Law/ Legal

Jammers and creatives,
Today is our big moment in court. Ever since the first issue of
Adbusters was published seventeen years ago we've been fighting to
break the corporate monopoly on access to the airwaves. After
countless delays, and over $100,000 spent on legal fees, we've
arrived at a critical juncture in the case. At issue is our
freedom of speech on the most powerful social communications
medium of our time, television.

Below is a copy of our press release as well as a sneak preview of
an article that will appear in the upcoming issue of Adbusters (on
newsstands February 18th). Please give us your support by getting
the word out there.  read more »

Sunday, January 6, 2008 04:42 AM

KUALA LUMPUR (AP) - Banging batons against their shields, Malaysian police chased away hundreds of demonstrators who held a candlelight vigil to protest against a decades-old law allowing indefinite detention without trial.

A water cannon fired a single burst to drive away the last stragglers among the crowd in downtown Kuala Lumpur, ending a 90-minute standoff.

Police had banned the rally to protest the Internal Security Act. It was the latest in a series of protests that had rocked the government in recent months. Any gathering of more than four people requires a police permit.  read more »

By Simon Gardner Wed Dec 5, 2007

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani lawyers abandoned their legal tomes and took to the streets of the capital on Wednesday, yelling slogans and punching the air in protest at President Pervez Musharraf's purge of the judiciary.  read more »

By James Vicini Mon Oct 29, 2007

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The American Bar Association said on Monday it was renewing its call for a nationwide moratorium on executions, based on a three-year study of death penalty systems in eight states that found unfairness and other flaws.  read more »

We All Live in Jena!
National Call to Action!
Monday, October 1, 2007
12:00 Noon, Central Time

Artist/ Activist Mos Def along with M1, Talib Kweli , Malcolm X
Grassroots Movement, Sankofa Community Empowerment, Change the Game, National Hip Hop Political Convention, Hip Hop Association, and
student leaders from 50 campuses call for a National Student Walk-Out
to rally and show support for the Jena 6, who are being denied their
human rights by the Louisiana criminal justice system.

The Case of the Jena 6

Last fall, when two Black high school students sat under the "white"
tree on their campus, white students responded by hanging nooses from  read more »

via myspace

Hello friends,

I need help to get the word out quickly, so please forward this as appropriate.
Apologies for sending this out broadly but please read on a bit and help us get the
word to the appropriate folks.

We need to find ~ 175 people who were in Seattle during the WTO protests in 1999.
We won an important lawsuit against the city of Seattle which violated our rights
and these folks need to contact the attorneys by AUGUST 28, 2007 to get their
portion of the settlement $$ (see below to download claim forms.)

Sooo.... WHO ELSE DO YOU KNOW who was in Seattle at the WTO protests in 1999?
Please pass this along to them and others who could help. (Consider sending to
your lists or specific people, adding to your blog, and especially talking to
folks.)  read more »

July 24, 2007 Southern Voice

A transgender woman who claims she was repeatedly raped and beaten by
a male cell mate went to court this week to challenge a state policy
that assigns inmates like her to men's or women's prisons depending
on whether they have undergone sex-change surgery. Alexis Giraldo,
30, claims that Folsom State Prison guards ignored her complaints of
abuse and returned her to the same cell until a subsequent assault
got her placed in protective custody and eventually moved to another
facility.

A transgender woman who claims she was repeatedly raped and beaten by  read more »

Jul 14, 2007 Taipei Times

The Philippine government, already under fire for a poor human-rights record, is coming in for more criticism as it implements a new anti-terror law many fear could be used against political opponents.

Hundreds of people held a protest yesterday against the Human Security Act that allows detention of suspects without charge for up to three days and provides for up to 40 years in jail for anyone convicted of terrorism.

The law willl come into effect tomorrow.  read more »

from the EFF via boingboing

It's been four or five years since Electronic Frontier Foundation joined the fight against the United Nations' "broadcast treaty," and this week, just as things were looking darkest, we scored our most definitive victory,  read more »

Succinct collection of clips from the hearings complete with a riveting soundtrack.