The Killing of Trey Joyner
In response to reports that a resident of the District was shot in the back and killed in the Trinidad neighborhood by undercover federal law enforcement agents, the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund filed a Freedom of Information Act request (FOIA) demanding disclosure of the directives and policies authorizing and implementing the program through which the officers were operating.
PCJF files Freedom of Information Act Demand About Imprisonment, Interrogation, and Sudden Death of Bush's 'Smoking Gun' Witness
Detainee's statements derived under torture by the Bush administration were used to sell the Iraq invasion to U.S. Senate and United Nations
PCJF Demands Information About Imprisonment, Interrogation, and Death of Ibn al-Sheikh al-Libi
Detainee's statements derived under torture by the Bush administration were used to sell the Iraq invasion to U.S. Senate and United Nations
PCJ Sues MPD to Force Disclosure of Orders and Policies
The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund announced today that it has filed a lawsuit to force the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department to disclose its orders and policies. The DC MPD is in violation of its legal obligations as mandated by the D.
General and Special Orders of the MPD
The PCJF forced the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, D.C. (MPD) to disclose nearly all of its General Orders and Special Orders and related directives that dictate how officers are to exercise their authority.
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FOIA Request to Uncover Connections Between U.S. Gov't and Anti-Cuba Terrorists
What's the connection between
the U.S. government and anti-Cuba terrorists?
On behalf of ANSWER and the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five, the Partnership for Civil Justice filed a Freedom of Information Action request to find out.
A NATION CHALLENGED: AMERICAN MUSLIMS; Raids, Detentions and Lists Lead Muslims to Cry Persecution
Muslim leaders say the government is persecuting them as it once did suspected supporters of Japan or the Soviet Union more than 50 years ago.
2001 Inaugural Protests: Illegal Domestic Spying Operation Exposed
This litigation, brought by the Partnership for Civil Justice also on behalf of the National Lawyers Guild, first exposed the use of the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Forces against political dissenters, and revealed that the District of Columbia police department has been carrying out an illegal ongoing domestic spying operation in which officers are sent on long-term assignments to pose as political activists.
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