‘Weed 9’ Water Activists Present Legal Claim Against Sacramento Law Firm for Filing Malicious Lawsuit Aimed at Silencing Free Speech
April 30, 2020
The Weed, California, community members claim Churchwell White LLP knowingly filed meritless and illegal SLAPP suit against them on behalf of Roseburg Forest Products. Eugene, OR, April 29, 2020 — Protect the Protest task force member Civil Liberties Defense Center (CLDC) filed a lawsuit in the Siskiyou County Superior Court of… Read More
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29 Nobel Laureates Demand Freedom for Human Rights Lawyer Steven Donziger
April 16, 2020
Alec Baldwin, Roger Waters, and other activists join Nobel laureates in their demand that Chevron clean up its pollution, pay court-ordered compensation, and cease the persecution of Donziger. Press Conference: 29 Nobel Laureates Demand Freedom for Human Rights Lawyer Steven Donziger Background Information Chevron, operating as Texaco,… Read More
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A Letter to Southern NY Court: Open Donziger’s Trial
May 04, 2021
Chief Judge Laura Taylor SwainDaniel Patrick Moynihan United States CourthouseCourtroom 17C 500 Pearl St. New York, NY 10007-1312 Judge Loretta PreskaDaniel Patrick Moynihan United States CourthouseCourtroom 12A 500 Pearl St. New York, NY 10007-1312 Chief Judge Debra Ann LivingstonUnited States Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitThurgood Marshall U.S.Courthouse40 Foley SquareNew York, NY 10007… Read More
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A Victory for Free Speech: Greenpeace USA Defeats $100 Million Lawsuit
April 24, 2023
This press release originally appeared on the Greenpeace USA website. You can see that post here. Today’s decision is a huge win for free speech, but more must be done to ensure that corporations can’t abuse the legal system. Not everyone can afford to litigate a case for seven… Read More
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AFTER FIVE-YEAR STRUGGLE, WEED, CA SECURES RIGHTS TO ITS SPRING WATER
March 11, 2021
March 11, 2021FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts:Jim Taylor, WCWC President 530-938-2080 taylors96094@att.netBruce Shoemaker, WCWC media liaison, 612-770-9697 bshoe@bitstream.netToday the Weed City Council approved an agreement which secures, in perpetuity, the City’s rights to the high quality Beaughan Springs water upon which our community has relied for more than 110 years. This… Read More
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As Donziger Is Jailed for Fighting Chevron, Congress Calls for His Release
November 15, 2021
By Paul Paz y Miño This article was initially published on Amazon Watch Over the last several years, Chevron sought to destroy the life of its nemesis, Steven Donziger, the human rights lawyer who helped win the over $9.5 billion judgement against the company. It failed. And while CEO Wirth,… Read More
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Bills to End Virginia Lawsuit Tourism Pass Virginia House and State Committees
February 10, 2020
Protect the Protest Pushes for Anti-SLAPP Legislation to Stop Lawsuits Designed to Silence Free Speech FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RICHMOND, VA – Committees in both the Virginia House of Delegates and Virginia Senate have passed legislation to stop lawsuits designed to silence free speech. The committees’ approvals set… Read More
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Breaking: Donziger’s Appeal Denied, Must Report to Prison Wednesday
October 26, 2021
Congress, International Groups Demand Chevron Stop Targeting Activists and Attorney General Garland to Release US Human Rights Lawyer FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 26, 2021. Washington DC, After an unprecedented 800+ days of home detention, human rights attorney Steven Donziger, who helped win the historic $9.5 billion judgment against Chevron… Read More
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Case Update: Despite Retreat from City of Weed, ‘Weed 9’ Remain Resolute in Fight Against SLAPP
August 12, 2019
On August 11, Water for Citizens of Weed, California (WCWC) issued a press release announcing that the City of Weed ended its legal battle with Roseburg Forest Products and has conceded the rights to the Beaughan Springs, the main source of clean drinking water in the area. The City… Read More
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Celebrating Three Years of Protecting the Protest
September 02, 2021
Three years of Protect the Protest, but the fight is not over! Three years ago a wide range of organizations across different sectors, including Greenpeace, Amazon Watch, ICAR, CLDC, and many others, launched the Protect the Protest task force taking aim at corporations and people in positions of power who… Read More
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Chevron CEO Confronted by Human Rights and Environmental Movement and Shareholders at Annual Meeting
May 29, 2019
Five shareholder resolutions call on company to end its environmental destruction and rights abuses PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 29, 2019 Contact: Valentina Stackl, Greenpeace USA and Protect the Protest task force, vstackl@greenpeace.org, (734) 276 6260 Paul Paz y Miño, Amazon Watch, paz@amazonwatch.org, (510) 773-4635 Gabby Brown,… Read More
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Chevron: Protect the Protest’s Corporate Bully of the Year
May 29, 2019
Today, activists gathered outside Chevron’s annual meeting to tell CEO Michael Wirth that the company must stop being a corporate bully. Speakers at the event said that the company has spent over $2 billion and engaged over 2,000 lawyers to avoid accountability for its environmental violations in Ecuador. Share this… Read More
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Civil Liberties Defense Center to Represent Environmental and Human Rights Lawyer Steven Donziger
May 18, 2020
Contact: Lauren Regan, CLDC(541) 687-9180 On May 15, 2020, Civil Liberties Defense Center’s (CLDC) Executive Director & Senior Staff Attorney, Lauren Regan, officially joined Steven Donziger’s legal team as a lead trial attorney. In addition to Regan and former New York federal prosecutor Andrew Frisch, the team now includes nationally… Read More
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Civil Rights Groups Submit Support Brief for Impact Investment Firm in Legal Battle With Private Prison Corporation
October 22, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Francisco, California, October 22, 2021 Candide Group fighting defamation suit from notorious private prison corporation CoreCivic Today, 13 human rights and civil liberties groups submitted an amicus brief in the legal bullying SLAPP case filed by CoreCivic against Candide Group and one of its founding… Read More
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Communities Demand Accountability and an End to Chevron’s Pollution
May 21, 2021
For Immediate Release May 21, 2021 Contacts: Shoshana Wechsler at swechs@sonic.net +1.510.332.4110 Nyunt Than at nyuntthan@gmail.com +1.510.220.1323 Paul Paz y Miño at paz@amazonwatch.org +1.510.773.4635 Communities Demand Accountability and an End to Chevron’s Pollution During the 8th annual Anti-Chevron Day, affected frontline communities from around the world continue… Read More
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Court Agrees: Logging Giant Can’t Bully Advocates Again
January 26, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 26, 2021 Contacts: Lauren Regan, Executive Director and Senior Staff AttorneyCivil Liberties Defense Center(541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org Valentina Stackl, Senior Communications SpecialistGreenpeace USA and Protect the Protest(734) 276 6260 vstackl@greenpeace.org Oakland, CA— Last Thursday United States Magistrate Judge Kandis A. Westmore of the United States District Court, Northern… Read More
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Court Dismisses Abusive Dakota Access Pipeline Company Lawsuit Against Activists and Environmental Groups
February 15, 2019
February 15, 2019, North Dakota – Late yesterday, a federal judge dismissed all claims in a sprawling $900 million dollar lawsuit filed against Krystal Two Bulls, an Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne organizer, Greenpeace, and others, by Energy Transfer— the corporation behind the controversial Dakota Access… Read More
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District Judge Dismisses Corporate-led Racketeering Claims Against Activist Groups
January 23, 2019
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed baseless Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) claims brought by Resolute Forest Products attacking the free speech of environmental defenders at different Greenpeace entities, Stand.Earth, and five individual defendants. The court also… Read More
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Don’t Mess With Texas’ Anti-SLAPP Law
May 18, 2023
Protect the Protest member org, Electronic Frontier Foundation wrote this important blog post about the Texas anti-SLAPP law that’s under threat. See the original post here. Update 5/18/23: News reports indicate that this bill’s language has also been added to a separate bill, Texas House Bill 3129. Texas lawmakers should vote no. Over… Read More
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Environmental Groups, Activists Win Dismissal of Lawsuit Filed by Dakota Access Pipeline Company
February 15, 2019
Racketeering Conspiracy Lawsuit Against Krystal Two Bulls and Other Pipeline Protesters Dismissed February 15, 2019 – Late yesterday, a federal judge dismissed a sprawling racketeering lawsuit filed against Krystal Two Bulls, an Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne organizer, Greenpeace,… Read More
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Federal Court Dismisses $900 Million Pipeline Company Lawsuit Against Greenpeace
February 14, 2019
BISMARCK, February 14, 2019 — Today, the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota issued a landmark dismissal [1] of all claims against all defendants in the USD$900 million case against Greenpeace and others brought by Energy Transfer [2]. The decision to dismiss this lawsuit, which alleged… Read More
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Have you met Donny Rico?
October 29, 2019
One form of SLAPP attacks is the use of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) to intimidate activists, lawyers and organizations. The Chevron RICO case launched against attorney Steven Donziger, other Ecuadorian lawyers and several Ecuadorian plaintiffs is a prime example of this tactic. Chevron also named many… Read More
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How corporate SLAPP lawsuits endanger our rights and the planet
May 23, 2023
Chris Greenberg, an editor at Greenpeace International, a Protect the Protest member org wrote this blog post. See the original here. Hope creates the conditions for climate action. And climate action nurtures hope. Just as hope and action have a reinforcing relationship, so do fear and silence. The polluting… Read More
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Human Rights Watch: Green Activists are Fighting the Great Fight – but are being Dragged Down by Petty Lawsuits
May 10, 2019
In Newsweek, Marcos Orellana of Human Rights Watch describes how companies worldwide are bringing baseless lawsuits against environmental activists. As Orellana describes, the purpose of this tactic is “to suppress environmental defenders’ effectiveness by intimidating them and burdening them with… Read More
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International Organizations Demand DOJ Review Chevron’s Retaliatory Litigation against Human Rights Attorney Steven Donziger
February 17, 2021
Read the letter here Washington, D.C. – Thirteen international human rights and environmental watchdog organizations sent an open letter to the U.S. Department of Justice asking it to launch a high-level review of the retaliatory “SLAPP” lawsuits Chevron brought against the lawyer who helped 30,000 Indigenous peoples… Read More
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Tackles SLAPPs
December 09, 2019
In 2017, John Oliver produced a segment on Last Week Tonight that took aim at the American coal industry and specifically targeted Murray Energy, a coal company that has been subject to numerous environmental and labor lawsuits. Murray Energy’s coal baron CEO, Robert Murray, brought a defamation lawsuit against John… Read More
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Leading Anti-SLAPP Coalition Denounces Chevron for Corruption and Legal Bullying
June 30, 2020
Protect the Protest task force members file amicus brief to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit For Immediate Release Washington, DC. June 30, 2020. Late last night, ten leading civil rights, human rights and environmental organizations – members of the national coalition challenging Strategic Lawsuits Against… Read More
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Maggy Hurchalla, sued by a mining company, tells you to keep your chin up!
July 24, 2020
“Can you be sued for trying to save the world?” Maggy Hurchalla Two years ago, a jury decided Maggy Hurchalla, 79 years old, should pay $4.4 million to Lake Point Restoration, a company running limestone mining operations in Martin County, Florida. A lifelong Florida resident, Ms. Hurchalla came… Read More
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Media Advisory: Announcing Press Conference Demanding Chevron Stop Targeting Activists
October 25, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 25, 2021 Press Conference Demanding Chevron Stop Targeting Activists Congress, International Groups Ask for Release of US Human Right Lawyer Steven Donziger Washington, DC—Human Rights Lawyer, Steven Donziger, who helped win the historic $9.5 billion judgment against Chevron for deliberate pollution of the Ecuadorian Amazon for… Read More
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New Video: Protecting the Right to Protest and Defeating Corporate Bullies
May 24, 2023
Paul Paz y Miño, at Amazon Watch, a Protect the Protest member org wrote this blog post. See the original here. Despite growing global public awareness about the role of extractive industries in the climate crisis, the public’s right to speak out and challenge corporations harming people and… Read More
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Presenting the Third Annual SLAPPies Awards!
September 21, 2021
In reflecting on the last year, we at the Protect the Protest task force are in awe of the power of community organizing. We believe in the strength of people across the country demanding racial justice, climate accountability, and safe and equitable working environments. At the same time, we are… Read More
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Press Release: SLAPP Protection Act is a Critical Step to Defend American Democracy
September 15, 2022
Today, U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) introduced the SLAPP Protection Act, landmark legislation that would protect free speech and uphold the integrity of our courts. Read More
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Protect the Protest Adds to the Voices Calling for Anti-SLAPP Law in Kentucky
February 19, 2020
In the 2020 legislative session, Louisville Representative Nima Kulkarni filed anti-SLAPP bill in the Kentucky General Assembly. Protect the Protest has created this… Read More
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Protect the Protest Solidarity Letter with Atlanta Forest Defenders
June 30, 2023
The community-led resistance to stop the destruction of the Weelaunee Forest in Atlanta and prevent the creation of a militarized police training facility — known as the “Stop Cop City” effort — has made its opposition known through every constitutionally protected measure available. Since 2019, nearby residents, members of the… Read More
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Protect the Protest Task Force Presents Second Annual SLAPP Awards
June 25, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tongue-in-cheek SLAPPies honors worst legal bullies, including Chevron, Devin Nunes, and the Lawfare Project Washington DC. June 25, 2020 . Last year was another banner year for legal intimidation, aggressive lawsuits, and bullying tactics in the United States. Corporate bullies increasingly resorted to using Strategic Lawsuits Against… Read More
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Protect the Protest Task Force Presents Third Annual SLAPPies
September 22, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Protect the Protest task force presents third annual SLAPPies awards, dishonoring 2021’s most illustrious legal bullies It is with great shame and sadness that we present the third annual SLAPPies, the anti-award show where we highlight the serial SLAPPers of the year in hopes of putting… Read More
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PtP Taskforce Expanding Scope of Work
May 24, 2022
Right now, the rights of protesters in the U.S. are at a critical crossroads. We are witnessing both an expansion of policies that threaten the safety of marginalized people and communities, and an uptick in repressive anti-protest measures. In response to recent legal and legislative backlash against activists, the Protect… Read More
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Revoke Chevron’s License to Spill!
June 11, 2021
Justice must be served in the Amazon In an effort to shareChevron’s widespread harms in a new, engaging way, the Protect the Protest task force is proud to launch our License to Spill campaign. Our hope is to bring a wider audience into the fight for justice for the people… Read More
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SLAPP Defendant Brief Bank
July 22, 2022
This resource compiles relevant briefs for use in SLAPP defense. Please use this page to request, submit to, or access the brief bank. Open SLAPP Defendant Brief Bank If you already have the password, you can open the bank here. Open Brief Bank Submit Briefs for SLAPP Defendant… Read More
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SLAPPed for Speaking About Palestine
February 05, 2020
Strategic lawsuits against public participation (or SLAPPs) are a tactic used to intimidate activists, journalists, and grassroots organizations that speak out against wrongdoing. Recent years have seen a spike in the use of SLAPPs and related intimidation tactics in the ongoing attempt by powerful interests in the US to stop… Read More
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SLAPPies: Second Annual SLAPP Awards
June 25, 2020
It was another busy year of legal intimidation, aggressive lawsuits, and bully tactics! Disgruntled corporations and those in power sure didn’t make our second Annual SLAPP Awards easy! A SLAPP suit is a lawsuit aimed at silencing critics. Corporations and powerful people use this abusive tactic to intimidate activists and… Read More
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Statement in Solidarity with Minneapolis
May 28, 2020
Stopping SLAPPs and defending dissent is more than a slogan. It is the way we take action to stop those who would seek to abuse power and stifle the free speech of our communities. What we are seeing in Minnesota is an example of a community grieving the loss of… Read More
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Statement on the Introduction of Anti-SLAPP legislation in Virginia
January 08, 2020
The Protect the Protest task force applauds the introduction today of HB 759 in the Virginia House of Delegates. Read More
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Student Surveillance Vendor Proctorio Files SLAPP Lawsuit to Silence A Critic
March 08, 2021
Originally posted on the EFF website. Reposted with permission. During the pandemic, a dangerous business has prospered: invading students’ privacy with proctoring software and apps. In the last year, we’ve seen universities compel students to download apps that collect their face images, driver’s license data, and network information. Students… Read More
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Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Support of Florida Community Advocate SLAPPed by Mining Company Submitted
October 13, 2020
Reposted from PTP members, Civil Liberties Defense Center. Eugene, OR—On Saturday, October 10th, CLDC and the Protect the Protest task force filed an amicus brief in support of Maggie Hurchalla, a Florida community elder and leader who dared to ask her elected officials to reject a mining company’s proposal… Read More
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Texas Should Leave Its Anti-SLAPP Law Alone
April 26, 2023
Protect the Protest member org, Electronic Frontier Foundation wrote this important blog post about the Texas anti-SLAPP law that’s under threat. See the original post here. The Texas Citizens Participation Act, or TCPA, has been one of the strongest laws in the nation protecting citizens against lawsuits intended… Read More
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The ‘Weed 9’ Water Activists Win as Logging Company Drops SLAPP Lawsuit
December 19, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bruce Shoemaker, Media LiaisonWater for Citizens of Weed, California (WCWC)(612) 770-9697bshoe@bitstream.net Valentina Stackl, Media LiaisonProtect the Protest Task Force(734) 276-6260vstackl@greenpeace.org WEED, CALIFORNIA – In a victory for free speech, Roseburg Forest Products agreed to drop its bullying lawsuit against… Read More
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The Chevron-Ecuador Case Is Critical to the Climate Justice Movement
May 27, 2021
Originally published via Amazon Watch By Paul Paz y Miño Yesterday, May 26th, was Chevron’s 11th shareholder meeting since the company lost a historic $9.5 billion judgement for deliberately polluting the Ecuadorian Amazon. Since then, many more Ecuadorians have gotten sick and died awaiting justice, as Chevron pulled its… Read More
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The End Of A Lawsuit, But Not The End Of Injustice
May 19, 2020
This week, a member of the Protect the Protest task force, the National Lawyers Guild, settled a case with the Lawfare Project, an organization that has aggressively used the courts in an attempt to silence groups and individuals in the Justice for Palestine movement. We’ve talked about Lawfare’s bullying… Read More
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The First Anniversary of the Protect the Protest Task Force Launch
September 26, 2019
One year ago this month, 25 social justice, environmental, and civil liberties organizations joined forces to form the Protect the Protest task force to combat the threat of Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) and to lessen the destruction of this legal bullying tactic. We’ve had a year of important… Read More
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The questions we asked Chevron at its annual shareholder meeting:
May 31, 2019
“On behalf of Protect the Protest, a task force of dozens of advocacy groups set up to respond to SLAPPs and legal intimidation, we would like to ask about your ongoing use of civil litigation as a tool to punish and harass activists. It’s been 5 years since Chevron blocked… Read More
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These are not protestors, they are white supremacist, anti-democratic, insurrectionists.
January 06, 2021
In response to a violent mob attacking the Capitol to interfere with the democratic process of transfer of power, Alison Friedman, Protest the Protest task force coordinator said: “We welcome the rich tradition of protest in this country. This is not a protest. These are not protestors, they are white… Read More
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Timber Industry Sidesteps Request to Investigate U.S. Company’s Human Rights Violations
March 27, 2019
WEED, CALIFORNIA – The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), the industry body that certifies “responsible timber,” has declined to investigate a complaint filed by Water for Citizens of Weed, California (WCWC) against Oregon-based Roseburg Forest Products. The complaint arose due to Roseburg’s use of abusive tactics in its bid… Read More
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Trump’s Mob Violence Reminds Us Why We Need To Defend Protest
January 25, 2021
We stand unequivocally behind the right to protest. And we stand unequivocally behind the fact that what happened on January 6, 2021 was NOT a protest. They were not protestors, but white supremacist, anti-democratic, insurrectionists attacking our country and our people.The organizers of the attack on the U.S. Capitol planned… Read More
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WE WILL NOT ENGAGE IN SLAPPs
September 23, 2023
Global Citizen and Protect the Protest’s Private Sector Anti-SLAPP Pledge Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) are a growing threat to our freedom of speech and target major organizations and everyday citizens alike. Being able to voice issues of public concern is the quintessential American right and allows… Read More
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U.N. must examine growing trend of U.S. corporations using courts to silence dissent, says free speech group
January 15, 2019
WASHINGTON, DC — Protect the Protest, an international task force of over 20 organizations working to protect free speech, is calling on the U.N. Human Rights Committee to address the growing trend of corporations and individuals in the United States using Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) to… Read More
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U.S. House Committee Will Call Off “Witch Hunt” Against Environmental Groups
December 04, 2018
Throughout 2018, House Natural Resources Committee chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) undertook a harassment campaign against environmental groups, accusing them of working as “foreign agents.” The incoming chairman, Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), has announced that he will discontinue the use of these tactics. Grijalva told the progressive blog ThinkProgress, “I’m… Read More
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Court Shuts Down Monsanto’s SLAPP Against Avaaz
September 06, 2018
A Manhattan judge has denied an effort by agribusiness giant Monsanto to subpoena communications and privacy data from the campaigning group Avaaz. In issuing his decision, Judge Slomo Hagler said, “The subpoena itself would send a tremendous chilling effect through not… Read More
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Major Global NGOs Launch “Protect the Protest” Task Force
September 05, 2018
MEDIA CONTACT Kyle Moler kmoler@mrss.com (202) 478-6173 NEW YORK, NY — A new task force of organizations across different sectors, including the ACLU, Greenpeace, Freedom of the Press Foundation, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, EarthRights International, Rainforest Action Network, and the International… Read More
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Federal Judge Requested to Dismiss Standing Rock Suit by Greenpeace
September 05, 2018
WASHINGTON, DC September 5, 2018 — Greenpeace filed motions to dismiss the amended complaint brought by Energy Transfer Partners in the baseless USD$900 million suit against organizations, movements, and individuals that opposed the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline at the Standing Rock reservation. Read More
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Protect the Protest Task Force Launches with a Promise: An Attack on One is an Attack on All
August 30, 2018
For decades, powerful interests have attempted to intimidate and silence public watchdogs, journalists, and advocacy groups by filing meritless lawsuits. This repressive tactic — called “Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation” (SLAPPs) — is an abuse of the court system and a violation of the First Amendment rights of… Read More
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Federal Court Dismisses Pipeline Corporation’s Lawsuit Against the Earth First! Environmental Movement
August 23, 2018
On August 23, 2018, a federal court in North Dakota dismissed the SLAPP brought by Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), the corporation behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, against the Earth First! Environmental movement. The Center for Constitutional Rights provided legal counsel to the… Read More
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Hollywood’s Notorious Men Retaliate Against #MeToo Movement
August 20, 2018
Valentina Stackl of EarthRights International discusses the pervasive use of SLAPPs against #MeToo survivors. Stackl writes, “As #MeToo survivors bravely share their experiences of sexual assault and intimate partner violence, they endure criticism, threats, and renewed emotional trauma. They also face retaliatory lawsuits.”… Read More
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Court Dismisses Frivolous and “Dangerously Broad” Lawsuit Against NGO BankTrack for Opposing Dakota Access Pipeline
July 25, 2018
On July 25, 2018, a federal court dismissed a SLAPP lawsuit by developers of the Dakota Access Pipeline against BankTrack, a human rights and environmental NGO dedicated to ensuring that private banks engage in sustainable financing. Read More
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