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Bill Introduced In House and Senate To Protect LGBT Students Against Discrimination

Wendy Walsh, ACLU Client And Mother Of Son Who Took His Own Life After Bullying, Helps Introduce Bills

March 15, 2011

ACLU Files Lawsuit On Behalf Of California Inmate Subjected To Baseless Religious Discrimination

The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California and the National ACLU filed a lawsuit today on behalf of Sukhjinder Basra, a Sikh inmate who is being penalized for refusing to trim his beard on religious grounds. Keeping unshorn hair is one of the central tenets of the Sikh faith.

February 25, 2011

ACLU/SC, CAIR and Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick LLP Sue FBI for Illegal Surveillance in the Muslim Community

The ACLU of Southern California, the Council for American-Islamic Relations of Greater Los Angeles, and the law firm Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick LLP today announced they have filed a federal class action law suit against the Federal Bureau of Investigations for infiltrating main

February 23, 2011

Lawsuit alleges FBI violated Muslims' freedom of religion

By Jerry Markon Washington Post Staff Writer
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/22/AR201102...

February 22, 2011

ACLU/SC Names New Legal Team

The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California has named Peter Eliasberg, Ahilan Arulanantham and Belinda Escobosa Helzer to head up its legal team in Los Angeles and Orange County.

February 22, 2011

ACLU/SC Calls for Independent Investigation into Inmate Beating

The ACLU of Southern California (ACLU/SC) and the National American Civil Liberties Union today called on the United States Attorney’s Office to launch an independent criminal investigation into last month’s brutal beating by two Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) deputies of an inmat

February 17, 2011