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19 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
You can read our blog post to learn more about SPLC's history of fighting for justice and racial equity: splcenter.org/news/2021/07/3…
We’ve launched groundbreaking cases to challenge conversion therapy; protect #LGBTQ children from violence and harassment in school; ensure the parental rights of LGBTQ people; protect the right to proper medical treatment and safe housing for transgender prisoners and much more.
SPLC Testifies Before Congress: Lecia Brooks tells a congressional committee that far-right extremists are exploiting internet technology to create a more dangerous movement: splcenter.org/news/2021/02/2…
SPLC plaintiffs Rosemary McCoy and Sheila Singleton, both of whom are Black women, are still fighting #Florida's #SB7066 which requires re-enfranchised Floridians to pay all legal and financial obligations in order to vote: splcenter.org/presscenter/vi…

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19 Nov
Today, a jury acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse for the murders of Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum and the attempted murder of Gaige Grosskreutz.

SPLC President and CEO @MargaretLHuang issued the following in response to the lack of justice: splcenter.org/presscenter/so…
“Our hearts are with the victims in this case – the individuals killed & wounded by Kyle Rittenhouse as well as the families & community torn apart by the consequences of this deadly violence.
The acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse will add fuel to the fire of armed radicalization in America.
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4 Oct
As the far-right expanded its network of hate online, it relied on a popular digital medium to get its message out: Podcasts.

In this four-part report, SPLC researchers @MeganSquire0 and @hannahgais detail podcasts' role in far-right mobilization: splcenter.org/techwatch
In Part 1, the researchers zeroed in on 18 different podcasts from 2005–2020.

These shows –– which featured 882 cast members on 4,046 different episodes –– revealed how extremist leaders worked together to build their movement into a political force.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2021…
For the extreme right, SPLC found that these 18 shows served as a recruitment tool, a venue for shaping their narrative around “Unite the Right,” and a place to build contacts internationally at a low cost.
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26 Apr
🚨TODAY:

Following the torture & forced deportation of #Cameroonian asylum seekers under the Trump admin, SPLC joined allies @theCCR @ProjectSouth in filing FOIA requests for government records on abuses against Black immigrants.

More in our statement:splcenter.org/presscenter/fo…
The FOIAs request records of communication on the deportation of Cameroonian immigrants between 8/1/20 and 1/19/21.

Read the 2 FOIA requests here: splcenter.org/sites/default/…
During that period, the gov deported an unknown number of #Cameroonian & other African #asylumseekers:

Despite life-threatening situations in their home countries, the fact that many had pending immigration court proceedings & despite pleas from members of the Congress.
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9 Apr
TW: Sexual abuse

Today #AshleyDiamond, a Black trans woman, celebrates her birthday from a men's prison where she has been sexually assaulted at least 16 times since Oct '19.

We've helped her request an emergency order for protection.

Our statement:bit.ly/3tiDRQ9
The motion filed asks that the #Georgia Dept of Corrections take immediate steps to:

🔴Protect Ashley from physical & sexual violence.
🔴Transfer her to a women’s facility.
🔴Provide medically necessary treatment for gender dysphoria.
🔴Protect her & witnesses from retaliation.
After a historic legal settlement over abusive conditions facing incarcerated trans people in GDC prisons 6 years ago, Ashley is once again trying to survive brutal, unrelenting abuse as a trans woman in GDC men's prisons.

Read more in Ashley's case file:splcenter.org/seeking-justic…
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25 Mar
.@POTUS @VP @SecMayorkas: We urge you to immediately SHUT DOWN 10 ICE facilities & cancel their contracts! #FirstTen #CommunitiesNotCages

🗣️Adelanto & Mesa Verde in CA
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🗣️Dilley, Karnes & Hutto in TX
🗣️Etowah in AL
🗣️Farmville in VA
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Karim Golding has been detained by ICE for 4+ yrs & is currently detained at the Etowah Detention Center, where he faces retaliation for demanding freedom.

His story shows the inhumanity of detention & why Biden must #ShutDownEtowah.

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In 2020, ICE's transfer of 74 people to the Farmville Detention Center contributed to the largest COVID outbreak in the detention system, with 93% of people testing positive.

Including James Hill who died weeks later. #FirstTen #CommunitiesNotCages washingtonpost.com/coronavirus/ic…
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24 Mar
The military has a growing problem with white supremacy & extremism –– because our country does.

Lecia Brooks, SPLC's Chief of Staff, testified before @HASCDemocrats today about white supremacists' presence in the military.

Read her remarks:

#RefuseHate splcenter.org/news/2021/03/2…
Over the years, SPLC researchers have identified dozens of former & active-duty military personnel among the ranks of some of the country’s most dangerous and violent white supremacist groups.

Those groups include👇

The Base
The Atomwaffen Division (AWD)
The Boogaloo Movement
The Atomwaffen Division (AWD): A neo-Nazi group that believes violence, degeneracy & depravity are the only sure way to establish order in their apocalyptic vision of the world.

Allegedly, AWD members have been responsible for 5 murders since 2017.
splcenter.org/fighting-hate/…
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