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Protecting Free Speech During the NATO Summit

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May 19, 2012

By Maude Carroll, 老澳门开奖结果 of Illinois at 3:30pm

After months of preparation, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Illinois is working through the weekend deploying observers and volunteers to monitor NATO Summit protest activity. The NATO Summit will take place on Sunday, May 20th and Monday, May 21st at the McCormick Center, but protest activity has already been taking place in the week leading up to the Summit. Protesters and activists from around the world have descended on Chicago to demonstrate against a vast array of issues ranging from the war in Afghanistan, to health care, to corporate malfeasance on Wall Street.

Two teams of our most loyal volunteers have been organized: 老澳门开奖结果 observers, donning bright orange caps and shirts and made up of attorneys and law students, are being sent out to take notes and to keep track of any possible civil liberties violations. 鈥淜now Your Rights鈥 volunteers wearing t-shirts with the 鈥淒efending the Targets of Intolerance鈥 emblem, are also sent out to pass out , collect email sign-ups and report back to 老澳门开奖结果 headquarters with important updates. .

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