indefinite detention
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Bay Area DOR reflects on past and present
March 7, 2013 by Nichi Bei News
The Bay Area Day of Remembrance took place Feb. 17 at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas in San Francisco’s Japantown. The annual gathering commemorates the nearly 120,000 people of Japanese descent […] READ MORE
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NDAA law on indefinite detention risks repeating Japanese American incarceration injustice
January 13, 2013 by Nichi Bei News
On Dec. 17, 2012, the families of Fred Korematsu, Minoru Yasui, and Gordon Hirabayashi filed an amicus brief in Hedges v. Obama, a lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of a […] READ MORE
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Feinstein seeks to amend National Defense Authorization Act
March 8, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
On Feb. 29, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) introduced legislation to amend the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The act, which allocates funding to the nation’s military and its activities, includes […] READ MORE
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S.F. DOR remembers civil rights icon Hirabayashi, urges vigilance
March 2, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
On Feb. 19, hundreds gathered at the Bay Area Day of Remembrance (DOR), which was held at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas in San Francisco’s Japantown, to commemorate the 70th anniversary […] READ MORE
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LA DOR: Human Relations Chief Warns of Dangers in Defense Authorization Act
March 1, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
LOS ANGELES — Robin Toma, the executive director of Los Angeles County’s Human Relations Commission, warned about threats to human rights and civil liberties in the National Defense Authorization Act […] READ MORE
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RABBIT RAMBLINGS: How to be Asian American
February 23, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
I have been seeing a young black writer, Baratunde Thurston, on TV who is promoting a book that he has written called, “How To Be Black.” I have not read […] READ MORE
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Letter to President Obama Re: Indefinite military detention
January 12, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
January 10, 2012 The Honorable Barack Obama President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear President Obama, Before I begin, I must […] READ MORE
