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5/13/2013: NHCLU Files Lawsuit on Behalf of the Homeless

May 132013

The NHCLU staff attorney Barbara Keshen filed a lawsuit last week on behalf of the homeless population in Concord, NH. The lawsuit is in response to state official’s recent efforts to clear homeless camps from Read More…

May 13, 2013 Tagged with: Criminal Justice Reform, First Amendment

5/8/2013: Organizations Oppose Senate Amendments that Target Student Voters

May 082013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 8, 2013 CONTACT: Devon Chaffee, New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union, (603) 224-5591, Devon@nhclu.org Joan Flood Ashwell, League of Women Voters of New Hampshire: 603-397-8128 Jess Clark, America Votes, 603-545-1881, jclark@americavotes.org Concord, Read More…

May 8, 2013 Tagged with: Student Rights, Voting Rights

5/6/2013: Urge Hassan to Rethink Severe Restrictions on Medical Marijuana

May 062013

Last week, Gov. Hassan asked legislators to strike a pivotal provision in the medical marijuana bill, which is currently in the Senate. HB 573, the fourth medical marijuana proposal in six years, passed through the Read More…

May 6, 2013 Tagged with: Drug Prohibition

5/3/2013: NHCLU Responds to Ayotte’s Comments on Equal Pay Bill

May 032013

Nationally, women earn an average of 77 cents for every dollar earned by similarly qualified men and in New Hampshire the income disparity is even greater. Despite this earning gap, Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) voted Read More…

May 3, 2013

5/1/2013: President’s Statement on Guantánamo and Next Steps

May 012013

Yesterday, President Obama restated his belief that the prison at Guantánamo should be closed. The NHCLU and ACLU welcome the president’s continuing commitment to closing Guantánamo, and recognize that this is the essential first step Read More…

May 1, 2013 Tagged with: Prisoners Rights

4/25/2013: NHCLU Launches Investigation into Police Use of Military Technology & Tactics

Apr 252013

Militarization of Local Law Enforcement Erodes Civil Liberties, Encourages Overly Aggressive Policing FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, April 25, 2013 CONTACT: Devon Chaffee, New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union, (603) 224-5591, Devon@nhclu.org Concord N.H. – The New Read More…

April 25, 2013 Tagged with: Criminal Justice Reform

4/20/2013: Statement On Miranda Rights by ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero

Apr 202013

The American Civil Liberties Union reacted to the apprehension of the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing and statements from federal officials that he would be questioned without being read his Miranda rights. “The ACLU Read More…

April 20, 2013 Tagged with: Criminal Justice Reform, Prisoners Rights

4/15/2013: The Fight to Take Back Our Genes

Apr 152013

Even though they’ve been in our families since the dawn of man, our genes do not belong to us. They’ve been claimed by companies that hold patents on the DNA from our cells. Over the Read More…

April 15, 2013 Tagged with: Data Privacy

4/11/2013: New Hampshire Liberty Act Heads to the Senate

Apr 112013

The New Hampshire Liberty Act (HB 399), which would prohibit the state’s cooperation with the indefinite detention provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), will head to a Senate hearing on Tuesday, April 16 Read More…

April 11, 2013 Tagged with: Prisoners Rights

4/9/2013: Senate Committee to Hear HB 414, to Protect Employee Privacy

Apr 092013

Today a New Hampshire Senate committee will vote on HB 414, which will protect the privacy of employee’s social media information. The bill will prohibit employers, or prospective employers, from requesting the usernames and/or passwords Read More…

April 9, 2013 Tagged with: Data Privacy

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