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Category: Human Rights

Posted inLaw Enforcement

Judiciary Committee Takes On Death Notification

by Lisa Backus March 7, 2022, 12:00 pmMarch 7, 2022, 3:20 pm

After the families of two women who died in Bridgeport on the same day in December demanded action on claims they were not properly notified of the deaths of their loved ones by city police, the Judiciary Committee has taken up the cause through legislation.  HB 5349 would require police to notify the family within […]

Posted inHuman Rights

Congress Gets to Work On Food Insecurity

by Lisa Backus December 20, 2021, 1:35 pmDecember 20, 2021, 1:35 pm
Image from the CT Immigrant & Refugee Coalition's Facebook page
Posted inRefugees

CT Coalition Pleads For Help For Afghan Refugees

by Julie Martin Banks August 25, 2021, 10:55 pmAugust 26, 2021, 12:57 pm
Mae Flexer
Posted inEquality

Connecticut Officials Highlight Sexual Harassment Laws

by NBC Connecticut August 24, 2021, 3:47 pmAugust 24, 2021, 10:39 pm
Posted inCivil Rights

Civil Rights Agency Says Native American Mascots Are Offensive

by Hugh McQuaid June 30, 2021, 5:00 amJune 30, 2021, 6:24 am
Image of one of several tents within a homeless encampment next to I-84 in Hartford on Tuesday, March 20, 2021 (Doug Hardy / CTNewsJunkie)
Posted inHousing

Advocates Helping Homeless Seek Funding to Pay Staff

by Julie Martin Banks March 31, 2021, 5:00 amMarch 30, 2021, 9:53 pm
Image of Hartford State's Attorney Sharmese Walcott testifying Wednesday, March 24, 2021, before the Judiciary Committee on HB 6657, An Act Concerning Human Trafficking.
Posted inHuman Rights

Proposed Bill Would Make It Easier For Human Trafficking Victims To Vacate Charges

by Emily DiSalvo March 24, 2021, 3:14 pmMarch 24, 2021, 4:12 pm
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Posted inOpinion

OP-ED | America In Transition: Immigration

by Dean Pagani March 12, 2021, 9:30 amMarch 12, 2021, 12:41 pm
Posted inEducation

Social Justice Institute To Hone CCSU Student Activism

by Kristina Vakhman February 26, 2021, 5:00 amFebruary 25, 2021, 9:38 pm
Posted inAnalysis, Child Welfare, Civil Liberties, Equality, Human Rights, Law Enforcement, Opinion, Public Health, Public Safety

OP-ED | Police Brutality Is Everyone’s Problem

by Jamil Ragland December 18, 2020, 11:07 amJanuary 21, 2021, 7:10 pm

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