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Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights
Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights is a non-governmental, 501(c)3 organization dedicated to the promotion and protection of internationally recognized human rights. With the help of the more than 600 active volunteers who contribute an estimated $3.4 million annually of in-kind services, Minnesota Advocates documents human rights abuses, advocates on behalf of individual victims, educates on human rights issues, and provides training and technical assistance to address and prevent human rights violations. 

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Featured Project

Minnesota Detention Project

Volunteer attorneys Kevin Magnuson and Jeff Keyes took their detained client's case to the U.S. Supreme Court
Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights represents non-citizens detained in immigration custody, providing consultations and representation to all immigration detainees at their initial appearances in Immigration Court. This is the only opportunity for the vast majority of the hundreds of non-citizens detained by immigration authorities in Minnesota to meet with an attorney prior to their removal hearings. Read more

What's New



"Journey to Safety" at National Criminal Justice Conference
7/10/2007 8:41 AM



Events

Challenged to Educate Equally
8/16/2007

Voices From Silence: Personal Accounts of the Long-Term Impact of 9/11
8/22/2007 11:30 AM

Minnesota Advocates at the 2007 State Fair!
8/23/2007

 

Women's Program Fall House Party/Fundraiser
9/6/2007 5:30 PM

The Andre Thomas Death Penalty Case Serious Mental Illness on Trial (or not?)
9/13/2007 12:00 PM

In The News

Latin American student leaders visit University
7/25/2007 11:18 AM


Star Tribune Publishes Letter to the Editor by Cheryl Thomas and Angela Bortel of Minnesota Advocates' Women's Program
7/16/2007 10:08 AM




Post 9/11 Project
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Liberian Truth & Reconciliation Project
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Immigration Resources
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Minnesota Advocates StopVAW Website


Join the Torture Destroys Us All Campaign!
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Read the Human Rights Observer

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