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PSA to Student Protestors: You Have Rights

Published: 
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Washington Law Protects Against Suspensions for Walkouts
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ACLU Hails Passage of King County Immigration Ordinance

News Release, Published: 
Monday, February 26, 2018
The Immigration Ordinance preserves the privacy and civil liberties of our County’s residents by barring the use of King County employees’ time and resources facilitating immigration detention and deportation.
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ACLU-WA Lawsuit Seeks to Uphold Free Speech Rights of Hunger Striker at Northwest Detention Center

News Release, Published: 
Friday, February 23, 2018
The ACLU of Washington today filed a lawsuit to uphold the free speech rights of an immigrant detainee at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma who has suffered severe retaliation from NWDC authorities because he participated in a hunger strike at the facility.
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ACLU-WA entabla demanda para defender el derecho a la libertad de expresión de individuo en huelga de hambre en el Centro de Detención del Noroeste

News Release, Published: 
Friday, February 23, 2018
Hoy, la Unión Americana de Libertades Civiles de Washington (ACLU, por sus siglas en inglés) entabló una demanda para defender el derecho a la libertad de expresión de un inmigrante detenido en el Centro de Detención del Noroeste (NWDC, por sus siglas en inglés) en Tacoma quien ha sido víctima de severas represalias por parte de las autoridades del NWDC por haber participado en una huelga de hambre en dicho centro.
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Death Penalty Repeal in Washington State

Document, Published: 
Friday, February 16, 2018
The death penalty has failed Washington. It is very costly, is not applied fairly, and fails either to provide swift and certain justice or to deter crime. Instead of trying to fix an unfixable system, the legislature should repeal the death penalty.
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Victory! Death Penalty Repeal Passes Senate. We Need You in the House!

Published: 
Friday, February 16, 2018
Lawmakers will be holding a town hall meeting on Saturday, February 17, 2018, in Capitol Hill. Please attend and tell Speaker Chopp and Representative Macri how important it is to repeal the death penalty
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Policy Advocacy Internship Program

Published: 
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
The ACLU of Washington is pleased to offer part-time unpaid school year or full-time summer internships to interested undergraduate and law students for the Spring or Summer of 2018.
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It’s time to stop wasting money on our state’s most commonly charged crime

Published: 
Monday, February 12, 2018
What if there was a criminal charge that was ineffective and unfair? And what if taxpayers were spending billions to enforce it?
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They Rocked the Casbah, We Rock the Constitution

Published: 
Monday, February 5, 2018
The legendary UK punk band and the ACLU-WA are more alike than you might think. Here’s why we’re sponsoring International Clash Day.
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