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Tag: PATRIOT Act

Guilty by Activism: Knowing your rights

March 21, 2012
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CAIR-Chicago’s recent event on FBI repression featured Michael Deutsch – litigator at the People’s Law Office, Hatem Abudayyeh – Executive Director of Arab American Action Network and leading Palestinian rights activist, and Kevin Vodak CAIR-Chicago’s head litigator.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Events/Workshops, Features, Our News Tagged AAAN, Anti-Tresspass, Arab American Action Network, brown berets, civil rights, FBI, Gallery, Hatem Abudayyeh, Kevin Vodak, Know Your Rights, Litigation Director, Michael Deutsch, NDAA, NYPD, Palestine, Palestinian Solidarity Group, PATRIOT Act, People's Law Office, RNC, spying, surveillance

CAIR Chicago Civil Rights Vlog #1 with Christina Abraham

June 14, 2011
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For our Civil Rights Vlog this week, Civil Rights Director Christina Abraham discusses the significance of the newly extended PATRIOT Act.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, Film Clips, Multimedia, Our News Tagged Christina Abraham, civil rights, Civil Rights Vlog, PATRIOT Act, weekly vlog

Civil Rights Director Christina Abraham on There Is No Spoon Blog Podcast 4/9/11

April 9, 2011
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Civil Rights Director Christina Abraham speaks on the There Is No Spoon podcast as a panel member discussing the PATRIOT Act.

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Posted in Audio Clips, Civil Rights Center, Features, Multimedia Tagged blog, Brennan Center for Justice, CAIRChicago, Christina Abraham, civil issues, civil rights, Emily Berman, Kay Guinane, PATRIOT Act, podcast, Shahid Buttar, there is no spoon

Christina Abraham Speaks to Northwestern Journalism Class about the Patriot Act and Civil Liberties

July 30, 2010
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Civil Rights Director Christina Abraham gave a lecture on the Patriot Act and other national security policies to students at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. Abraham discussed how these laws have affected Muslims in America particularly regarding immigration, travel, and relations with law enforcement.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Events/Workshops, Features, Our News Tagged Chicago Tribune, Christina Abraham, Civil Rights Director, discrimination, FBI, FBI interviews, immigration, Journalism, Medill, Muslim-Americans, National Security Policies, Northwestern, Northwestern University, PATRIOT Act, school, Students, Tim McNulty, Timothy McNulty, travel, University

Civil Rights Coordinator to Speak on the PATRIOT Act in Highland Park

February 9, 2006
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CAIR-Chicago’s Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham will be a panelist at a town hall forum on the PATRIOT Act sponsored by the Chicagoland Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights and the Tenth Dems.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Events/Workshops Tagged forum, highland park library, PATRIOT Act

Civil Rights and Liberties Under the PATRIOT Act: Act Now!

January 24, 2006
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Sixteen provisions of the PATRIOT Act were set to expire on December 31, 2005. After a very heated debate, Congress extended the expiring provisions until February 3, 2006. Congress is now getting ready to vote on renewing the Act.

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Posted in Action Alerts Tagged FBI, PATRIOT Act

Press Release: CAIR-Chicago/CLCI Patriot ACT Discussion with Rep. Bean

January 24, 2006
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The Chicago chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago), joins The Civil Liberties Coalition of Illinois (CLCI) in inviting Congresswoman Melissa Bean of the 8th district in educating her constituents about the US Patriot Act.

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Posted in Press Center Tagged Melissa Bean, PATRIOT Act

Welcome Response

December 19, 2005
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It is interesting that the editorial board chose to describe the failure of Congress to reauthorize the USA Patriot Act a “regrettable effect” of the disclosure that President Bush authorized many times spying on American citizens (“Missteps in the war on terror,” Dec. 19).

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Posted in Media Monitor Tagged PATRIOT Act, surveillance

U.S. Congress to Vote on Patriot Act, Anti-Torture Legislation, & Immigration Policy

December 14, 2005
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The House and Senate have resolved to finish all business on legislation by the end of this year and several critical issues of civil liberties and immigration are scheduled for review in the NEXT FEW DAYS. CAIR-Chicago is urging all community members to voice their concerns on such legislation.

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Posted in Action Alerts Tagged FBI, PATRIOT Act

ACTION: Oppose Surveillance Powers in Patriot Act

November 29, 2005
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(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/29/05) – CAIR is urging American Muslims and other people of conscience to continue voicing opposition to the unsupervised domestic surveillance powers contained in the USA Patriot Act. A House-Senate compromise renewing the Patriot Act was derailed just before Thanksgiving. The renewal process will be concluded within the next few weeks. Sixteen provisions of the Patriot Act are due to expire at the end of December.

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