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Vladimir Putin: Russian president sworn in while police attack protesters

donal brown May 8, 2012

Vladimir Putin assumed the presidency once again promising to expand civil rights and freedoms and extend participation in government. But the inaugural was punctuated with police sweeps, hundred of detentions and attacks on citizens wearing white ribbons showing opposition to Putin.-db From The New York Times, May 7, 2012, by Ellen Barry and Sophia Kishkovsky with reporting contributed by Michael Schwirtz and Andrew Kramer. Full story  

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Trespass bill threatens protest rights across the U.S.

donal brown March 1, 2012

In fashioning a bill to make it illegal to trespass on White House grounds, Congress extended the law to allow the government to prosecute protesters at political events across the country. Under the law approved by both houses of Congress, the prohibition on trespass extends to any building or grounds the president is visiting. -db From an editorial in RT,  February 29, 2012. Full  story  

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Indiana governor rescinds new Statehouse security rules limiting protests

donal brown January 5, 2012

In the face of protests over a “right to work” law, allowing workers to opt out of paying union dues, state authorities imposed a 3,00 person crowd cap to entering the Statehouse. The governor lifted the restrictions after input from the public and media. -db From the Evansville Courier & Press, January 4, 2012, by Eric Bradner. Full story  

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A&A: Where can we legally hold a protest?

FAC December 20, 2011

Q: I have a small group that would like to do a small Black Friday protest that would be focused on expressing gratitude and inviting passers-by to do the same (probably via posters, video messages, and large white boards) as an alternative to consumerism. I would like to know where we can protest. We want to be somewhere near where heavy Black Friday shopping is going on, (like the main street in front of the

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Los Angeles Times editorial sides with Secret Service in arrest of protesting man

donal brown December 8, 2011

When the U.S. Supreme Court decides the case of a protesting man arrested for laying a hand on then-Vice President Dick Cheney in a shopping mall in 2006, it will have to balance the man’s free speech rights against the need of the Secret Service to make difficult split-second decisions to protect life, in this case the life of the Vice President, without fear of being sued. A Los Angeles Times editorial argues that a

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