The Countering State Repression Initiative is a movement lawyering project to prevent counter-movement & state surveillance attempts; shut down Georgia ICE prisons; protect fundamental rights for Black, Muslim, and migrant populations; support social justice movements in the Global South.
Human rights abuses don’t occur in a vacuum; they’re part of global systems that enable violence without accountability. Liberation seeks to dismantle these systems so that people can thrive, in safety and with dignity. Listen to Director of Legal and Advocacy, Azadeh Shahshahani, speak about the role of European colonialism and interventionism in enacting violence internationally, and how these dynamics come back to influence domestic rights violations.
