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Month: June 2025

Rhode Island ACLU Update: Files Lawsuit-Stop Trump From Imposing Unlawful Restrictions on Department of Justice/Office on Violence Against Women Grants Plus! RIDOC/ACI Suite Defending Native American Prisoners’ Religious Freedom

  CHALLENGING NEW FEDERAL GRANT REQUIREMENTS, ACLU OF RI, LAWYERS’ COMMITTEE FOR RI AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS SUE ON BEHALF OF RI COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, NATIONAL COALITIONS (Statements Issued by the Rhode Island Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union)…

Samir Kassir Award for Freedom of the Press: European Union Rewards Journalists From Palestine, Egypt & Syria

  SAMIR KASSIR AWARD FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS The European Union Rewards Journalists From Palestine, Egypt & Syria during the 2025 Edition of the Samir Kassir Award   On 3 June 2025, the Delegation of the European Union to…

Committee to Protect Journalists: CPJ & Global Media Leaders Call for Urgent, Unrestricted Access to Gaza for Journalists

A Statement From The Committee to Protect Journalists:   CPJ & Global Media Leaders Call for Urgent, Unrestricted Access to Gaza for Journalists   More than 130 global leaders of news and press freedom organizations called on world leaders, governments,…

Rhode Island Republicans / GOP House Minority Leader Chippendale Express Disgust/Revulsion at Passage of “Assault” Weapons Ban in Rhode Island Legislature

      Statements are directly from the respective organizations. RI GOP Chairman Joe Powers Condemns Passage of Gun Ban in House Judiciary Committee: “This is a Full-Frontal Assault on Your Rights” The Rhode Island Republican Party, under the leadership…