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 NJCRDC Events

International Commission of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity

January 20-22, 2006

Session II of the International Commission of Inquiry On Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration will be in New York on January 20-22, 2006.

Friday, January 20, at 5:00 pm at The Riverside Church
Saturday, January 21, at 10 am at The Riverside Church
Sunday, Jan. 22, at 1 pm at the Columbia Univ. Law School

More information.

Rights and Respect for Immigrants: Framing the Message

January 21, 2006

An all-day conference on the Rutgers campus in New Brunswick, NJ.

For more information click here. Nicki and Marion of NJCRDC will be speaking at the conference.



 Other Events

In The News
Jan. 23, 2006
Held in 9/11 Net, Muslims Return to Accuse U.S.

The New York Times
Story

Jan. 15, 2006
Countrovery surrounds detainees

Herald News
Story

Jan. 14, 2006
Victory at Passaic

Counterpunch
Article

Jan. 10, 2006
Rioting prisoners weren't detainees, says official

Herald News
Story

Jan. 9, 2006
Protest outside, 3 arrests inside jail

Herald News
Story

Jan. 6, 2006
Federal immigration detainees petition for release

The Association Press (News Flash)
Story

Jan. 3, 2006
A jail in Passaic County, New Jersey, is pulling the plug on one of the largest illegal alien detention programs in the country.

CNN (Lou Dobbs Tonight --- scroll about half-way down to get to the story)
Story

Dec. 31, 2005
Detainees at jail decry 'retaliation'

Herald News
Story

Dec. 29, 2005
Passaic Jail ends housing immigrant detainees

Herald News
Story

Dec. 29, 2005
Passaic to stop holding immigrant detainees at jail

The Star-Ledger
Story

Dec. 29, 2005
Passaic County Jail no longer will house immigrant detainees

The Associated Press
Story

Dec. 23, 2005
Jail Officials Deny Beating

Herald News
Story

Dec. 14, 2005
Lawmakers Seek Probe into Alien Detainee's Death

National Public Radio (All Things Considered)
Story

Dec. 5, 2005
The Death of Richard Rust

National Public Radio (All Things Considered)
Story

Oct. 30, 2005
In City Jails a Question of Force

The New York Times
Story

Oct. 19, 2005
Jail ends kosher and halal meals

Herald News
Story

Oct. 1, 2005
Showdown at Sheriff's Plaza

Counterpunch
Story

Sep. 30, 2005
Reckless NJ Police Convoy Escapes VA Justice

theNewpaper.com (A journal of the politics of driving)
Article

Aug. 26, 2005
Speziale may allow review of jail conditions to resume

Herald News
Story

Aug. 26, 2005
Sheriff considers lifting ban on federal auditors at jail

Herald News
Story

Aug. 26, 2005
Detainee Justice

Bergen County Record
Op-Ed

Aug. 24, 2005
2 men say Passiac Jail denied them AIDS drugs

Herald News
Story

Aug. 17, 2005
Speziale boots feds probing alleged abuse of detainees

Herald News
Story

Jul. 20, 2005
Judge Dread

Counterpunch
Story

Jun. 29, 2005
Jail officials deny beating of immigration detainee

Herald News
Story

Jun. 9, 2005
America’s internal “gulag”-the imprisonment of immigrants in the US

World Socialist Web Site
Story

Jun. 3, 2005
Federal detainees, county headaches

The Star-Ledger (NJ.com)
Story

Apr. 26, 2005
Nowhere to go

Herald News
Story

Mar. 16, 2005
Immigrant detainee breaks fast in Passaic

Herald News
Story

Mar. 15, 2005
Jailed immigrant on hunger strike

Herald News
Story

Mar. 12, 2005
Judge rules businessman must leave

Home News Tribune
Story

Mar. 11, 2005
Deporting Lin would be unjust

Home News Tribune
Op-Ed

Mar. 11, 2005
Deportation case focuses on definition of torture

New York Times
Story

Feb. 25, 2005
Carcel de Passaic en la mira

El Diario
Story

Feb. 20, 2005
Brooklyn's Abu Graib

New York Daily News
Story

Feb. 16, 2005
Recently released from prison, Cuban refugees who came to the United States in the 1980 Mariel boatlift are left to fend for themselves

The Times-Picayune
Story

Feb. 15, 2005
12 Cuban detainees released in Newark following court ruling

Star-Ledger
Story

Feb. 12, 2005
Testimony danger is cited

Home News Tribune
Story

Jan. 25, 2005
Immigrant may get Feb. ruling

Home News Tribune
Story

Jan. 25, 2005
Expert: If deported, man faces torture

The Star Ledger
Story

Jan. 24, 2005
A Cry for Mercy

The Star Ledger
Story

Jan. 23, 2005
Tiananmen organizer faces U.S. expulsion

The Star Ledger
Story

Jan. 15, 2005
Detainee records request is denied

Herald News
Story

Jan. 12, 2005
Supreme Court Limits Detention of Immigrants

The Boston Globe
Story

Dec. 17, 2004
Borough backs store owner in deportation fight

Home News Tribune
Story

Dec. 7, 2004
Detainee rights battle

The Bergen Herald
Story

Dec. 7, 2004
Jails must stop using dogs near immigration detainees

News Day (Associated Press Article)
Story

Dec. 6, 2004
Celebran triunfo de inmigrantes

El Diario/La Prenza
Story

Nov. 18, 2004
Perros para torturar a detenidos

El Diario/La Prensa
Story

Jun. 29, 2004
Journalist Deported

Home News Tribune
Story