Press Releases

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Jun 12, 2023

Press Release: ACLU of Georgia Demands State Accountability for Atlanta Training Center Related Arrests Based on False Accusations

The ACLU of ­Georgia sent a letter to the Attorney General and GBI Director outlining grave concerns about the use of false accusations in the arrests of protests related to the building of Atlanta’s proposed public safety training center.
Issue Areas: First Amendment, Criminal Legal Reform
Jun 06, 2023

Press Release: ACLU of Georgia Urges Fulton County to Reject Election Board Candidates who Use Mass Challenges that Disenfranchise Eligible Voters

The ACLU of Georgia sent a letter to members of the Fulton County’s Board of Commissioners warning them of the danger posed to democracy if they elect candidates to the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections who embrace mass voter challenges that disenfranchise eligible voters.
Issue Areas: Voter Rights
Jun 02, 2023

Press Statement: ACLU of Georgia Responds to SWAT Raid and Arrests

These arrests should alarm everyone who believes that free speech and the right to protest are fundamental to our democracy.
Issue Areas: Criminal Legal Reform
May 31, 2023

Press Release: New Motions Filed in Lawsuit Challenging Georgia’s Omnibus Anti-Voter Law Seek to Defend Against Racial Discrimination and Remove Barriers to Absentee Voting

Voting rights organizations have filed motions for preliminary injunctive relief to lift barriers to voting for the 2024 elections in Georgia.
Issue Areas: Voter Rights
May 17, 2023

Voting and Civil Rights Groups Challenge Inequity in Access to Voting Under Georgia Law

Voting and civil rights groups filed an emergency preliminary injunction motion seeking to lift restrictions in Georgia’s anti-voter law, S.B. 202, that target voters with disabilities.
Issue Areas: Voter Rights
Apr 24, 2023

Press Release: Voting Rights Groups File Emergency Motion to Lift Georgia’s Line Relief Ban in 2024 Elections

Voting rights organizations filed an emergency preliminary injunction motion today to lift part of the restriction in Georgia’s anti-voter law, S.B. 202, that blocks Georgians from providing food and water to voters waiting in long lines at the polls.
Apr 20, 2023

Press Release: ACLU of Georgia Leaves Public Safety Training Center Task Force Over Concerns About Transparency

The ACLU of Georgia has resigned from its involvement with the South River Forest and Public Safety Training Center Community Task Force.
Apr 20, 2023

Press Release: ACLU of Georgia to Fulton County- End Inhumane Jail Overcrowding by Releasing People Being Wrongly Held

The ACLU of Georgia sent a letter to Fulton County Commissioners today, urging them to stop pursuing the construction of a $2 billion jail and instead begin taking immediate steps to release people held in detention.
Issue Areas: Criminal Legal Reform
Mar 28, 2023

Press Release: Abortion Providers Urge Georgia Supreme Court to Block Six-Week Abortion Ban During Oral Arguments

The Georgia Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in SisterSong v. State of Georgia, a case challenging H.B. 481 — a ban on abortion after approximately six weeks of pregnancy.