Civil Liberties

Will Rhode Islander’s Continue To Accept A State Of Emergency That Limits Civil Liberties, Diminishes The General Assembly, & Allows For An Arbitrary & Capricious Executive Branch? Representatives Shekarchi Blazejewski Ackerman et al Seem To Think So.

Legislation has been filed, to be heard tomorrow evening, to extend the Executive Order employed by Governors Raimondo & Governor McKee to use Executive Orders to enforce arbitrary & capricious orders regulating nearly every aspect of everyday life, all under the guise of safety, during the Pandemic. Most states are[Read More…]

by January 31, 2022

Longstanding Conditions Of Toxic Neglect & Abuse: DARE (Direct Action For Rights & Equality) Protest At Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institute

    From DARE-Direct Action For Rights & Equality On Monday the 27th, concerned community members will be calling for action to be taken around the longstanding conditions of toxic neglect and abuse at the ACI, as well as the current 23+ hour COVID lockdown. Formerly incarcerated people – one[Read More…]

by January 29, 2022

In Preparation for Travel Ban, RIPTA to Suspend All Service, Including RIde Paratransit Service, Beginning Tomorrow, Saturday, January 29, 2022

   

by January 28, 2022

Peter Principle Alive & Well In Rhode Island: McDonald In As Interim Director As McKee Announces Health Dept Transition Team

“Dr. McDonald will assume the day-to-day responsibilities of RIDOH Director while the search for a permanent candidate continues.” In a move that can only be seen as a nightmare scenario for regular Rhode Islanders, Dr. James McDonald has been appointed as a sort of interim Director of the Rhode Island[Read More…]

by January 27, 2022

RHODE ISLAND SUPREME COURT TO HEAR ORAL ARGUMENTS IN CASE CHALLENGING RI’S REPRODUCTIVE PRIVACY ACT

  From The Rhode Island ACLU: WHAT: The R.I. Supreme Court is hearing oral argument tomorrow, Thursday, January 27, in a case challenging the state’s Reproductive Privacy Act, the 2019 statute that codified the principles of Roe v.Wade into state law. The law was promoted for years by pro-choice advocacy[Read More…]

by January 26, 2022

Updates From Human Rights Watch! 01/15/22 Syria: Conviction For State Torture In Syria

From Human Rights Watch: Germany: Conviction for State Torture in Syria Former Syrian Intelligence Officer Found Guilty The conviction of a former Syrian intelligence officer for crimes against humanity by a German court is a ground-breaking step toward justice for serious crimes in Syria, Human Rights Watch said today. The[Read More…]

by January 16, 2022

Did The RI Redistricting Co Chair Sen Stephen Archambault Just Gerrymander His New Home Into His Current District?

  Map Version D of House Senate Districts  See that tiny, oh so little incursion of Rhode Island Senate District 22 into Lincoln Rhode Island? The approved version (Version D) of the 2020 US Census driven Rhode Island Redistricting moves a slice of Senate District 17, represented by Senator Thomas[Read More…]

by January 14, 2022

ACLU SUES DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS OVER UNLAWFUL INCARCERATION OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS

  ACLU of Rhode Island cooperating attorneys filed two petitions in R.I. Superior Court today, claiming that the R.I. Department of Corrections (DOC) is unlawfully keeping in prison individuals who were convicted of crimes committed when they were juveniles or very young adults. The legal action claims that the DOC is[Read More…]

by January 14, 2022

Statement from Mayor Elorza Regarding Providence City Council Emergency Meeting

  “Vaccines are safe, effective and the best tool to ending this pandemic. All City employees, especially public safety personnel, interact frequently with the public. We have a responsibility to do all we can to keep one another safe. As the Council President is aware – but choosing to ignore[Read More…]

by January 13, 2022

Mayor Elorza, Members of Providence City Council, Community Partners Announce Next Steps In City’s Anti-Violence Initiatives

Providence residents can sign up for nonviolence training, apply for youth jobs; local organizations can apply for mentorship program assistance Mayor Jorge O. Elorza, Councilperson Nirva LaFortune (Ward 3), Providence Police Chief Colonel Hugh Clements, Executive Director of the Nonviolence Institute Cedric Huntley, President and CEO of Mentor Rhode Island[Read More…]

by January 13, 2022