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NLG Strongly Objects to Oppressive and Discriminatory Law Enforcement Tactics in Ferguson 
NEW YORK -- The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) is on the ground providing legal support to Ferguson, Missouri residents protesting in the wake of last week’s fatal shooting of black teenager Michael Brown by white police officer Darren Wilson. Since then, community protests and neighborhood demonstrations have been violently confronted by the Ferguson Police Department, armed with military-grade weaponry. Yesterday morning, Governor Jay Nixon deployed the Missouri National Guard to supplement S...
Posted: Tue, Aug 19, 2014 12:36pm PDT
Amnesty International USA Calls for Investigation of Police Tactics in Ferguson 
(AUGUST 18, 2014 - FERGUSON, MO) - As communities across the nation stand witness to the killing of an unarmed African American teenager by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, Amnesty International USA was on the ground monitoring events. With the return of its human rights delegation from Ferguson, the organization today called for an investigation into police tactics used during protests....
Posted: Mon, Aug 18, 2014 10:30pm PDT
Police Gas Residents of Ferguson For Over an Hour (video/quicktime 51.7MB) This video was taken on August 17, 2014....
Posted: Mon, Aug 18, 2014 9:56am PDT
Do not be fooled by China's propaganda on Tibet and Tibetan people 
Dharamshala: - As Tibetans and peace loving people, we realize that there is a Chinese propaganda waged to capture the hearts and minds of Tibetans. It is now waged using not only their modern weapons, but also their state-run television, radio and other types of media. While we fight using the method of freedom, non-violence, human rights and democracy, China will use any tools to try and win....
Posted: Sun, Aug 17, 2014 11:13pm PDT
(VIDEO) Ferguson: State Of Emergency! Demonstrators Shot and Gassed! (video/quicktime 199.5MB) A State Of Emergency was imposed on the residents of Ferguson on August 16th 2014. This curfew set of a mutual aide package of different law enforcement agencies, a mandatory curfew and the power to arrest anyone seen in public space from 12am to 5:30am....
Posted: Sun, Aug 17, 2014 1:00pm PDT
Photos From Ferguson 8.16.14 
These photos were taken 8.16.14 and the early morning hours of 8.17.14 in Ferguson MO....
Posted: Sun, Aug 17, 2014 6:56am PDT
Amnesty International Sends Human Rights Delegation to Ferguson, Missouri 
(AUGUST 14, 2014 - FERGUSON, MO) - Today, Amnesty International USA announced that it has sent human rights delegation to Ferguson, MO to observe police and protester activity, gather testimony, seek meetings with officials and offer support to the community. The 12-person delegation also includes organizers who will train local activists on methods of non-violent protest....
Posted: Sun, Aug 17, 2014 2:35am PDT
Ferguson: New Police Practices are Window Dressing To a Systemic Failure (video/quicktime 57.7MB) This police strategy both in the first days and more recently is nothing new....
Posted: Sat, Aug 16, 2014 11:41am PDT
Images From Ferguson 8.15.14 
State Police have taken over security elements for Ferguson Mike Brown presence. But residents complain that the Local Police are jacking People with weapons drawn in daylight hours. ....
Posted: Sat, Aug 16, 2014 8:38am PDT
Ferguson Police's PR Stunt Poisons Independent and Impartial Investigation 
The tragic killing of unarmed teenager Michael Brown by Officer Darren Wilson of the Ferguson Police Department has shocked his family, community, and the nation....
Posted: Fri, Aug 15, 2014 5:45pm PDT
WeCopwatch live reports from Ferguson, Missouri - August 15, 2014 
WeCopwatch has arrived in Ferguson, Missouri, where on August 9 a Ferguson police officer shot down and murdered 18-year-old local resident Michael Brown, in cold blood, in broad daylight, in the street in front of numerous witnesses. After days of protests and violent racist attacks by police against demonstrators, today, the focus has shifted to the police cover-up of the murder. After previously refusing to release the incident report on the shooting and the name of the killer cop, Fergu...
Posted: Fri, Aug 15, 2014 4:04pm PDT
Police in Ferguson to the Media: "We Don't Want You Here" (video/mp4 39.4MB) Police in Ferguson ramp up all out assault on media covering police brutality. St. Louis County Police Department pigs deliberately fired tear gas and rubber bullets at an Al Jazeera news crew. They also began dismantling the Al Jazeera media equipment, that is until they noticed another media team was recording them from across the street, then they jumped back into their armored vehicle and took off. Police then chased off the KSDK news crew filming the attack on the Al Jazeera crew, tel...
Posted: Thu, Aug 14, 2014 6:28pm PDT
Signatories Call on White House to Investigate Beating and Detention of Tariq Abu Khdeir 
The NLG and other human rights groups urge President Obama and administration to demand Israel cease the Abuse and Unlawful Detention of Palestinians...
Posted: Wed, Aug 13, 2014 2:03pm PDT
Reproductive Justice, Black Feminist Organizing, and the Criminalization of Black Bodies (audio/mpeg 25.0MB) WTUL News and Views speaks with Desiree Evans, Mwende Katwiwa, and Laura McTighe of Women With A Vision about the ignored and suppressed history of the Reproductive Justice struggle, how the voices and issues of women of color have been oppressed and criminalized, and what criminalization and justice look like in the age of Renisha McBride, Marissa Alexander, and countless others....
Posted: Wed, Aug 13, 2014 11:47am PDT
Kenny 'Zulu' Whitmore, Friend of the Angola 3, Challenges His Conviction 
Last week Kenny "Zulu" Whitmore, a longtime friend of Angola 3 who has now spent over 30 years in isolation at Angola, filed his own habeas petition contesting his murder conviction in light of new evidence that his attorneys argue convincingly proves his innocence. You can read the compelling petition here, attached as a PDF....
Posted: Fri, Aug 8, 2014 9:09am PDT
The Israeli Government is not the Jewish People The Israeli war on Gaza is undeniably an atrocity. So, condemn the government, not the Jewish people!...
Posted: Sat, Aug 2, 2014 3:36pm PDT
Panthers in the Hole: French Angola 3 Book Illustrates US Prison Crisis 
Amnesty International France and La Boîte à Bulles have published a 128-page French language graphic novel entitled Panthers in the Hole. The book's co-authors David Cénou and Bruno Cénou present with visual art what Amnesty France describes as "la tragique histoire des Trois d'Angola" (the tragic story of the Angola 3). To further discuss the book and Amnesty France's broader support for Albert Woodfox and the Angola 3, we interviewed Nicolas Krameyer, who is head of the Individuals at Risk ...
Posted: Sun, Jul 27, 2014 10:50am PDT
A Perspective of Cherokee Resistance, Occupation, Self-Defense and Sovereignty This essay is a close examination of Cherokee Resistance and Self-Defense....
Posted: Fri, Jul 18, 2014 12:42pm PDT
Congresswoman Waters Calls for Thorough Investigation into CA Highway Patrol Beating Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) released the following statement today in light of a video showing a California Highway Patrol officer repeatedly punching a woman in the face on the 10 Freeway:...
Posted: Sun, Jul 13, 2014 6:54pm PDT
Native Resistance and Being A Native Advocate A close examination of Native Resistance and being a Native Advocate....
Posted: Sat, Jul 12, 2014 2:00am PDT
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