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Solidarity with Earth Defenders Concert
February 27

Samba Ja
Blackbird Raum
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The Civil Liberties Defense Center is a nonprofit organization focused on defending and upholding civil liberties through education, outreach, litigation, legal support and assistance. The Civil Liberties Defense Center strives to preserve the strength and vitality of the Bill of Rights and the U.S. and state constitutions, as well as to protect freedom of expression.
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Tasers and the Police: A Deadly Combination (.doc)
Tasers do not decrease the likelihood that police will use deadly force. In fact, tasers are deadly force. The Civil Liberties Center is working to educate the community about this commonly used compliance device. Check out our trifold in English (pdf) or in Spanish (pdf). Please feel free to reprint and distribute.

Green Scare
The Civil Liberties Center is working to fight against the Green Scare, the governments unconstitutional attack on environmental and animal rights activists, by conducting research, participating in public outreach and education, and assisting with the legal defense of non-cooperating defendants. We are also providing attorney referrals for various individuals and have assisted their attorneys with various legal issues.

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Join in Fighting the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA)

Ending the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act

On March 12, 2009, Joseph Buddenberg, Mary Khajavi, Nathan Pope and Adriana Stumpo were indicted in Northern California, San Jose Division for conspiracy (18U.S.C. 371) and force, violence, and threats involving animal enterprises (18U.S.C. 43). Download the indictment (pdf).

On May 21, 2009, the Civil Liberties Center, Center for Constitutional Rights and other civil rights attorneys moved to dismiss the indictments (read the motion to dismiss pdf.) against 4 individuals charged under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (.doc) which labels the activist as "terrorists" even though they are charged with protesting, chalking the sidewalk, chanting and leafleting, and using "the internet to find information on bio-medical researchers." All of these are clearly and traditionally protected under the first amendmant. (Read more doc.)

Find out more about joining the Coalition to Abolish the AETA. We are working to educate the public about the travesties contained in laws like this one that repress free speech. Read about how this bill affects you. Check out our AETA trifold (pdf). Please feel free to reprint and distribute.

Lauren Regan, Executive Director of the Civil Liberties Defense Center and Alejandro Queral of the Northwest Constitutional Rights Center answer questions from the media during the Terrorism Enhancement Hearings on May 15, 2007.

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