Martin (Georgia Anti-Boycott) – Amended Complaint 2020
The PCJF and the Council on American-Islamic Relations represented filmmaker Abby Martin in the case of Martin v. Wrigley, a lawsuit challenging Georgia’s anti-BDS law…
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Lafayette Square Was Just the Beginning: Trump and Barr Turn to the “Occupy Model” to Crush Protests Against Police Brutality
The Nation Magazine turns to Mara Verheyden-Hilliard on how the current administration is using the “Occupy Model” to in efforts to crush the burgeoning racial justice movement.
Read MoreLafayette Square Was Just the Beginning: Trump and Barr Turn to the “Occupy Model” to Crush Protests Against Police BrutalityWash Post: U.S. Park Police Standards Imposed Through Litigation Violated by Lafayette Park Assault
Excerpt from The Washington Post | Read the full article here. Mara Verheyden-Hilliard said that if the police offensive was, as it appeared, an effort…
Martin (Georgia Anti-Boycott) – Complaint 2020
The PCJF and Council on American-Islamic Relations represented filmmaker Abby Martin in the case of Martin v. Wrigley, a lawsuit challenging a Georgia law that banned state contracts with people and entities that boycott Israel.
Read MoreMartin (Georgia Anti-Boycott) – Complaint 2020Washington Post Editorial: A victory for free speech on the Mall
The National Park Service has withdrawn a proposal that would have imposed onerous restrictions on protests on the Mall and other federal land in Washington.
Read MoreWashington Post Editorial: A victory for free speech on the MallTrump Administration Rescinds Planned Anti-Protest Rules
The Trump Administration is fully withdrawing its massive anti-democratic plan to block free speech and assembly through proposed regulations that would have crushed protest on federal land in the nation's capital.
Read MoreTrump Administration Rescinds Planned Anti-Protest RulesHuman Rights Legal Organizations Demand Immediate End to U.S. Violations of Law and Siege at Venezuelan Embassy
International and domestic human rights legal organizations issued a letter to the government demanding an immediate cessation of the violations of human rights against peace activists in the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Read MoreHuman Rights Legal Organizations Demand Immediate End to U.S. Violations of Law and Siege at Venezuelan EmbassyDefending American peace and anti-war activists staying inside the Venezuelan Embassy in D.C. to protect it from illegal seizure
The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund has been defending the rights of the Embassy Protection Collective made up of U.S. peace and anti-war activists inside the Venezuelan Embassy.
Read MoreDefending American peace and anti-war activists staying inside the Venezuelan Embassy in D.C. to protect it from illegal seizureTop 12 Major Changes to National Park Service Regulations on Demonstrations in the Nation’s Capital – 2018
Read MoreTop 12 Major Changes to National Park Service Regulations on Demonstrations in the Nation’s Capital – 2018Letter to NPS on Anti-Protest Rulemaking – 2018
Read MoreLetter to NPS on Anti-Protest Rulemaking – 2018Stopping Trump’s Plan to Crush Protest in the Nation’s Capital
In 2018, at the same time the Trump administration and other proponents of bigotry, repression, and environmental devastation ratcheted up their verbal attacks against a protest against them, they took concrete actions to shut down free speech actions in Washington, D.C. In rapid-response, PCJF then led a national organizing, education, and outreach campaign bringing together organizations and grassroots groups across the country, that resulted in more than 140,000 comments to the formal record.
Read MoreStopping Trump’s Plan to Crush Protest in the Nation’s CapitalFAIR’s Counterspin Radio interviews Mara Verheyden-Hilliard about protest suppression
From Counterspin Radio: “If it’s a new day, you’re right to ask if the Trump administration is coming for your rights in a new way, and the answer is yes."
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