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Usher We are boycotting the music singer Usher Usher's attorney paid money to the judges campaign and had a fund raiser for her. Usher gained custody of his children. Usher |
| International Organization Finds U.S. Violating the Rights of Protestors By Allison Frankel, ACLU Human Rights Program at 2:55pm The right to peacefully assemble, enshrined both in the U.S. Constitution and international human rights law, is an intrinsic element of the democratic fabric of the United States. Yet according to a report released Friday by the Organization for Security and Economic Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), an international organization of which the U.S. is a member, America is failing to uphold this fundamental right. The report is the first comprehensive OSCE report on violation of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly that covers the U.S. The report, based on observations of 27 assemblies, demonstrations, and counter-demonstrations in 11 countries including the U.S., conveyed concern about the use of excessive force and undue restrictions on peaceful assembly. Specifically, the OSCE criticized the use of excessive force, mass arrests, kettling, arrests of journalists, camp evictions, and permit requirements in the U.S. generally, and New York, Chicago, and Oakland specifically. The report recommended U.S. authorities “ensure the right to free assembly, including by facilitating protest camps and marches as much as possible, limiting police use of force, promptly investigating police misconduct, and not dispersing assemblies merely for lack of permits.” The OSCE report documents many of the same First Amendment violations against Occupy protesters that ACLU affiliates in New York, Northern California, and elsewhere in the country have been exposing and challenging. The report also comes on the heels of extensive reporting on violations of the rights of protestors by civil society groups in the U.S. This week, professors and students from the law schools of NYU and Harvard presented their findings to the OSCE, and voiced support for continued OSCE efforts to monitor freedom of assembly in America. Human rights organizations, including the ACLU, are calling upon the U.S. to heed the OSCE report’s key recommendations and ensure that all citizens are allowed to exercise their fundamental right to peacefully assemble. |
| Cooley Law Open House Demonstration November 15, 2012 Non Custodial Mothers came dressed in black with dolls to represent their children. Once we started with the megaphone "Megan" it did not take long for the Dean and his assistant to come see what was going on.We got a business card and a promise to talk with the Dean about what is going on in the family court. Cooley Law Demonstration |
