Posted in Deaths, What You Can Do on December 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Numerous civil rights organizations across the United States agree that abuse of power by law enforcement and judicial departments has seriously violated the freedom and rights of its citizens.
Cases where law enforcement authorities allegedly violated victims’ civil rights increased by 25% from 2001 to 2007 according to statistics from the U.S. Department of [...]
Posted in What You Can Do on November 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
LAHORE: The legal fraternity would observe complete boycott of court proceedings on Wednesday (today) to protest against police torture on lawyers and their arrest on November 5, 2007, two days after the imposition of emergency.
Lahore High Court Bar Association Secretary Rana Asadullah Khan has announced that no lawyer would appear in any court to show [...]
Posted in What You Can Do on November 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The following is a statement by the Prescribed Area Peoples Alliance, a group affected by the Austrailan government legislation that is adversely affecting Indigenous Australians and threatens to revert back to the 1950’s white australia policy:
The Prescribed Area People’s Alliance is a group of Aboriginal people
from communities affected by the NT Intervention. More than 130 people
have joined Alliance to date.
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Posted in What You Can Do on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The People’s Coalition for Police Accountability Invites You to –
STOP POLICE BRUTALITY AND MURDERS: A REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY
The 10-Year Old People’s Coalition for Police Accountability (PCPA) is holding a public forum to report to the community on the status of the struggle against police brutality in Prince George’s County and to make plans to [...]
Posted in What You Can Do on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sign a petition protesting the violent and illegal treatment of journalists at the Republican National Convention.
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Posted in What You Can Do on August 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
During the Republican Convention, CUAPB will play a number of important roles. Along with copwatch as noted above, we’ll be involved in jail medical support, jail exit support, documentation of cases through our hotline, court watch/court support, and even assisting homeless people being swept aside in both downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul. more
Posted in What You Can Do on August 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Independent Media Commission (IMC) views with concern the wanton violence perpetrated by members of the Sierra Leone Police against journalists while performing their professional and constitutional duty on Wednesday 13th August 2008. The incident took place at the precincts of State House and the SLPP Headquarters at Wallace Johnson Street , Freetown respectively. more
Posted in What You Can Do on August 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A statement relased by the NAACP:
“The NAACP is committed to a proactive approach to police shootings and all other forms of police brutality. We will not wait for the next inevitable violation only to decry after the fact that it should not have happened.” more.
