Author: Hannah Riley
Statement from Southern Center for Human Rights Regarding the Arrest of Legal Observer
On Sunday, March 5, a legal observer from the National Lawyers Guild was arrested at…
READ MORE >Crossover Day Update from the Capitol
Monday, March 6 was Crossover Day at the Georgia Capitol. Crossover Day is the last…
READ MORE >Legislative Update
Today marks Legislative Day 22 in Georgia. With less than two weeks until Crossover Day (the last day for…
READ MORE >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 >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 >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 >Uncontained Outbreaks of Lice, Scabies Leave People at Fulton Jail Dangerously Malnourished
Press Release – for Immediate Release Media Contact: Hannah Riley; [email protected], 470-867-7530 (Atlanta, GA) –…
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