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Human Rights Groups Sue Obama
Aug 31, 2010 8:33
A federal lawsuit was filed on Monday by The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights, challenging...
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Human Rights Activists Arrested At U2 Gig
Aug 27, 2010 12:23
by Mick Meaney On Wednesday, 25th August, Russian police detained a number of Amnesty International workers outside a U2...
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Police Association Supports Marijuana Legalization
Aug 20, 2010 7:49
by Mick Meaney The National Black Police Association has endorsed Proposition 19, which if passed, would legalize marijuana...
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UN To Form Sri Lanka War Crimes Panel
Jun 23, 2010 11:08
Colombo – Sri Lanka on Wednesday criticized the appointment of a panel by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to investigate...
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Human Rights Watch calls Gaza destruction ‘unlawful’
The Israeli army unlawfully destroyed civilian property in its 22-day offensive in Gaza in 2008 and 2009, a report by Human...
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Pentagon must lift ban on Guantanamo reporters
The American Civil Liberties Union and several other rights groups today sent a letter to the Pentagon expressing concern...
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Refugees Increasingly Being Refused Asylum
By Lisa Schlein The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, is appealing to countries to open their borders...
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Zimbabwe’s secret police arrests top human rights lawyer
Zimbabwe’s secret police on Thursday arrested top human rights lawyer Alec Muchadehama on as yet unspecified allegations,...
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Hypocritical Yahoo hosts human rights summit
By Aharon Etengoff | Chicago (IL) – Yahoo is currently hosting a summit on business and human rights at its Sunnyvale...
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Human Rights Groups Still Waiting for Obama to Deliver
While human rights and open-government groups are generally pleased with President Barack Obama’s rhetoric during his first...
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Pastor testifies that he was tortured in the Philippines
Claims made by the Philippines government to a good human rights track record “are utterly false”, the Rev Berlin...
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Rights group: Pentagon to release new prisoner abuse photos
WASHINGTON, April 24 (Xinhua) — The Pentagon will release “a substantial number” of new photos that show...
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UK torture collusion ‘widespread’
British involvement in the mistreatment of terrorism suspects abroad is wider than previously reported, a human rights group...
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1 in 50 Children in US is Homeless
By Cynthia Hubert | In and out of classrooms, sleeping in shelters, shielded by parents, homeless children can seem invisible...
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Fate of Guantánamo Detainees Still Murky
By William Fisher | Human rights groups are hailing reports that President-elect Barack Obama plans to issue an executive...
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Rumsfeld blamed in detainee abuse scandals
A bipartisan Senate report calls decisions made by the former Defense secretary a ‘direct cause’ of inhumane...
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FDA Scientists Revolt Against Corrupt Food and Drug Administration Officials
By Mike Adams | A group of scientists working in the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health division has revolted...
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Close Gitmo and End Unconstitutional Military Commissions Now
By Robert Greenwald | We have the chance to help President-elect Obama reclaim democracy and restore the rule of law in...
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Amnesty calls on Afghan government to halt executions
London – Amnesty International has called on the government of Afghanistan to repeal the death sentences against 111...
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Free Gary McKinnon – or at least give him a fair trial in the United Kingdom
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High Court shocked by US obstruction in Guantánamo torture case
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Britain: Forty percent of children live in poverty
By Peter Reydt | More than 40 percent of children in the United Kingdom are living in poverty, according to the latest research....
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Human Rights Watch: Indian forces, Maoist rebels use child fighters
New Delhi – Indian security forces and Maoist rebels should end the use of child fighters in their long conflict in...
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‘No to Olympics without human rights’
A protester tried to set himself alight outside the Chinese embassy in Ankara on Friday as Chinese Muslims denounced human...
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Court Confirms President’s Dictatorial Powers
By Andy Worthington | Wake up, America! On July 15, the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled by 5 votes to 4 in...
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