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ACLU Informs California School Districts about Student Rights in the Wake of Recent Protests and Walkouts

LOS ANGELES - The ACLU California affiliates provided school districts across the state with information about students' free speech rights and school discipline in the wake of recent walkouts.

April 12, 2006

Blanket Policy Excluding HIV Positive Inmates from Family Visit Program Overturned

LOS ANGELES - In response to action taken by the ACLU of Southern California, the state Department of Corrections has concluded that excluding HIV positive inmates from its spousal family visitation program is discriminatory and contrary to federal law.

April 12, 2006

Judge Confirms Ontario Officers

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge ruled late Tuesday that Ontario police officers' rights under both federal and state law were violated when a police detective installed a video camera in a men's locker room to spy on the officers.

April 4, 2006

Sri Lankan Torture Victim Released After Nearly Five Years

LOS ANGELES - A Sri Lankan Tamil torture victim was released late Monday night after spending more than four and a half years in a federal detention center despite being granted political asylum by an immigration judge and withholding of removal by a federal appeals court.

March 28, 2006

Court Says

LOS ANGELES - The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ordered the immediate release of a Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seeker and torture victim who has been imprisoned by the government for nearly five years.

March 17, 2006

ACLU/SC Files Suit After Arrest, Beating of Speaker at Costa Mesa Council Meeting

ORANGE, Calif. - In response to the silencing, arrest and beating of a local resident during a January city council meeting, the ACLU of Southern California and the Law Offices of B. Kwaku Duren filed a lawsuit against the city of Costa Mesa today.

March 2, 2006