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ACLU National Executive Director, Anthony Romero , Calls on the United States Justice Department to Wrap Up it's Investigation into Human and Civil Rights Abuses by the Puerto Rico Police Department

Read: Letter to Civil Rights Chief, Tom Pérez >> (PDF en Inglés)
Access: Press Release
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REPORT
INVESTIGATION ON DEATHS OF PRISONERS AT THE GUERRERO CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION IN AGUADILLA , PUERTO RICO
ACLU of Puerto Rico releases report on it's investigation into the Deaths of Prisoners at the Guerrero Correctional Institution in Aguadilla , Puerto Rico
Read the executive summary >> (English/PDF)
Read the report >> (Spanish/PDF)


Journalist Win Appeal in FBI Journalist Case (June 19, 2008) Download information >>>

United States Court of Appeals Opinon of June 18, 2008 Download case >>>

Press appeals U.S. District Court dismissal of claims against the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), oral arguments before U.S. Court of Appeals set for March 5, 2008 in San Juan

U.S. District Court Dismisses Puerto Rico Press Case against the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI)

Read Opinion and Order of District Court Judge Jose Antonio Fuste, June 12, 2007 in ASOCIACION DE PERIODISTAS DE PUERTO RICO, et al.,v. ROBERT MUELLER, DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, et al.


ACLU Human Rights Program & the ACLU of Puerto Rico present:

“Above the Law” Police Brutality and Human Rights
May 1 – 2, 2008, San Juan, Puerto Rico

>>> Read more about the 2-day workshop for social justice


Read the remarks of Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union, Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Law Commencement Address, San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 6, 2006.


Access documents related to the Judiciary Democratic Congressional Briefing on FBI Misconduct in Puerto Rico, on March 28, 2006 >>>


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