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The Rights Working Group (RWG) coalition was formed in 2003 to facilitate information sharing and collaboration in advocacy efforts to stop the erosion of civil liberties and human rights protections in the U.S. With organizational members from the civil liberties, national security, civil rights, human rights, and immigrant rights communities, RWG convenes a diverse and powerful group of advocates and works to enhance their collective impact on policy. Today, RWG has more than 250 member organizations including both grassroots and national groups. At the start, the coalition identified the following eight principles that guide our work: Ensure due process and the right to a fair trial for all people jailed by the government, including meaningful access to the courts, the right to counsel, the right to know the charge against them, and the right to a fair bond. End arbitrary and indefinite detentions and arbitrary and unfair deportations. Ensure that government authorities do not subject anyone to cruel or abusive treatment or torture. End selective enforcement of the laws, including immigration laws based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, or gender, as well as, speech or belief. Ensure that the United States is a safe haven from persecution with fair and just asylum procedures. Protect everyone's rights to privacy and right to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures, including upholding constitutional limits on secret surveillance. Protect everyone's right to free exercise of religion, freedom of speech and freedom of assembly, including the right to dissent, without fear of government spying or intimidation. Respect the First Amendment and preserve the principle of open government by ending secret arrests, secret detentions, and secret trials.
