Press Releases

• 4-3-07 Oregon White Supremacist Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Attack on Synagogue

• 3-15-07 United States Files Civil Rights Lawsuit Against New York State Corrections Department

• 2-20-07 Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales Highlights Justice Department’s Efforts to Protect Religious Liberty

• 9-1-06 Justice Department and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Settle Ohio Religious Discrimination Lawsuits

• 7-5-06 Justice Department Resolves Lawsuit Alleging Religious Discrimination by City of Hollywood, Florida

• 11-16-05 Second Defendant Pleads Guilty to Threatening Detroit Members of the Islamic Center of America

• 11-9-05 Defendant Pleads Guilty to Threatening Detroit Members of the Islamic Center of America

• 10-12-05 Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Alleging Religious Discrimination by the LA Metropolitan Transportation Authority

• 6-22-05 Justice Department Announces Texas Man Sentenced for Attacking Islamic Center

• 12-22-04 Maui to Pay $700,000 to Settle Religious Zoning Discrimination Case

• 09-30-04 El Paso Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening Violence to Obstruct Free Exercise of Religion

• 09-30-04 Justice Department Sues New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority and New York City Transit Authority Alleging Religious Discrimination

• 05-21-04 El Paso Man Indicted for Threatening Violence to Obstruct Free Exercise of Religion

• 05-19-04 Justice Department Reaches Settlement Agreement with Oklahoma School District in Muslim Student Headscarf Case

• 4-21-04 Appeals Court Rules Florida City Discriminated Against Orthodox Jewish Congregations

• 3-30-04 Justice Department Files Complaint Against Oklahoma School District Seeking to Protect Student's Rights to Wear Headscarf to Public School

• 3-17-04 Justice Department Closes Religious Zoning Discrimination Investigation of Brighton Township, Pennsylvania

• 1-8-04 Justice Department Closes Investigation of Texas City's Barring of Religious Speech at Senior Center

• 1-5-04 Justice Department Announces Favorable Decision in Hawaii Religious Land use Case

• 12-08-03 Justice Department Announces Sentencing in Portland, Oregon Regarding Bias-Motivated Crimes

• 4-22-03 Justice Department Closes Religious Discrimination Inquiry at Texas Tech University

• 3-18-03 Federal Court Rules Students' Candy Cane Distribution Cannot Be Barred