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Sep 22, 2025
Federal Court Protects First Amendment Rights of Human Rights Groups Advocating for U.S. Sanctions
The Court Blocked the Intrusive Discovery Request, Consistent with Arguments Laid Out in ACLU and Human Rights First’s Friend-of-the-Court Brief
Issue Areas: Free Speech Human Rights
Aug 28, 2025
ACLU Comment on Trump Administration Boycott of United Nations Review of US Human Rights Record  
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will not participate in the upcoming Universal Periodic Review (UPR), a mechanism of the United Nations Human Rights Council that calls for ...
Issue Areas: Human Rights
Jul 01, 2025
President Trump’s Visit to “Alligator Alcatraz” Detention Facility Highlights Florida’s Descent Into State-Sponsored Cruelty
ACLU of Florida condemns proposed “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site as an attack on humanity, indigenous sovereignty, and constitutional rights
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights Human Rights
Jun 19, 2025
ACLU Responds to U.S. Absence from Human Rights Council Session on Political Interference in Education
GENEVA – The United States today was absent from a presentation (starting at 2:25:05) at the United Nations Human Rights Council by Special Rapporteur on Education Farida Shaheed...
Issue Areas: Human Rights
Apr 10, 2025
Human Rights Advocates Sue Trump Administration Over Sanctions Targeting ICC
According to the lawsuit filed by the ACLU and ACLU of Maine, these sanctions violate the First Amendment rights of Americans engaging with the ICC
Issue Areas: National Security Human Rights
Court case: Smith v. Trump
Feb 06, 2025
New Report Finds Nevada’s Lithium Mine Permit Violates Indigenous Peoples’ Rights
HRW and ACLU Outline How Mine Was Permitted Without Free, Prior and Informed Consent
Issue Areas: Racial Justice Human Rights
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