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Civil Rights Coalition - http://www.civilrights.org
Resource for current news, events, reports and organizations. Also includes information on hate crimes and affirmative action. |
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Human Rights Watch - United States - http://www.hrw.org/en/united-states
Reports, background briefings, testimony, press releases and commentary on the human rights situation in the country. |
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Amnesty International USA - Human Rights in the United States - http://www.amnestyusa.org/us-human-rights/page.do?id=1011100
News, reports and success stories for the country including AI Annual Report entries for the past ten years. |
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Amnesty International - USA - http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/usa
Ongoing collection of news and reports on the status of human rights. |
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Death Penalty Focus - http://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. |
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FedLaw - Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Equal Opportunity, and Discrimination - http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/legal6.htm
Detailed list of links to important modern and historic civil rights and civil liberties legislation. |
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Papers Please - http://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. |
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United States: Punishment and Prejudice: Racial Disparities in the War on Drugs - http://www.hrw.org/reports/2000/usa/
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. |
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Save the Montagnard People, Inc. (STMP) - http://www.montagnards.org/
Organization helping Montagnards of Vietnam's Central Highlands fight religious and political persecution and settle refugees. |
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Clarence Aaron - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/snitch/cases/aaron.html
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. |
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Human Rights and the Drug War - http://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. |
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Women's Institute for Leadership Development for Human Rights - http://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. |
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Oromo American Citizens Council - http://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. |
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The Reality Zone - http://www.angelfire.com/az/sthurston/RealityZone.html
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. |
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The Constitutional Defense web page - http://morphogeneticjon.tripod.com/main.html
Resources on constitutional rights. |
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Children In The Custody of The INS - http://www.hrw.org/about/initiatives/inskids.htm
Argues that the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) has a conflict of interest when it acts as both jailer and caretaker of children. |
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When One Conviction May Mean Losing The Right To Vote Forever - http://www.hrw.org/about/initiatives/us.html
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. |
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Locked Away - http://www.hrw.org/about/initiatives/insjails.htm
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. |
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Police Brutality in the U.S. - http://www.hrw.org/about/initiatives/police.htm
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. |
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Nowhere to Hide - http://www.hrw.org/about/initiatives/nowhere.htm
Retaliation against women prisoners who protest sexual abuse includes a range of further abuse including rape. |