Civil Rights Law

A historic civil rights group marched Saturday in honor of Trayvon Martin … because they said he had a right to shoot under Florida’s Stand Your Ground law. Weeks later, Zimmerman was arrested and charged with second-degree murder.

Her advocacy organization, Respect-Respeto, monitors reports of civil-rights violations by the police and sheriff … Arpaio-inspired immigration law. (She sponsored several bills to rein in the abuses of Sheriff Arpaio and his ally Mr …

Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, has approved a law which will tighten controls on civil rights groups funded from abroad, his press office said on Saturday. The law, which was cleared by the upper house of parliament earlier in July … Continue reading →

we need to defend our rights as well, naturally using all legal means. That is why we will do it. We will not obey this law, we announce a campaign of civil disobedience and we will fight against this law … Continue reading →

MONTGOMERY — Alabama legislators, law enforcement officers, immigration defense groups and the originator of Alabama’s anti-illegal immigration law are scheduled to speak at a civil rights hearing next month. The U.S. Commission on Civil …

Savannah Mayor Edna Jackson met civil rights leader W.W. Law when she was 9. She was there, too, when the man she called her mentor for life was found dead on July 29, 2002. Law and his legacy loom large … Continue reading →

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a law which will tighten controls on civil rights groups funded from abroad, the his press office said on Saturday, a step opponents say is part of a campaign to suppress … Continue reading →

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a law which will tighten controls on civil rights groups funded from abroad, the his press office said on Saturday, a step opponents say is part of a campaign to suppress … Continue reading →

… are cited in a new legal effort by the American Civil Liberties Union and other civil rights groups to block police from enforcing the Arizona law’s so-called “show me your papers” provision recently upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.

WASHINGTON, July 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The United States Commission on Civil Rights is pleased to announce speakers for the Commission’s public field briefing on Friday, August 17, 2012 on the effects of recently enacted state …