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 LCHR has written a series of reports on the erosion of civil liberties in the U.S. since 9/11. The three reports, and the dates they cover, are: Assessing the New Normal 3/03 to 9/03 Imbalance of Powers 9/02 to 3/03 A Year of Loss 9/01 to 9/02  'Specia Registration' Requirement Suspended (12/02/03) Afghanistan: Deaths of Prisoners Held In US Custody Amplify Torture (11/2103) LCHR Rebuts Attorney General’s USA PATRIOT Speech Padilla v. Rumsfeld: Three Legal Briefs Challenging President's Ability to Detain U.S. Citizen Without Charge (July 2003) Appeals Court Authorizes Secret Arrests (6/17/03) LCHR Letter to Ashcroft Re. Detention Without Charge (6/4/03) Justice Department Report Confirms Abuses Against 9-11 Detainees Supreme Court Allows Secret Deportation Hearings To Stand (5/27/03) Military Commission Rules Fail to Include Fair Trial Guarantees (5/23/03) LCHR Urges Attorney General to Release Report on Treatment of Post 9-11 Detainees (5/20/03) Attorney General Ashcroft Calls for Blanket Detention of Haitian Asylum Seekers (4/25/03) Lawyers Committee Condemns Arrests and Detention of Dissidents in Cuba (4/9/03) Egypt: Torture of Anti-War Demonstrators Continues (3/26/03) Recent Victory for Haitian Refugees Thwarted by Department of Homeland Security (3/21/03) “Operation Liberty Shield” Turns Liberty on its Head (3/18/03) Developments in the Cases of Security Detainees Held by the U.S. Government (3/11/03) LCHR U.S. Law and Security Work from 9/01 to 12/02  US Law & Security |
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Press Briefing on: ATTEND IN PERSON - OR BY TELEPHONE To RSVP: Heidi Altman, 212-845-5259 / altmanh@lchr.org
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