- American Civil Liberties Union - - Litigates, lobbies, and educates the public regarding on a broad array of issues affecting individual freedom in the United States.
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- Children In The Custody of The INS - - 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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- Civil Rights Coalition - - Resource for current news, events, reports and organizations. Also includes information on hate crimes and affirmative action.
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- Clarence Aaron - - 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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- Death Penalty Focus - - 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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- Human Rights and the Drug War - - 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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- Human Rights Watch: United States - - Reports and articles pertaining to rights of Americans. Features include surveys, archives, developments, and an email newslette.
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- Know Your Civil Rights - - Fact Sheet - Know Your Civil Rights from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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- Locked Away - - 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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- Nowhere to Hide - - Retaliation against women prisoners who protest sexual abuse includes a range of further abuse including rape.
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- Oromo American Citizens Council - - 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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- Papers Please - - 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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- Police Brutality in the U.S. - - 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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- The Reality Zone - - 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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