Est. Oct. 3, 2010
National Coalition to Protect Civil Freedoms Event. From Trauma to Liberation: A Conference on Healing, Justice, and Empowerment for Families of Political Prisoners. Welcoming remarks by Steve Downs, Executive Director of the NCPCF. Comments by Nahla Al-Arian, wife of Dr. Sami Al-Arian, and Hany Massoud speaking about entrapment.
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Source: Wired. The President Barack Obama administration’s surveillance strategy in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision that the installation of a GPS tracker on a vehicle amounted to a search under the Fourth Amendment remains “privileged and confidential,” the Justice Department claims in newly released memos. What has been made public is that the Federal Bureau of Investigation pulled the plug on some 3,000 GPS trackers.
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Source: NPR. President Obama is a week away from getting sworn into a second term in office — but he still has plenty of unfinished business. Four years ago, he vowed to shut down the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. But the facility is still up and running. Host Michel Martin discusses what’s next for Guantanamo.
NCPCF Event in Detroit (12/13): Civil Rights in Jeopardy. What is Material Support? What is Preemptive Prosecution? (Video: 21 min.) NCPCF/MLFA Event. Khalil Meek (MLFA) explains “material support” and “preemptive prosecution”.
NCPCF Event in Detroit (12/13): Civil Rights in Jeopardy (The Full Event)(Video: 98 min.) See Khalil Meek (MLFA), Steve Downs (NCPCF) and Tariq Ramadan delivering the keynote address.
NCPCF Event in Detroit (12/13/2012): Civil Rights in Jeopardy by Dr. Tariq Ramadan. (Video: 38 min.) Dr. Tariq Ramadan delivers the keynote address.
Source: TED. The open-source world has learned to deal with a flood of new, oftentimes divergent, ideas using hosting services like GitHub — so why can’t governments? In this rousing talk Clay Shirky shows how democracies can take a lesson from the Internet, to be not just transparent but also to draw on the knowledge of all their citizens.
Source: TimesUnion.com. A pair of activists came out on top in a free-speech debate with officials at Albany International Airport, captured on an edited video that as of midday Wednesday had garnered more than 38,000 views.
Source: Youtube. Press Conference to condemn the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 which attacks Freedom of Speech and Assembly, the right to a speedy and public trial by jury, knowing the charges, attorney of choice, freedom from unreasonable search and seizures. The Act also allows for the army to operate on U.S. soil and allows for “indefinite detention” against citizens and non-citizens considered a threat by the military. In other words a declaration of Martial Law. Representatives from Peace groups, Muslim Groups, Occupation Wall Street and many other organizations and concerned citizens spoke at this conference.
Source: BBC. A number of EU governments have been accused of “disgraceful” behaviour for refusing to apologise over allegations that they colluded with the CIA in hosting secret prisons. The debate on 10 September 2012 focused on a report by the Civil Liberties Committee which looked into allegations that countries including Poland, Lithuania and Romania had been accused of hosting such prisons.
