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ACLU-NH Commends Governor Sununu’s Commitment to Civil Rights and Diversity
CONCORD — The American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire (ACLU-NH) applauds Governor Chris Sununu’s decision today to establish an Advisory Council on Diversity and Inclusion and Attorney General Gordon MacDonald’s creation of the Civil Rights Unit within the NH Department of Justice. The ACLU-NH is committed to protecting all Granite Staters’ civil rights and looks forward to working as a member of the Advisory Council and with the Civil Rights Unit.
State v. McCarthy et al. (Woodstock Border Patrol Checkpoint Cases)
ACLU-NH challenges the constitutionality of the border patrol checkpoints that occurred August and September of 2017 on Interstate 93 in Woodstock, New Hampshire.
Federal Court Halts Deportation of Indonesian Nationals
MEDIA CONTACT: Inga Sarda-Sorensen, 347-514-3984, [email protected]
Devitri v. Cronen
A class-action lawsuit to halt the immediate deportation of Indonesian nationals residing in New Hampshire, most of whom have lived in the U.S. for more than a decade and now face imminent removal to Indonesia where they are in grave danger of persecution, torture, or death due to their faith.
Hire UNH President with Record of Fostering Diversity
This letter from ACLU-NH Executive Director Devon Chaffee and NAACP-Seacoast President Rogers Johnson, was sent to the University of New Hampshire Board of Trustees and its Presidential Search Committee and ran in the Foster’s Daily Democrat on Wednesday, November 15, 2017.
My Turn: Lessons from a near lynching in Claremont
This is an opinion piece that originally ran in the Concord Monitor on Saturday, November 11, 2017.
New Hampshire Advocates Applaud End to Discriminatory Health Care Exclusion of Transition-related Surgeries from Medicaid Coverage
For Media Inquiries Contact: Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, [email protected], 305-904-2392
Valentin v. City of Manchester et al.
ACLU-NH joined as counsel for Alfredo Valentin who was wrongly arrested for criminal wiretapping for using his phone to record Manchester police officers performing their official duties on the public street outside Valentin’s home without interfering with the officers’ performance of those duties.
ACLU Comment on Trump Administration’s New Travel Ban restrictions
CONTACT: Inga Sarda-Sorensen, 347-514-3984, [email protected]
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