COVID-19 & CIVIL LIBERTIES
Even in a public health emergency, the government must make every effort to protect our rights. Click here for more info on the ACLU of RI's work to protect civil liberties in response to COVID-19.
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Pride is Protest.
SCOTUS ruled that it is against the law for an employer to fire someone for being LGBTQ. FINALLY.
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NEWS: Court Orders Alternative Ballot Signature Requirements During Covid-19
Candidates and their supporters should not have to choose between their health or democracy.
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NEWS: ACLU Blasts Discriminatory Enforcement of Providence’s Emergency Curfew
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NEWS: DLT to Take Interim Action to Address Frozen Unemployment Payments
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NEWS: Judge Orders Immediate Bail Hearings for ICE Detainees at Wyatt Detention Center
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NEWS: ACLU Sues Narragansett Over Unlawful Assault and Arrest of Special Education Student
NOT a shining moment for "School Resource Officers."
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COVID-19 & Civil Liberties in the Ocean State
Here's what the ACLU of RI is doing to protect the rights of all in Rhode Island.
OTHER ISSUES
Despite the global pandemic, we continue to work (remotely) on a wide range of civil liberties issues including open government, criminal justice reform, immigrants' rights, and students' rights. See all the issues here.