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U.S. Supreme Court Bars Immigrant Detainees from Challenging Medical Abuse in Immigration Detention
National Immigrant Justice Center
CHICAGO (May 4, 2010) - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled yesterday in Hui v. Castañeda that immigrants who are detained by immigration authorities are barred from bringing actions to challenge egregious medical mistreatment while they are in custody.
"Enemies of the People" Film Screening
25 Mondale Hall, University of Minnesota West Bank - Minneapolis, MN
This award-winning documentary follows the story of Thet Sambath, a Cambodian journalist intent on uncovering the secrets of the Khmer Rouge regime whose policies resulted in the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians between 1975 and 1979. Among the dead were Sambath's parents and his brother. To learn the highly protected secrets of the Khmer Rouge, Sambath had to earn the trust of Nuon Chea, the highest ranking Khmer Rouge still alive today.
A discussion with director Rob Lemkin will follow the film.
"Proof of Citizenship" Bill Will Limit Aid to Low-Income Families in Wisconsin
August 24, 2011 - Voces de la Frontera
On August 18, Republican Assembly representative Mursau introduced new legislation requiring documentary evidence of citizenship or lawful immigration status for public assistance programs. The bill, AB-222, has been referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and State Affairs.
Christine Neumann-Ortiz, executive director of Voces, denounced the bill:
10 Years Too Long: End Indefinite Detention & Close Guantanamo
January, 2012 - Amnesty International USA
10 Years Too Many: National Day of Action Against Guantanamo
Washington, D.C.
Join Amnesty International in Washington, DC on January 11, 2012 to close Guantanamo!
To mark the 10th anniversary of unlawful counterterrorism detentions at Guantanamo and to call for an end to indefinite detention and unfair trials, we will be creating a human chain between the White House and the Capitol. We need 2,700 people – the number of detainees still unlawfully held by the US government at Guantanamo and Bagram.
2 decades of abuse charges, finally a sentencing in Chicago police scandal that haunted city
January 29, 2011 - Sharon Cohen, The Associated Press
CHICAGO - The anonymous letters to attorney G. Flint Taylor arrived in police department envelopes, and so the mysterious author was dubbed "Deep Badge."
It was 1989 and Taylor was representing a notorious killer — Andrew Wilson, who had shot two police officers and was behind bars for life. He'd originally been sentenced to death but won a new trial after the Illinois Supreme Court ruled his confession had been coerced.
2011 Pedal for Peace Bike-a-thon!
Chicago, IL
Mark your calendars for the 2011 Pedal for Peace Bike-a-thon on Saturday, October 1! Sign up to ride on the 12 or 24 mile loop along the beautiful Chicago lakefront and ask friends and family to sponsor you. All proceeds will go to support health, education, and advocacy projects in Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
27-Year Sentence for Plant Manager
June 21, 2010 - New York Times
A federal judge in Iowa on Monday announced a prison sentence of 27 years on financial fraud charges for Sholom Rubashkin, the former manager of a kosher meatpacking plant where hundreds of illegal immigrant workers were arrested in a 2008 raid that garnered national attention.
