencing a dedicated, peaceful human rights activist. This is…
amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/11/viet-nam-ludicrous-charge-against-activist-accused-of-insulting-national-flag-must-be-dropped/
Trump retweets image of US deputy attorney general among others jailed 'for treason'
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-28
President Trump has retweeted an image showing a dozen of his opponents and critics jailed for "treason." Among them, his current Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. | …
rt.com/usa/445063-trump-retweets-opponents-jailed/
A Mexican Perspective on Trump's Border Crisis
Ruth Conniff | progressive.org | 2018-11-28
"You've got a President of the United States who is a racist. Instead of having the United States be a world leader in human rights, Trump wants to be world leader of racism. It's very difficult."
progressive.org/dispatches/a-mexican-perspective-on-trumps-border-crisis-181128/
NAACP Comments on Mississippi Senatorial Runoff Election
Aba Blankson | naacp.org | 2018-11-28
BALTIMORE — The NAACP issued the following statement regarding the results of the Mississippi senatorial runoff election: While we are hopeful that the Senator-Elect will prove herself worthy of her new office, this election demonstrates the need to continue broadening the tent of civic and democratic participation in our nation. We must continue to organize, […] | The post NAACP Comments on Mississippi Senatorial Runoff Election appeared first on NAACP.
naacp.org/latest/naacp-comments-mississippi-senatorial-runoff-election/
NAACP Statement on Recent Criminal Justice Reform Compromise Introduced in Senate
Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet | naacp.org | 2018-11-28
NAACP released the following statement in support of the Crimianl Justice Reform Compromise: Our American criminal justice system is broken. Sentencing is disproportionately weighted against African Americans, and the current political climate continues to devalue black lives by reviving the same failed policies of the war on drugs that fueled mass incarceration," said NAACP President […] | The post NAACP Statement on Recent Criminal Justice Reform Compromise Introduced in Senate appeared fir…
naacp.org/latest/naacp-statement-recent-criminal-justice-reform-compromise-introduced-senate/
Israeli High Court Rules to Allow, Expand Use of Torture
Celine Hagbard | imemc.org | 2018-11-28
In a ruling that directly violates international law and conventions against the use of torture, the Israeli High Court ruled Monday that Israeli intelligence officers were justified in their use of torture against a Palestinian prisoner. The ruling sets a precedent for the future use of torture and the expansion …
The Baltimore Bureau Podcast Show: Weeks of November 12 and 19, 2018
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-11-28
Dharna Noor and Khalilah Harris talk about federal police oversight, Bloomberg's gift to Johns Hopkins University, a pipeline set to be built through Maryland, and global struggles against racism and fascism | The post The Baltimore Bureau Podcast Show: Weeks of November 12 and 19, 2018 appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/the-baltimore-bureau-podcast-show-weeks-of-november-12-and-19-2018
How Trump Weaponized the Government's Refugee Resettlement Agency
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-11-28
The Office of Refugee Resettlement was supposed to protect vulnerable immigrant children. Now it's an arm of Trump's deportation force. | Back in April, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, both under the Department of Homeland Security, entered into a memorandum of agreement with an obscure government agency known as the Office of Refugee Resettlement, a division of the Department of Health and Human Services. The office, known by its initials ORR, had traditionally served vulnerable immigrant youth coming to the United States without an adult. The agency took custody of those c…
aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/immigrants-rights-and-detention/how-trump-weaponized-governments-refugee
'Republicans Just Don't Want All the Votes to Count' – CounterSpin interview with Ari Berman on 2018 voter suppression
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2018-11-28
Janine Jackson interviewed Ari Berman about 2018 voter suppression for the November 16, 2018, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
fair.org/home/republicans-just-dont-want-all-the-votes-to-count/
Prominent Rights Activist Goes On Hunger Strike In Iran Prison
RFE | iranian.com | 2018-11-28
A prominent Iranian rights activist and political prisoner has started a hunger strike to support another prisoner of conscience whose health is deteriorating in prison. Nasrin Sotoudeh's family announced on November 26 that she has started a hunger strike in Tehran's notorious Evin prison to protest the deteriorating health of Farhad Meysami, who himself has […] | The post Prominent Rights Activist Goes On Hunger Strike In Iran Prison appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/28/prominent-rights-activist-goes-on-hunger-strike-in-iran-prison/
HRE workshop participants use storytelling to call attention to Lebanon's migrant workers
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-11-28
Youth from Beirut take action to abolish Lebanon's Kafala system after participating in a Human Rights Education Workshop. | In a small community bookshop and coffeeshop — snug within the hip area of Mar Mikhael, Beirut — university students, youth, activists and migrant workers gathered to share stories of oppression and resilience in an event put together by Amnesty youth volunteers. |
amnesty.org/en/latest/education/2018/11/hre-workshop-storytelling-lebanon-migrant-workers-kafala-system/
Hatewatch Headlines 11/28/2018
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2018-11-27
Facebook discrimination review still a mystery; Neuroscience explains bigotry's persistence; Proud Boys' new rules including less fighting; and…
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/11/28/hatewatch-headlines-11282018
China Has Detained a Million Muslims in Reeducation Camps
Umar Farooq | thenation.com | 2018-11-27
China Has Detained a Million Muslims in Reeducation Camps…
thenation.com/article/china-muslims-detention-camps/
U.S. Prisons Have a Mental Health Crisis. This Story of a New York Prisoner's Death Helps Reveal Why
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-27
A major new Marshall Project investigation looks at the the mental health crisis in U.S. prisons by diving deep into the story of Karl Taylor, a prisoner who died at a maximum-security prison in the Catskills of New York after an altercation with prison guards in 2015. Karl Taylor was serving out a minimum 27-year sentence for a rape conviction when his life came to a sudden end at the Sullivan Correctional Facility in April of 2015. The African-American prisoner had been diagnosed with delusional disorder and paranoid personality disorder when he was taken into custody in 1995. By April of 2015, Taylor was house…
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/27/us_prisons_have_a_mental_health
Radical black feminism and the simultaneity of oppression
Eds. | mronline.org | 2018-11-27
As the word intersectionality falls from the lips of Hillary Clinton and increasingly is normalized and sanitized, we should be clear about its radical moorings. | Source…
mronline.org/2018/11/27/radical-black-feminism-and-the-simultaneity-of-oppression/
NAACP Calls for Withdrawal of Thomas Farr Nomination
Aba Blankson | naacp.org | 2018-11-27
Statement of Derrick Johnson Calling for Withdrawal of Thomas Farr Nomination Thomas Farr needs to withdraw his nomination immediately. We've always known Thomas Farr as the architect of the worst voter suppression law in the country, however, we have now found that he was more deeply engaged than anyone knew in intimidating Black voters during […] | The post NAACP Calls for Withdrawal of Thomas Farr Nomination appeared first on NAACP.
naacp.org/latest/naacp-calls-withdrawal-thomas-farr-nomination/
Amazon and UPS Stay Silent as Other Corporate Donors Renounce Support for Racist Mississippi Senate Campaign
Briahna Gray | theintercept.com | 2018-11-27
Google, Facebook, and other companies have asked to take back their contributions to Mississippi Republican senatorial candidate Cindy Hyde-Smith in the wake of growing controversy over her celebration of Confederate history, comments about a "public hanging," and other newly surfaced incidents and information. But more than a dozen other high-profile public companies, including UPS, have yet to publicly withdraw their financial support. | Earlier this month, Hyde-Smith made headlines when she said of one of her supporters that "if he invit…
theintercept.com/2018/11/27/mississippi-runoff-cindy-hyde-smith-comments/
Russian National Dies After Detention by US Immigration
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-11-27
Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington. | © Nathalie Graham/The Stranger | Over Thanksgiving weekend, another person who was in US immigration detention died. | Mergensana Amar, a Russian national who had been detained at Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, was taken off life support on Saturday, according to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE stated he had attempted suicide on November 15; the…
hrw.org/news/2018/11/27/russian-national-dies-after-detention-us-immigration
Jeff Sessions' Legacy Is Full of Dangerous Successes
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-11-26
Attorney General Sessions proved how dangerous the nation's top prosecutor can be to criminal justice reform. | In his 636 days in office, former Attorney General Jeff Sessions secured a legacy that has been described as " unprecedented" and " dark." But Sessions' unwavering actions against criminal justice reform may also earn another descriptor for his time…
aclu.org/blog/criminal-law-reform/jeff-sessions-legacy-full-dangerous-successes
Court sides with L.A. cop who murdered Jesse Romero
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2018-11-26
Los Angeles, CA – In an outrageous decision, the jury sided with two-time killer and Los Angeles Police Department officer Eden Medina. The civil rights violations trial on 14-year-old Jesse Romero's killing started November 13 and lasted only six days. Early in the preceding, a judge ruled to exclude key evidence from the proceedings. | Killed on August 9, 2016 Jesse Romero was visiting his friends at the apartment complex in Boyle Heights. Someone inside of the apartment complex called 911 saying Romero and another teen were potentially smoking marijuana and graffitiing. LAPD officers Eden Medina and backu…
www.fightbacknews.org/2018/11/26/court-sides-la-cop-who-murdered-jesse-romero
Russia: Bail refusal for Chechen prisoner of conscience is latest affront to justice
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-11-26
Responding to the news that a court in Chechnya has refused to release human rights defender Oyub Titiev on bail, Natalia Prilutskaya, Amnesty International's Russia Researcher, said: | "The decision not to grant bail to Oyub Titiev once again demonstrates the political motivation of the case against him. He has committed no crime, having been jailed on completely fabricated drug charges, and must be released immediately and unconditionally. |
amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/11/russia-bail-refusal-for-chechen-prisoner-of-conscience-is-latest-affront-to-justice/
Minnesotans to rally in support of migrant caravan
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2018-11-25
Minneapolis, MN – As national attention has focused on the caravan of Central American refugees winding its way through Mexico towards the U.S.-Mexico border, immigrants and their allies in Minnesota will rally in support of the caravan on Friday, November 30. | Organizers are planning for a robust turnout in solidarity with the caravan. The rally will start at 5: 15 p.m. in front of the Minneapolis Federal Building at 4th Street and 4th Avenue. Afterwards, organizers will lead a march towards Wells Fargo to highlight the complicity of the banking industry in supporting for-profit detention centers across the U.S.
www.fightbacknews.org/2018/11/24/minnesotans-rally-support-migrant-caravan
The Counterinsurgency Paradigm: How U.S. Politics Have Become Paramilitarized
Jeremy Scahill | theintercept.com | 2018-11-25
Donald Trump ran a campaign promising to refill the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison, to "bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding," to "take out" the families of suspected terrorists, to ban Muslims from entering this country, and to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Yet these policies didn't start with Trump: Torture, indefinite detention, extraordinary renditions, record numbers of deportations, anti-Muslim sentiment, mass foreign and domestic surveillance, and even the killing of innocent family members of suspected terrorists all have a recent historical precedent. | Trump's predecessor, B…
theintercept.com/2018/11/25/counterinsurgency-us-drone-strikes/
Ecuador's ex-VP Jorge Glas fights for justice amid right-wing push
stuart_m | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-25
November 12 was the 23rd day of the hunger strike led by Jorge Glas, the former vice-president of Ecuador. His health condition deteriorated significantly after his transfer to the Latacunga maximum security prison. | After enduring deplorable conditions, he was rushed into Carlos Andrade Marín hospital in Quito on November 7, but was transferred back to Latacunga afterwards. He vowed to continue his hunger strike against the continued persecution of him, ex-president Rafael Co…
greenleft.org.au/content/ecuadors-ex-vp-jorge-glas-fights-justice-amid-right-wing-push
Four Days in Occupied Western Sahara–A Rare Look Inside Africa's Last Colony
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-23
In this special rebroadcast of a Democracy Now! exclusive documentary, we break the media blockade and go to occupied Western Sahara in the northwest of Africa to document the decades-long Sahrawi struggle for freedom and Morocco's violent crackdown. Morocco has occupied the territory since 1975 in defiance of the United Nations and the international community. Thousands have been tortured, imprisoned, killed and disappeared while resisting the Moroccan occupation. A 1,700-mile wall divides Sahrawis who remain under occupation from those who fled into exile. The international media has largely ignored the occupat…
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/23/four_days_in_occupied_western_sahara
After Visiting Brazil's Lula in Prison, Noam Chomsky Warns Against "Disaster" Under Jair Bolsonaro
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-22
As Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro prepares to take office in January, we return to our conversation with world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author Noam Chomsky shortly after the election. Bolsonaro's impending presidency marks the most radical political shift Brazil since military rule ended more than 30 years ago. Bolsonaro is a former Army officer who has praised Brazil's former military dictatorship, spoken in favor of torture and threatened to destroy, imprison or banish his political opponents. Bolsonaro has also encouraged the police to kill suspected drug dealers, and once told a fem…
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/22/after_visiting_brazils_lula_in_prison
SPLC vows to sue Trump administration again over second approval of Kentucky Medicaid waiver scheme
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-11-21
The SPLC said today that it will sue the Trump administration again for approving Kentucky's Medicaid waiver plan a second time. This lawsuit will be brought in collaboration with the National Health Law Program (NHELP) and the Kentucky Equal Justice Center (KEJC). The law firm Jenner & Block is representing NHELP in the lawsuit.
splcenter.org/news/2018/11/21/splc-vows-sue-trump-administration-again-over-second-approval-kentucky-medicaid-waiver
I May Have to Quit Harvard Because the TSA Won't Stop Searching Me
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-11-21
The TSA has repeatedly questioned a Muslim-American journalist about her religion and criticism of the government. We're demanding answers from DHS. | This piece was originally published by The Washington Post in August. | I realized my life had entered a new phase while crossing into the United States from Canada in September 2016. | "You both have to come inside," the border officer sa…
aclu.org/blog/national-security/discriminatory-profiling/i-may-have-quit-harvard-because-tsa-wont-stop
Federal Judge Blocks Trump's Anti-Immigrant Military Enlistment Policy
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-11-21
Last year, the Pentagon implemented a background investigation process that effectively banned green card holders from serving in the military. | Despite attacking family members of fallen war heroes, criticizing Sen. John McCain for being captured in war, and recently deploying troops…
aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/federal-judge-blocks-trumps-anti-immigrant-military-enlistment-policy
Shielding Hogan From the Democratic Wave – How the Washington Post, Big Money and a bit of racism re-elected a GOP governor in Deep Blue Maryland
Pete Tucker | fair.org | 2018-11-21
The Washington Post ( 11/6/18) touts a "sane center" that it did much to define and promote. | The votes were hardly in when the Washington Post ( 11/6/18) started explaining why Republican Gov. Larry Hogan won reelection in de…
fair.org/home/shielding-hogan-from-the-democratic-wave/
Boston Police Has a Secret Point System That Turns Normal Teenage Behavior Into Gang Membership
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-11-21
The department arbitrarily labels immigrant teenagers as gang members and helps the federal government deport them. | In the face of the Trump administration's stepped-up deportation efforts, officials in Boston and other progressive cities have declared their communities safe spaces for immigrants. But behind the scenes, progressive havens like Boston are facilitating the deportations of some of our most vulnerable young people. | As the federal government's rhetoric and action around immigration have sharpened and hardened, young immigrants are being systematically slandered and deprived of their rights here in…
aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/boston-police-has-secret-point-system-turns-normal-teenage-behavior-gang
Council of Europe: A Threat to Rights of People With Disabilities
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-11-21
The headquarters of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. | © 2018 Human Rights Watch | (Brussels) — Council of Europe member states should oppose new proposed standards regulating the detention and forced treatment of people with disabilities, Human Rights Watch said today. The body in charge of developing the standards, the Council of Europe's Committee on Bioethics (DH-BIO), consisting of expert…
hrw.org/news/2018/11/21/council-europe-threat-rights-people-disabilities
Hundreds of teachers walk off for refugees
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-21
Teachers, education support staff and even some principals walked off government and private schools across Victoria and assembled at the State Library on November 20, in support of refugees currently being detained on Manus Island and Nauru. A similar protest was held in Brisbane that same day. | More than 30 refugee support organisations, including Teachers for Refugees, which organised the protest, had set November 20, Universal Children's Day, as the deadline for the federal government to evacuate refugee children and their families from offshore detention centres to Australia. | The Walk Off for Refuge…
greenleft.org.au/content/hundreds-teachers-walk-refugees
Following SPLC lawsuit, judge blocks president's asylum ban
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-11-20
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from denying asylum to migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border between ports of entry.
splcenter.org/news/2018/11/20/following-splc-lawsuit-judge-blocks-president%25E2%2580%2599s-asylum-ban
AUDIO:CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS HOST THOMAS FARR PRESS CALL
Regan Farley | naacp.org | 2018-11-20
Listen to the full audio of Civil Rights groups opposing the nomination of Thomas Farr Organization participants include: NAACP, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and Repairers of The Breach | The post AUDIO: CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS HOST THOMAS FARR PRESS CALL appeared first on NAACP.
naacp.org/latest/audio-civil-rights-leaders-host-thomas-farr-press-call/
#WontBeErased, Won't Be Forgotten, Won't Be Alone
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-11-20
We should honor the transgender people who have died this year by taking action for trans justice and survival. | On Trans Day of Remembrance the trans community honors our dead. Too many names are read and remembered at vigils around the world marking the deaths of trans people who have been murdered during the year. This year is again on pace to be the deadliest year for transgender people in the United States. As of October,
aclu.org/blog/lgbt-rights/transgender-rights/wontbeerased-wont-be-forgotten-wont-be-alone
PRESS CALL TODAY: Civil Rights Leaders Blast Farr Nomination and Timing of Vote
Regan Farley | naacp.org | 2018-11-20
Washington, D.C. — Leaders of the NAACP, Repairers of the Breach, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and NAACP Legal Defense Fund will hold a telephone press briefing, Tuesday, November 20 at 3 PM ET, condemning President Trump's nomination of Thomas Farr to the Eastern District of North Carolina and the Senate's expected […] | The post PRESS CALL TODAY: Civil Rights Leaders Blast Farr Nomination and Timing of Vote appeared first on NAACP
naacp.org/latest/press-call-today-civil-rights-leaders-blast-farr-nomination-timing-vote/
SPLC sues Trump administration for records detailing rollback of protections for transgender people in prison
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-11-20
The SPLC, along with Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, sued the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) today.
splcenter.org/news/2018/11/20/splc-sues-trump-administration-records-detailing-rollback-protections-transgender-people