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Salmah Rizvi, Executive Director and CEO, left, and Sergio Alcubilla, Director of Community Engagement at the ACLU of Hawaiʻi, are photographed Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, during an ed board meeting at Civil Beat in Honolulu. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025)

The Sunshine Interview: The Executive Director of ACLU Hawaiʻi

The group is engaged in a series of critical issues impacting the islands.

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Oct 31, 2025

Hawaiʻi Federal Court Rules that FDA’s Restrictions on Medication Abortion are Unlawful

HONOLULU, HI – In an October 30 ruling, U.S. District Judge Jill Otake held that the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) imposition of medically unnecessary restrictions on the medication abortion pill, Mifepristone, violated federal law.
ACLU of HI staff

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May 03, 2023

A Peoples' Budget Invests in Building Safe, Healthy, Equitable Communities Over Incarceration and Criminalization

ACLU of Hawai‘i Statement Relating to the State Budget (HB300 HD1 SD1 CD1)

Statement on Budget
May 02, 2023

The Sneaky Way the Police Could Abuse Their Power to Restrict Free Speech

The Supreme Court needs to hear a case out of Texas in order to protect people arrested for exercising their constitutional right to free expression and protest.

Businessman in handcuffs
May 02, 2023

State Supreme Courts Offer the Best Chance to Advance Rights

Through litigation and engagement strategies, we’re turning to the states to protect our liberties where federal courts have failed.

A map of the United States with a gavel on it.
May 02, 2023

911: Reimagining a System that Defaults to Dispatching Police

Emergency response systems must be revamped to equip 911 call-takers to dispatch non-police first responders.

911 digits on a mobile screen.
Apr 26, 2023

National Crisis in Policing Awaits United Nations Delegation

U.N. experts must produce an objective roadmap of recommendations that will radically reform law enforcement.

The United Nations Human Rights Council during a meeting at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
Apr 25, 2023

Emergency Proclamations set a dangerous precedent, systemic change is needed to address houselessness.

ACLU of Hawaiʻi Statement on the Governor's Emergency Proclamation on Homelessness

Emergency Homeless Proclamation
Apr 21, 2023

Access to Housing is the Civil Rights Issue of our Time (Again)

The housing crisis is both the cause and effect of systemic civil rights deprivations.

An aerial view of a neighborhood filled with houses.
Apr 14, 2023

RuPaul’s Drag Race Finale Highlights ACLU’s Defense of Trans Rights

The ACLU’s Drag Defense Fund aims to educate and activate supporters and push back against restrictive anti-LGBTQ legislation.

Drag queen Sasha Colby.
Apr 14, 2023

We're Challenging the Racist Practice That Excludes Black Jurors from Death Penalty Cases

Death qualification goes hand in hand with mass incarceration and the racial bias embedded in our criminal legal system.

An empty jury box with leather and wood chairs.