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ACLU Report to United Nations Documents Racial Profiling In Rhode Island and Across Country
June 30, 2009

Widespread racial profiling by law enforcement agents remains a pervasive problem in Rhode Island and throughout the United States, according to a report released today by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Rights Working Group (RWG). Government policies are a major cause of the disproportionate stopping and searching of racial minorities by law enforcement agencies, according to the report, which was submitted to the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). read more

ACLU Calls on Providence Mayor to Withdraw “Protest Registration Forms”

June 11, 2009

Saying that the documents could “chill some individuals from engaging in peaceful protest activities,” the RI ACLU today called on Providence Mayor David Cicilline to remove from the City’s website a “protester registration form” and “public viewing guidelines” in anticipation of expected protests during the U.S. Conference of Mayors being held downtown this weekend. read more

National Project Joins Local Organizations in Opposing Legislative Effort to Further Criminalize Prostitution

June 10, 2009

The head of a national project that provides services to trafficking victims said today that a bill passed by the RI House of Representatives last month to further criminalize prostitution in the state “is likely to cause severe harm to victims of human trafficking by subjecting them to repeated arrest, incarceration, and retraumatization, without increasing the likelihood of locating, identifying, or assisting trafficking victims.” read more

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