Press Releases

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ACLU Asks for Release of Innocent Civilian Held in Iraq

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit today in Washington, D.C. against top U.S.

August 31, 2005

FBI Labeling Peaceful Michigan Organizations as Terrorists, New Documents Reveal

DETROIT -- The American Civil Liberties Union today released an FBI document that designates a Michigan-based peace group and an affirmative action advocacy group as potentially “involved in terrorist activities.” The file was obtained through an ongoing nationwide ACLU effort seeking information

August 29, 2005

ACLU Defends Flint Dance Club Patrons After Mass Arrests and Searches

The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan will ask a Flint judge to dismiss charges against 93 young men and women who were arrested, strip searched and/or cavity searched by the police last March at a Flint dance club. Although all the ACLU clients were drug free, they were arrested becaus

August 29, 2005

Press Releases

ACLU Asks for Release of Innocent Civilian Held in Iraq

FBI Labeling Peaceful Michigan Organizations as Terrorists, New Documents Reveal

ACLU Defends Flint Dance Club Patrons After Mass Arrests and Searches

ACLU Opposes Ypsilanti’s Discrimination Against Churches

Court of Appeals Finds Dearborn Protest Rules Unconstitutional

City of Lansing Censors Shakespeare