August 29, 2008

• USHRN decries lack of progress for Gulf Coast hurricane victims

August 25, 2008

• US Human Rights Network calls for halt of ICE raids in Mississippi

August 21, 2008

• The National Economic and Social Rights Initiative and the National Health Law Program, releases a human rights assessment of the presidential nominees’ health care plans entitled, Human Right to Health Care: Nominees' Plans Lag Behind Public Demands.

August 19, 2008

• PsychRights' Launches Pro Bono Recruitment Effort

August 14, 2008

• California becomes first state to condemn use of torture on the 'War on Terror'

August 6, 2008

• Hamdan: Unfair trial compounds injustice of unlawful detention

July 21, 2008

• ACLU Challenges Alabama Voter Disenfranchisement Laws In Court

July 15, 2008

• Bipartisan Commission Launched to Investigate Housing Discrimination in America

July 11, 2008

• WE THE PEOPLE Call for an End of Abuse, Torture, and Neglect at Kings County Hospital Center's Psychiatric Emergency Room.

July 7, 2007

• International Drug Policy Up For Debate At Landmark U.N. Forum (ALCU)

July 3, 2008

• Immigrant Communities Impacted by Legislature's Final State Budget for FY 2009
• 60th Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights

June 30, 2008

• UN Special Rapporteur Calls on the U.S. to Take Steps to Avoid Unlawful killings

June 24, 2008

• ACLU Urges Congress to do the Right Thing for Young Americans

June 23, 2008

• Chicago Human Rights Defenders Oppose Olympics in Chicago because of city's legacy of Torture

• Supreme Court: Bail Hearing Triggers Right To Lawyer; Unasked, Federal Appeals Court Wrongfully Increased Defendant’s Sentence

June 21, 2008

• Thousands March to Support Atlantic City Casino Workers (UAW)

June 12, 2008

• ACLU Challenges Solitary Confinement And Unwarranted Strip Searches Of Girls Held In Texas Youth Prison

• Supreme Court Restores Rule Of Law To Guantánamo

• AI Hails U.S. Supreme Court Decision Recognizing Habeas Corpus and Striking Down Combatant Status Review System Human Rights Organization Remains Concerned About Possible Detainee Transfer to Other Governments with Poor Human Rights Practices

June 11, 2008

• As NYPD Arms More Officers With TASERs, AI Urges Restraint Given Serious Safety Concerns

June 2, 2008

• Thousands of El Paso/Southern New Mexico Sign Petition Against Border Wall

May 23, 2008

• Burger King campaign has come to a successful close with a historic press conference & signing ceremony held today at the US Capitol!

May 19, 2008

• U.N. Independent Expert On Racism Begins Fact-Finding Mission In U.S.

April 18, 2008

• On April 19, the Latin American and Caribbean Community Center (LACCC) and Cidadao Global (CG) hosted its first in a series of US-based Durban Process meetings as part of the World Conference Against Racism Review (WCAR 2009).