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CBP Admits to Targeting Journalists, Activists, After Civil Society Groups, Including Defending Rights & Dissent, Demanded Answers
After revelations that Customs and Border Patrol (CBB) had monitored journalists, human rights lawyers, and activists, Defending Rights & Dissent joined with a 100 civil society demanding answers. In a May 9, 2019 response letter, CBP admits for the first time to having engaged in this monitoring, though it defended its actions.
Chelsea Manning is Back in Court. Tell the Government to #LeaveChelseaAlone
Today, Chelsea Manning is being hauled before a grand jury. Again. We urgently need you to take action and tell the US Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the Eastern District of Virginia to Leave Chelsea Alone!
Two New DHS Domestic Spying Scandals Revealed
Both Immigrations and Custom Enforcement (ICE) and Custom and Border Patrol (CBP) are engaged in monitoring and tracking First Amendment protected activity.Monitoring of political speech is inherently chilling. It is also outside the jurisdiction of both ICE and CBP.
Defending Rights & Dissent Expresses Concern About Journalist Detained As “Material Witness”
Marzieh Hashemi, a journalist with the Iranian state-run Press TV, is currently being detained by the FBI. An unsealed order reveals she is not suspect of a crime, but is being detained as a “material witness” in an undisclosed grand jury proceeding.
Letter to Florida DOC RE Operation PUSH
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Letter opposing repeal of FCC Net Neutrality rules, 2017
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Letter to UN Special Rapporteurs re Prosecution of Trump Inauguration Protesters
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J20 Journalists Letter, Nov 2017
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Defending Rights & Dissent letter re Aaron Cantú and Alexei Wood
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Ag Gag Across America
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Statement in Support of Freedom of the Press, 2017
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Packingham v. North Carolina amicus brief (access to Internet)
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Secret Service Letter re journalist vetting at conventions
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Testimony to the Information, Security and Privacy Advisory Board, 2015
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Coalition Letter Urging Rejection of Extension for FBI Director Mueller
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