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Entries by Human Rights First from 06/2009

Fix it, Don't Nix it

| Posted 06.02.2009 | Huffington Post
Read More: President Mubarak, Egypt, Human Rights and Democracy Promotion, President Obama, u.s. Middle East Policy, U.S Foreign Assistance, Huffington Post News

Neil Hicks Human Rights First International Policy Advisor On the eve of President Obama's visit to Egypt, some have called for a reduction in U.S. g...

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Colombia's Supreme Court in the Spotlight

| Posted 06.04.2009 | Huffington Post
Read More: Arbitrary Detention, Principe Gabriel Gonzalez Arango, Human Rights Defenders, Colombia, Huffington Post News

By Andrew Hudson Senior Associate at Human Rights First Colombia is high on the list of U.S. foreign policy priorities at the moment: the U.S. has a ...

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Russian Human Rights Defenders Targeted by Extremist

| Posted 06.18.2009 | Huffington Post
Read More: Russia, SOVA Centre, Galina Kozhevnikova, Neo-Nazis, Russian Human Rights Defenders, Huffington Post News

Galina Kozhevnikova Vice-director of SOVA Centre for Information and Analysis Observing marches and demonstrations staged by Russian ultranationalist...

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Women's Rights in Pakistan: Descending into Darkness

| Posted 06.24.2009 | World
Read More: Mukhtar-Mai, Women's Rights, Mukftar, World, Human Rights First, Pakistan, Mmwwo, World News

Mukhtar Mai, a leading Pakistani women's rights advocate, has been celebrated across the globe. But her future, in light of a recent Multan Electric Power Company's raid, remains uncertain.

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