Author: Southern Center for Human Rights
Legislative Update
Yesterday marks Day 19 of the Georgia legislative session. Session is slowly approaching the half-way…
READ MORE >Action Alert: Urge Your Senator to Vote NO on SB 44
SB 44, a bill imposing dangerous and regressive penalties targeting young people, will be voted…
READ MORE >Family Demands Access to Investigation After Private Autopsy Reveals Police Shot Environmental Activist Over 13 Times
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 4, 2023 Media Contact: 678-383-4114 Jeff Filipovitz, [email protected]; Hannah Riley, [email protected] …
READ MORE >Southern Center for Human Rights Statement on the Killing of Tyre Nichols
From Atlanta to Memphis, from Dr. King’s place of birth to his place of death,…
READ MORE >Southern Center for Human Rights Statement on the Killing of Manuel Terán
Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, otherwise known as Tortugita, should be alive today. On Wednesday, January…
READ MORE >2023-2024 Georgia Legislative Session Begins
The Georgia General Assembly began the 2023-2024 legislative session on Monday, January 9, with more…
READ MORE >Metro Atlanta Jails Remain in Crisis
As much of the country underwent a dangerous, abnormally cold snap in late December, residents…
READ MORE >Georgia Supreme Court Reverses Lower Court Decision Denying Danyel Smith the Opportunity to Present New Scientific Evidence of his Innocence
On December 20, in a unanimous opinion, the Georgia Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s…
READ MORE >The 2022 Year in Review
Learn more about SCHR’s ongoing work to fight for equality, dignity, and justice for people impacted by the criminal legal system.
READ MORE >Civil Rights Organizations Dismiss Covid Lawsuit; Advocate for Depopulation of Crowded and Dangerous Clayton County Jail
Today, the Southern Center for Human Rights and the ACLU of Georgia moved to dismiss…
READ MORE >“Physically, Visually Breaking Down”
The humanitarian crisis at Fulton County jail goes much further than people sleeping on the…
READ MORE >Community Safety and Police Violence Town Halls Continue November 16 in Zone One
After weeks of protests in 2020, promises for change, and general unrest over the past…
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