An Open Letter from Civil Rights Groups to the American People
Our Rights Are at Stake. We Will Not Be Silenced. In America, our government cannot do whatever it wants. And we, the people, have a…
Free Speech
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PCJF Statement on Mahmoud Khalil’s Unlawful Arrest and Abduction
The Trump Administration is pursuing an unconstitutional witch hunt, abusing government authority in order to target, punish and silence viewpoints that it ideologically opposes.
Read MorePCJF Statement on Mahmoud Khalil’s Unlawful Arrest and AbductionTrump says he wants to protect free speech. Advocates say he’s undermining it.
In what President Donald Trump says is a move to protect the rule of law and free speech advocates see as an attack on it, the White House is promising tougher punishments for vandalizing public monuments, statues and religious displays.
Read MoreTrump says he wants to protect free speech. Advocates say he’s undermining it.PCJF challenges Trump’s Executive Order targeting pro-Palestinian protestors as “racist and unhinged” attack on free speech
The Trump Administration’s Executive Order targeting by viewpoint those who have courageously stood against the U.S. backed Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people is a racist and unhinged assault on the fundamental constitutional right to free speech.
Read MorePCJF challenges Trump’s Executive Order targeting pro-Palestinian protestors as “racist and unhinged” attack on free speechCivil Rights Orgs Warn Pomona College: Unprecedented Suspensions of Students Are Unlawful, ‘Punishes the Act of Protest Itself.’
Five legal organizations including Palestine Legal, the Asian Law Caucus, the Center for Protest Law and Litigation, the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, and the…
UC Santa Cruz: Remedy violations of students’ rights
The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund joined Palestine Legal in requesting that UC Santa Cruz remedy the university’s violations of its students and workers’ civil…
Legal Organizations Condemn Local Repression Against Anti-Genocide Protestors
While peaceful protests were happening in 81 cities and 19 countries, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) took the extraordinary step of jailing the San Francisco protestors on trumped up felony conspiracy charges.
Read MoreLegal Organizations Condemn Local Repression Against Anti-Genocide Protestors Know Your Rights: Federal Employees Have the Right to Protest!
Federal employees have the right to protest, march in the streets, attend a protest, rally, demonstration, or meeting. As a federal employee, you should not…
Lawyers for Bay Bridge 78 Call on Court to Dismiss Charges in Interest of Justice
The Center for Protest Law & Litigation at the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund filed a motion in San Francisco’s superior court on February 23…
Know Your Rights: Federal Employees Have the Right to Protest!
Federal employees have the right to protest, march in the streets, attend a protest, rally, demonstration, or meeting. As a federal employee, you should not…
Jenkins files serious charges against Bay Bridge protesters demanding Gaza ceasefire—but it’s a stretch
Excerpt from 48 Hills | Read the full story here. In a highly unusual move that could easily backfire, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins is charging…
San José City Council OKs $3.35 Million Settlement for Five Racial Justice Protestors Attacked by San José Police
Racial justice protestors who were attacked and injured by the San José Police Department in May 2020 will receive $3.35 million in a settlement approved by the City Council.
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