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News Releases

 

August 20, 2008 -- ACLU Sues Governor for "Knowing and Willful" Violation of Open Records Law
August 5, 2008 -- Court Strikes Down Law Used to Remove Candidate's Political Signs
June 11, 2008 -- ACLU Issues Report Opposing Continued Use of "Red Light Cameras"
May 23, 2008 -- ACLU Sues Narragansett Over "Orange Sticker" Policy
March 13, 2008 -- DMV Withdraws Social Security Card Demand
March 4, 2008-- Organizations Respond to Two Deaths in February at the Hands of the Police
February 14, 2008 -- ACLU Sues DMV Over Social Security Card Demand
February 1, 2008 --  ACLU Files Court Brief In Support Of Attorney General's Right to Speak Out In Lead Paint Case
January 22, 2008 -- ACLU Commends Revised Prison Rules That Protect The Public's Right To Know
January 14, 2008 -- ACLU Criticizes Attorney General For Defending Phone Companies Over Consumers in Privacy Battle
January 7, 2008 -- ACLU Issues Alarm About Middletown Plan To Electronically Monitor School Children
December 17, 2007 -- ACLU Files Civil Rights Complaint Against DHS For Lack of Adequate Interpreter Services, Violation of Consent Agreement
December 4, 2007 -- ACLU Releases Report Charging That Governor Carcieri is Promoting A "Politics of Division" On Civil Rights Issues
November 28, 2007 -- ACLU Says State Layoffs Of Interpreters May Violate Agreement With Federal Government
October 31, 2007 -- Report Finds Police Departments Fail to Post Complaint Forms and Procedures Online, In Violation of Racial Profiling Law
October 22, 2007 -- Community and Civil Rights Groups Condemn Governor's Comments on Immigrants
September 25, 2007 -- ACLU Announces Settlement In Suit Against Rhode Island College For Censoring Reproductive Rights Sign Display
September 18, 2007 -- New Law Sending Juveniles to Adult Court Affects Student Aid; ACLU Asks Higher Ed Board to Revise Policies
September 13, 2007-- ACLU Files Open Records Lawsuit Against Providence Police Department Over Video Surveillance Policies
September 7, 2007 -- ACLU Raises Censorship Concerns About D.O.C. Proposal to Restrict Media Interviews With Inmates
September 6, 2007 -- Report Documents Widespread Violations of Open Records Law; Calls for Stronger Legislative Reform
August 15, 2007 -- Groups Sharply Criticize Governor For Attack on Current Divorce Laws
August 9, 2007 -- ACLU Seeks Review of Police Department Medical Policies in Light of Custodial Death of Brazilian National
August 6, 2007 -- Lawsuit Challenges Town's Removal of Congressional Candidate's Political Signs
July 30, 2007 -- Court Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Challenging Inmate Preaching Ban at ACI
July 26, 2007 -- Blacks and Hispanics Disproportionately Jailed in Rhode Island, National Report Indicates
July 16, 2007 -- Settlement Reached with General Treasurer on Suit Over Rules Denying Compensation to Certain Victims of Violent Crimes
May 23, 2007 -- Judge Orders Release of Central Falls Police Shooting Record
May 7, 2007 -- Groups Call On Public Schools to Reject "Dangerous" Sex Education Program
May 3, 2007 -- ACLU Files Suit to Obtain Central Falls Police Shooting Records
April 30, 2007 -- ACLU Brief Challenges Legality of Truancy Courts
April 9, 2007  -- Appeals Court Overturns Ban on Inmate Preaching at Christian Services
February 6, 2007 -- ACLU Calls Rhode Island College Position That It Is Not Subject to The Constitution "Shocking"
January 22, 2007 -- ACLU Objects to Intrusive Licensing Forms Proposed by Department of Business Regulations
January 19, 2007 -- Commissioner of Education Overturns Ban of Student Yearbook Photo
January 8, 2007 -- ACLU Files "Racial Profiling" Lawsuit Against State Police for Illegal Detention of Guatemalans in I-95 Stop
January 4, 2007 -- ACLU Report Documents Continued Racial Profiling Problems in Rhode Island; Calls for Changes in Police Practices

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