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October 22, 2021 Letter

Nearly 100 Groups Oppose Biden’s Plan to Make Misguided Temporary Drug Criminalization Policy Permanent

October 4, 2021 Letter

Letter to US Senate: Don’t Delay on Federal Criminal Legal Reforms

Consider and Pass Important Federal Criminal Sentencing Reform Bills

A view of the Capitol Building in Washington October 15, 2013.
October 1, 2021 Letter

Letter to Governor Newsom Regarding HRW's Opposition to AB 1542

The “Stay Safe Kit,” distributed by the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition, includes clean needles, naloxone, condoms, and information on area resources for people who use drugs and other vulnerable populations in Wilmington, North Carolina.
August 24, 2021 Letter

More than 140 Groups Urge DOJ to End Over-Criminalization of Fentanyl-Related Substances

A pharmacist fills a Suboxone prescription at Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program in Boston, Massachusetts on January 14, 2013. Suboxone is an opiate replacement therapy drug used to help treat opiate cravings and withdrawal.
August 24, 2021 Letter

More than 140 Groups Urge White House to End Over-Criminalization of Fentanyl-Related Substances

La Maison-Blanche, à Washington.
August 13, 2021 Letter

Victims, Leaders, Call on Department of Justice to Intervene in the Tulsa Mass Graves Investigation

Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa race massacre, testifies at a hearing before the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC, on May 19, 2021.
July 8, 2021 Dispatches

US Athlete’s Olympics Suspension Highlights Influence of War on Drugs

End Federal Prohibition of Marijuana; Decriminalize Possession of Drugs for Personal Use

Sha'Carri Richardson celebrates after winning the first heat of the semi-finals in women's 100-meter run at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials Saturday, June 19, 2021, in Eugene, Oregon
June 29, 2021 Letter

Human Rights Watch’s Opposition to AB 1542

Letter to Senator Steven Bradford, Chair of the California State Senate Public Safety Committee

Naloxone, a medicine that can reverse an opioid overdose. Massachusetts, US, August 8, 2017. © 2017 Reuters.
June 2, 2021 Letter

Human Rights Watch Urges Congress to Support the MORE Act

Legislation to End Federal Marijuana Prohibition Would Advance Racial Justice, Equity

Supporters hold flags near the Capitol in Washington, DC, during a rally in favor of marijuana legalization on April 24, 2017.
May 27, 2021 Letter

Human Rights Watch Response to Oregon Attorney General

End Opposition to Reversal of Non-Unanimous Jury Convictions

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May 21, 2021 Report

US: Failed Justice 100 Years After Tulsa Race Massacre

Commission Alienates Survivors; State, City Should Urgently Ensure Reparations

Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa race massacre, testifies at a hearing before the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC, on May 19, 2021.
April 22, 2021 Letter

Groups Urge Members of Congress to Support the MEAL Act

Legislation Would Restore SNAP and TANF Access for Individuals with a Past Felony Drug Conviction

A view of the Capitol Building in Washington October 15, 2013.
April 20, 2021 Dispatches

Justice is Served for George Floyd, but US Police Reform Remains Urgent

New Approaches Needed to Address Ongoing Police Abuse

A mural dedicated to George Floyd and honoring the black lives matter movement, showing a depiction of George Floyd's face with his name and supporters of the movement against a blue painted background. Flowers and handwritten signs adorn the sidewalk beneath the mural.
April 8, 2021 Letter

Groups Urge US to End Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl-related Substances

Class-wide Scheduling Would Exacerbate Pretrial Detention, Mass Incarceration and Racial Disparities in the Prison System

A view of the Capitol Building in Washington October 15, 2013.
April 5, 2021 Letter

Groups Urge Oregon to End Felony Disenfranchisement

Human Rights Watch Supports HB 2366/SB 571

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