U.N. Envoy: U.S. Isn't Protecting Occupy Protesters' Rights
The United Nations envoy for freedom of expression is drafting an official communication to the U.S. government demanding to know why federal officials are not protecting the rights of Occupy demonstrators whose protests are being disbanded -- sometimes violently -- by local authorities.
Civil Rights Lawyers Move to Fight Occupy Evictions Nationwide
Lawyers say authorities are citing obscure codes as pretexts for crackdowns, violating the first amendment in the process
WBAI Evening News Reports on Occupy Movement
Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Attorney, Partnership for Civil Justice discusses the legal work that has been undertaken to protect Occupy encampments across the nation.
Occupy Crackdown: Legal Groups Demand Records of Federal Involvement
The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund and the National Lawyers Guild Mass Defense Committee filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests today with federal law enforcement agencies requesting records of involvement in the Occupy crackdown.