Annual Report 2009
ACLU of Massachusetts 2009 Annual Report (PDF)
Save the Date for Two Key Events in 2010
February 6, 2010: Statewide Conference
Join us February 6, 2010, at UMass Boston for the third ACLU of Massachusetts Statewide Conference. We’ll bring you up to date on the ACLU’s work to shine sunlight on government secrecy and surveillance in the digital age.
Late May 2010: The 29th Annual Bill of Rights Dinner
Join us in celebrating the ACLU of Massachusetts’ anniversary: “90 Years of Leading Freedom Forward.” Date and location to be determined.
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Protecting Freedom of Expression
4.13.09
ACLU of Massachusetts Condemns Cancellation of "Controversial" Speakers at Massachusetts Campuses
Following talk-radio criticism, Boston College cancelled a lecture by University of Illinois education professor William Ayres scheduled for March 30, 2009. And in April, Clark University in Worcester cancelled a talk by Norman Finkelstein, a scholar of the Holocaust and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Letter to Boston College, March 30, 2009 | Letter to Clark University, April 10, 2009
9.9.09
ACLU Petitions Court for Release of Richard Hatch
The ACLU of Massachusetts today filed a habeas corpus petition asking a federal court to release Richard Hatch, winner of the original "Survivor" television series, from jail in Barnstable County.
News Release | Memo of Law | Habeas Petition
ACLU's case for "Ideological Excusion"
9.18.09
Federal Court Upholds Placement of Libertarian Candidates on 2008 Massachusetts Ballot
The ACLU of Massachusetts applauds this win for third party ballot access in the commonwealth.
News Release
Keeping America Safe and Free
3.03.09
Listen to 2009 Conference Podcast
Author and Salon.com columnist Glenn Greenwald gave the keynote speech at our 2009 Statewide Conference, "Beyond the Politics of Fear." You can stream or download the podcast (30 minutes, MP3, 28 MB) of his speech to listen on computers or MP3 players, and it's also available for free via iTunes.
ACLU Report: "Blocking Faith, Freezing Charity"
The ACLU of Massachusetts Bill of Rights Dinner 2009
Interview with 2009 Baldwin Award winner Capt. James Yee
Defending Human Rights
Report: Detention and Deportation in the Age of ICE
4.27.09
ACLU Files Suit Demanding Documents About Double-Bunking at Maximum Security Prison
Doubling up at prison in Shirley, Mass., is reportedly leading to violence.
News release (PDF) | Legal documents
Fighting Surveillance and Domestic Spying
2.03.09
Cambridge City Council Votes Unanimously to Oppose Surveillance Cameras
ACLU praises first-in-the-state vote to reject Homeland Security monitoring.
News Release (PDF)
6.3.09
Brookline Rejects Homeland Security Surveillance Cameras
ACLU worked with Brookline PAX, local residents on risks of increased government surveillance of lawful activities.
News release
Sunlight on Surveillance: Cameras
Sunlight on Surveillance: Fusion Centers
Fusion Center Action Alert
Protecting Student Rights and Juvenile Justice:
9.25.09
Supreme Judicial Court Strikes Down Criminal Provisions of Lowell Juvenile Curfew
ACLU of Massachusetts applauds decision that locking up kids for being out late is unconstitutional.
News Release | Brief
ACLU Report: "A Looming Crisis: The Secure Detention of Youth After Arrest and Before Arraignment in Facilities Administered by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security"
ACLU Report: "Policing in Schools"
Ensuring Reproductive Freedom:
ACLU Asks Court To Stop Misuse Of Taxpayer Dollars In Trafficking Victims' Program
Protecting Equal Rights:
6.13.09
Marchers show ACLU support to tens of thousands at Pride
The Boston Globe used the ACLU contingent for its main photo accompanying this year's Pride coverage. To see more photos, check our online photo gallery on Facebook. (You don't have to be a Facebook member, but please note that Facebook's privacy policies differ from ours.)
7.22.09
Gates arrest highlights ACLU work for racial justice
ACLU of Massachusetts work on racial justice includes the case of a national expert on racial profiling detained at Logan Airport in 2003, and the ongoing case of African-American former UMass Student Jason Vassell, who is facing much more serious charges than two white men who attacked him in his dorm:
ACLU Joins "Justice for Jason" Defense
Commonwealth v. Bernardo B.
Amicus Brief | SJC Opinion
The DeSilver Society
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