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Entries by Human Rights First from 12/2009

The Swiss vote to ban on the construction of minarets on mosques: Whether legal or not, the damage is done

| Posted 12.02.2009 | Huffington Post
Read More: Muslims, Discrimination, Switzerland, Hate Crimes, Europe, Swiss Minaret Ban, Huffington Post News

By Joëlle Fiss, Pennoyer Fellow, Fighting Discrimination Program To the utter consternation of the Swiss government, most political parties, non-gov...

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Try, Try and Try Again: the Military Commissions that Couldn't

| Posted 12.03.2009 | Huffington Post
Read More: Guantanamo, Ibrahim Al-Qosi, Military Commissions Act, Military Commissions, Huffington Post News

By Devon Chaffee, Advocacy Counsel, Human Rights First Yesterday military judge Lt. Col. Nancy Paul considered pre-trial motions in the case of Ibrah...

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Protest the Moscow Trial of Samodurov and Erofeyev

| Posted 12.14.2009 | World
Read More: Russia, Samodurov, Erofeyev, Human Rights, Human Rights First, Hate Crime, World News

by Edward Kline, president The Andrei Sakharov Foundation (USA) This week marks the 20th anniversary of the death of dissident and Nobel Peace Prize ...

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