UN human rights advocates have condemned bills introduced in 19 US states that target peaceful protest and other forms of free speech. They say that the proposed laws violate First Amendment protections as well as international human rights standards. In this interview, taped and broadcast on RT America on April 3, 2017, Mara Verheyden-Hillard, a human rights attorney and co-founder of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, joins RT America’s Simone Del Rosario to explain what’s at stake.

Click here to read the U.N. press release on this report, or click here to download the complete analysis by the U.N. human rights advocates on the different proposed pieces of legislation.