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Human Rights Legal Organizations Demand Immediate End to U.S. Violations of Law and Siege at Venezuelan Embassy

May 12, 2019

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.

May 2, 2019

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.

December 7, 2018

December 7, 2018

November 15, 2018

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.

October 19, 2018

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."

October 12, 2018

A proposal by the National Parks Service that could limit protests near iconic landmarks in the nation’s capital is drawing heavy criticism

October 12, 2018

The Trump administration is seeking to restrict protests by effectively blocking them along the north sidewalk of the White House and making it easier for police to shut them down.

October 4, 2018

A National Park Service plan to impose harsh new fines and restrictions on public protesters takes Donald Trump’s assault on the First Amendment to a whole new level.

September 11, 2018

The Washington Post published an op-ed written by the PCJF’s Executive Director Mara Verheyden-Hilliard and Legal Director Carl Messineo challenging the Trump administration’s new and outrageous plan to charge demonstrators fees a to protest in the nation’s capital.

August 4, 2018

The following statement by Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, constitutional rights attorney with the PCJF, on the proposal to provide private Metro cars for “Unite the Right” rally was released to the press today.

July 13, 2018

Last Friday afternoon, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia dismissed charges against the 39 remaining J20 Inauguration Day protesters under indictment.

Free Speech

Human Rights Legal Organizations Demand Immediate End to U.S. Violations of Law and Siege at Venezuelan Embassy

Defending American peace and anti-war activists staying inside the Venezuelan Embassy in D.C. to protect it from illegal seizure

Top 12 Major Changes to National Park Service Regulations on Demonstrations in the Nation’s Capital – 2018

Letter to NPS on Anti-Protest Rulemaking – 2018

Stopping Trump’s Plan to Crush Protest in the Nation’s Capital

FAIR’s Counterspin Radio interviews Mara Verheyden-Hilliard about protest suppression

Courthouse News Service: Trump Planning Tough New Rules for Protests Near White House

Bloomberg: “Get Off My Lawn: Trump Proposal Could Squelch Protests in D.C.”

The American Prospect: Will the Next Women’s March Be Taxed?

PCJF Op-Ed in the Washington Post: Trump admin wants to tax protests. What happened to free speech?

PCJF Statement on Proposal to Give Nazis Private Metro Service for Unite the Right Rally

The Intercept: With Last Charges Against J20 Protesters Dropped, Defendants Seek Accountability For Prosecutors

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