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Wash Post: U.S. Park Police Standards Imposed Through Litigation Violated by Lafayette Park Assault

June 14, 2020
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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…

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Press conference after BDS victory with Abby Martin and Mara Verheyden-Hilliard

BREAKING – PCJF: Civil Rights Groups to Announce Federal Free Speech Lawsuit Against Georgia’s Unconstitutional ‘Israel Boycott’ Law

February 10, 2020
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PCJF and CAIR plan to sue the University System of Georgia in federal court over a state law restricting First Amendment activity.

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Washington Post Editorial: A victory for free speech on the Mall

November 2, 2019
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The National Park Service has withdrawn a proposal that would have imposed onerous restrictions on protests on the Mall and other federal land in Washington.

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Trump Administration Rescinds Planned Anti-Protest Rules

October 29, 2019
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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.

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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
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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.

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

May 2, 2019
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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.

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PCJF Demands Police Stop Facilitating Mob Violence at Venezuelan Embassy

May 1, 2019
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Right-wing mobs have been assailing the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, D.C. and the people inside and outside the Embassy who are part of the Embassy Protection Collective.

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PCJF Sues Hobby Lobby-affiliated Museum of the Bible for Race Discrimination, Visitor Profiling

January 17, 2019
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Civil Rights lawsuit filed against the Museum of the Bible after egregious racial profiling, illegal detention and interrogation, and false reporting to the FBI.

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‘They’re Going to Pen You In and Charge You for It’

October 24, 2018
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FAIR’s Janine Jackson interviewed Mara Verheyden-Hilliard about Trump’s new anti-protest rules for CounterSpin.

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

October 19, 2018
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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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Courthouse News Service: Trump Planning Tough New Rules for Protests Near White House

October 12, 2018
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A proposal by the National Parks Service that could limit protests near iconic landmarks in the nation’s capital is drawing heavy criticism

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

October 12, 2018
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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.

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