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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 13, 2018   Project South Calls for End to Discriminatory Utilities Policies in Southern Cities Policies Unlawfully Restrict Utilities Access for Latino Residents   ATLANTA – Project South has sent letters to sixteen localities in southern states demanding that they end local policies that unlawfully restrict access to basic utility services,…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, May 15, 2018   Rights Groups Call upon the United Nations for an Investigation into Rights Violations at U.S. Immigration Detention Facilities   Atlanta, Georgia –Project South in collaboration with the Transnational Legal Clinic at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and with support of 70 Georgia and U.S. based immigrants’ and…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 17, 2018  Detained immigrants paid dollars for a full day’s work at Stewart Detention Center   ATLANTA – A private prison company under contract with Stewart County to house individual’s detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is forcing detained immigrants at Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia to work…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Atlanta, Georgia – 70 Georgia and national immigrants’ rights, human rights, and civil rights organizations today sent a letter to the Georgia Congressional delegation requesting an investigation of the conditions at Georgia immigration detention centers, specifically the Stewart Detention Center and the Irwin County Detention Center, following the death of Jean Carlos…

Civil Rights Groups To Host People’s Tribunal, The People vs. Muslim Ban, At GSU College of Law on Oct. 9th   (ATLANTA, GA, 10/6/17) — On Monday, Oct. 9th, at Georgia State University College of Law, law students and civil rights groups plan to host The People vs. The Muslim Ban in response to President Trump’s latest proclamation targeting Muslim-majority nations. During the public tribunal, real…

ADVOCATES CELEBRATE VICTORY: PROTECTING OUR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITIES Decatur, GA – At its last meeting, the Decatur City Commission unanimously passed a resolution condemning white supremacy. Now, on the Friday before its October 2nd meeting, the commission issued an amendment to the City of Decatur Police Department General Order Manual, adding Section 03-d “Immigration…

[av_button label=’Download the Press Release’ link=’manually,https://prjs.palantetech.coop/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/GDWGLAHRDWNPressRelease5-23-2017.pdf’ link_target=” size=’x-large’ position=’center’ icon_select=’no’ icon=’ue800′ font=’entypo-fontello’ color=’theme-color’ custom_bg=’#444444′ custom_font=’#ffffff’ admin_preview_bg=”]   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 25, 2017 CONTACT: Adelina Nicholls, Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights, (770) 289-4833, anicholls@glahr.org Kevin Caron, Georgia Detention Watch, (815) 222-2886, kevintcaron@gmail.com Carly Perez, Detention Watch Network, (971) 219-9750, cperez@detentionwatchnetwork.org La’Die Mansfield, Project…

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