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We invite you to visit and explore the Charity and Security Network's website, www.charityandsecurity.org!

The website provides the latest news, studies and events that impact U.S. charities and foundations.

Articles & Analysis

March 15, 2010 Charity and Security Network Newsletter

Vol. 2, Issue 5
Featured articles, blogs and abstracts (click on headline to read full article):
1. Planned Parenthood & Others Targets of Unlawful Intelligence Collection Activities Between 2001-2008
2. President Urged to Nominate Appointees to Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
3. UN Will Evaluate Human Rights Record of U.S., Rights of Civil Society an Issue
4. Authors Highlight the Securitization of Aid and Restrictions on Nonprofits
5. Presidential Advisory Council Recommends Against Implementing USAID’s Partner Vetting System
6. Austin Plane Attack Highlights Double Standards by Seema Ahmad
7. Multimedia resources for the Supreme Court case: Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project

Advisory Council Provides Recommendations on Faith-Based and Community Organizations

(Amanda Adams 03/11/10; 0 comments)

Supreme Court Hears Charities' First Amendment Challenge to Patriot Act

On Feb. 23, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Humanitarian Law Project v. Holder, a case challenging parts of the USA PATRIOT Act (Patriot Act). The Humanitarian Law Project (HLP) and other charities allege that sections of the law violate the First Amendment.

March 1, 2010 Charity and Security Network Newsletter

Vol. 2, Issue 4
Featured articles, blogs and abstracts (click on headline to read full article):
1. Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument To Decide if Parts of Patriot Act Violate First Amendment
2. House Joins Senate in Passing Bill to Extend Patriot Act Provisions
3. Event Recap: A Briefing on What's at Stake in the Supreme Court Case Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project (HLP)
4. Blog: Will Lieberman Use Fort Hood Shooting to Crush our Right to be Radical?
5. Report: The Dangers of Militarized Aid in Afghanistan

Charities Challenge Anti-Terrorism Law

(Amanda Adams 02/23/10; 0 comments)

February 12, 2010 Charity and Security Network Newsletter

Vol. 2, Issue 3
Featured articles, blogs and abstracts (click on headline to read full article):
1. Feb. 17 Event at the National Press Club: Free Speech, Human Rights, & Counter-Terrorism Laws: A Briefing on What's at Stake in the Supreme Court Case Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project
2. Extension of Patriot Act Provisions May Be Inserted in Jobs Bill
3. UK Court Rules Asset Freeze Process Exceeds Government Authority
4. Excerpts from January 2010 Speech by Daniel Benjamin, State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism
5. Now is a Good Time for a Good Faith Standard

February 1, 2010 Charity and Security Network Newsletter

Vol. 2, Issue 2
Featured articles, blogs and abstracts (click on headline to read full article):
1. Save the Date: Briefing on Feb. 17, 2010 about the Humanitarian Law Project case at the Supreme Court
2. UN Approves Reforms for Listing and Delisting on Terrorist List
3. Legal Roadblocks for US Famine Relief to Somalia Creating Humanitarian Crisis
4. Discussion on Zakat Committees Highlights Problems with Anti-Terror Regime
5. Abstract: Guide to Nongovernmental Organizations for the Military

January 19, 2010 Charity and Security Network Newsletter

Vol. 2, Issue 1
Featured articles, blogs and abstracts (click on headline to read full article):
1. Supreme Court to Hear Oral Argument in HLP Case February 23, 2010
2. In Legal Wonderland: Holy Land Foundation's Appeal Reveals Gaps in Law
3. UPDATED: Treasury Data Shows Charities Not Significant Source of Terrorist Support
4. Book: Civil Society Under Strain Includes Chapter on U.S. by CSN Staff
5. Study: Anti-Terror Lessons of Muslim-Americans

December 31, 2009 Charity and Security Network Newsletter

Vol. 1, Issue 24.
Featured articles, blogs and abstracts (click on headline to read full article):

1. EEF forces release of documents revealing intelligence gathering on peaceful advocacy groups.

2. Vote on expiring patriot act provisions is delayed 60 days.

3. House hearing explores protecting speech while preventing violent radicalization.

4. Blog- Looking back at 2009 and looking ahead to 2010.
5. Book: Civil Rights in Wartime
6. Book: Civil Society Under Strain
7. Book: Regulation of the Voluntary Sector

8. Report: Forging Effective Counterterrorism Enterprise between Muslim Americans and Law Enforcement

December 15, 2009 Charity and Security Network Newsletter

Vol. 1, Issue 23
Featured articles, blogs and abstracts (click on headline to read full article):
1. Thoughts about Charities on Human Rights Day 2009 by Kay Guinane
2. State Department Leaders Promote Human Rights as an Antidote to Violence
3. Report: How the Work of Charities Counters Terror and how U.S. Laws Get in the Way
4. Study: The West Bank Zakat Committees (1977-2009) in the Local Context
5. Abstract: Stronger Partnerships Prevent Terrorism
6. Abstract: NGOs are Threatened by Harsh Legal Constraints
7. Aid Workers Killed or Abducted in 2009

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