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Community Service To Wipe Away School Suspensions

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Oakland, Community Service, Detention, Los Angeles, Students, Assemblymember Sandre Swanson, Black, Teachers, Civil Rights, Suspension, Education News

By: Robyn Gee Recent data from the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights shows that black and Latino students are much more likely to...

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27 Hilarious Detention Slips

The Huffington Post | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Funny Detention, Video, Funny Detention Notes, Funny Pictures, Detention Slips, Funny School, Detention Notes, Detention, Funny Detention Slips, Comedy Slideshows, Substitute Teacher, Slidepollajax, Comedy News

Everybody gets in trouble at school at least once. They're just kids after all. Sometimes, though, a student earns detention for something so bizarre ...

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ICE Director: 'Draconion' To Suspending Program Under Investigation For Racial Profiling

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Video, Detention, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Secure Communities, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration, ICE Secure Communities, Ice, ICE John Morton, Deportation, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton said Thursday that the agency has no plans to suspend a controversial program t...

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No Conviction, No Freedom: Immigration Authorities Locked 13,000 In Limbo

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Prosecutorial Discretion, Undocumented Immigrants, Cca, John Morton, Detention, Obama Immigration, Immigration, Immigrants, Barack Obama, Detainees, Barack Obama Immigration, Morton Memo, Video, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Corrections Corporation of America, Unauthorized Immigration, Ice, Immigrant Detention, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- On a single day this past fall, the United States government held 13,185 people in immigration detention who had not been convicted of a...

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Immigration, Deportation and States' Rights: What Martha Taught Me

Rep. Luis Gutierrez | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Detention, Alabama, Congress, Immigration, Immigrants, Arizona, Deportation, South Carolina, Immigrant, Deport, Immigration Reform, Undocumented Immigrants, Papers Please Arizona, Papers Please, Politics News

I am proud to live in a country where the rule of law and federal immigration preeminence enshrined in the constitution are tools to undo what legislatures in Alabama, South Carolina, and elsewhere have tried to do when politicizing and polarizing the immigration issue.

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Promises, Promises: President Obama's NDAA Signing Statement

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: John McCain, Human Rights, Guantanamo Bay, Signing Statements, Afghanistan, Detention, Ndaa, President Obama, New Year's Eve, Bagram, Congress, Lindsey Graham, President Bush, Indefinite Detention, Executive Power, National Defense Authorization Act, Politics News

Back when he was a candidate, then-Senator Obama criticized President George W. Bush for his frequent reliance on signing statements to circumvent Congressional intent. What a difference executive power makes.

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Why I Voted Against the National Defense Authorization Act

Al Franken | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Defense, Detention, Senate, Ndaa, Al Franken, Politics News

Yesterday was the anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights, and the passage of a bill provisions that are inconsistent with the liberties and freedoms that are at the core of the system our Founders established wasn't the way to mark its birthday.

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Controversial Defense Bill Moves Towards Obama's Desk

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Obama Detainee Policy, Video, Military, National Defense Authorization Act, Defense Authorization, Detention, Ndaa, Obama Detainee, Indefinite Detention, Obama Veto, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Congress passed a massive $662 billion defense bill Thursday after months of wrangling over how to handle captured terrorist suspec...

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UN Refugee Agency Applauds U.S. Government's Pledges

Charity Tooze | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Unhcr, Pledges, Refugees, Hillary Clinton, Antonio Guterres, Detention, u.s. Human Rights, Hillary Clinton LGBT Rights, Hillary Clinton Human Rights, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Politics News

Secretary Clinton's attendance at the conference is testament to the United States' leadership and commitment to protection of and humanitarian assistance to refugees, stateless, and other vulnerable people worldwide.

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NYC 'Terror' Suspect Out-Geneva's Manhattan DA

Matthis Chiroux | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Iraq War, Bagram, Detention, Afghanistan, Guantanamo, Jose Pimentel, Civilian Casualties, New York, Abu Ghraib, Jose Pimentel Entrapment, Jose Pimentel Arrested, Jose Pimentel Bomb, Politics News

And as long as the U.S. remains "at war" either literally or rhetorically, either directly or by proxy, we will continue to present our infrastructure as legitimate targets to our adversaries. If we want to be safe, we have to end the wars!

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One AIDS March That Should End

Joe Amon | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Foreign Aid, Drugs, Vietnam, Human Rights, Forced Labor, Detention, Human Rights Watch, Health, Donors, World News

Something is seriously rotten when "education" centers operating as forced labor camps organize AIDS marches under slogans calling for an end to prejudice against people living with HIV.

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Let's Not Give up on Immigration Detention Reform Quite Yet

Michelle Brané | Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Detention Centers, Immigration Reform, Undocumented Immigrants, Detention Policy, Detention, Mandatory Detention, Immigration, Immigrants, Obama Detention, Indefinite Detention, Immigration Debate, Immigrant Detention, Detention Policy Oversight, Latino Politics, Latino Voices News

But this is the wrong approach. The reality is that change is hard. It comes in ebbs and flows, and some days it does seem that we are wasting our time. But we cannot forget that we have made some very important accomplishments, even if there is a long way to go.

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National Cashew Day: More Than Nuts

Joe Amon | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Cashews, Trade, Detention, Human Rights Watch, Health, Vietnam, Drugs, Forced Labor, World News

Vietnam advertises itself as a tourist paradise and low-cost hub for manufacturing. But unless the government ends the torture and forced labor of drug users in the name of "treatment," it may be equally well known as well as the source of "blood cashews."

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When Shackling Pregnant Women Is OK

Marjorie Faulstich Orellana | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Detention, Arizona Immigration Bill, Illegal Immigration, Enhanced Interrogations, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Immigration, Immigrants, Lockdown, Alabama Immigration Law, Immigration Detention, Arizona Immigration Law, Enhanced Interrogation, Immigrant Detention, Torture, Parents News

When lockdowns, detention, and "enhanced coercive interrogation techniques" become everyday words, we are preparing children to accept as normal a world in which shackling pregnant women is ok.

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Night Raids: For Afghan Civilians, the Costs May Outweigh the Benefits

Erica Gaston | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Nato, President Obama, Petraeus, National Security, Detention, Civilian Casualties, Isaf, Strategic Partnership, Afghanistan, Night Raids, Afghan Government, Karzai, Troop Withdrawals, Detainees, Torture, World News

While individual night raids are unquestionably effective at getting insurgent leaders, the larger costs of night raids may outweigh the benefits.

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Taking Responsibility for Torture in Afghanistan

Chris Rogers | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Bagram, Counterterrorism, Isaf, Detention, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Nato, United Nations, Detainee Abuse, International Law, Taliban, Detainees, Afghanistan War, Torture, World News

There are no easy solutions to the detention dilemmas of international forces in a country where torture by the host government is widespread.

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The Silent Majority: China's Other Lawyers

John Wagner Givens | Posted 09.28.2011

Read More: Chinese Government, Lawyers, China, Detention, Ai Weiwei, Torture, Demolition, Police, Evictions, World News

We must remember that for every Chinese lawyer whose abduction or detention is reported, thousands of lawyers are challenging the state in myriad unreported ways.

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Ai Weiwei: Artist, Dissident and ... Tax Evader?

Elizabeth Lynch | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Chinese Criminal Law, Detention, Human Rights Watch, Ai Weiwei, Phelim Kine, Article 201, Article 211, China, Rule of Law, Criminal Law, Taxes, Taxe Evasion, Beijing Fake Cultural Development Ltd., World News

If Ai Weiwei is determined to be a "personnel directly in charge" of the Beijing Fake Cultural Development Ltd. he could potentially be criminally and economically liable.

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Immigration Detention: The Golden Goose for Private Prisons

Amnesty International | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: HR 56, HR 1932, Cca, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Detention, Bop, Private Prison Complex, Alabama, Corrections Corporation of America, Refugee and Migrant Rights, Immigration, Immigrants, Immigration Detention, Arizona, Sb 1070, Politics News

Imprisoning immigrants should not be a golden goose for private corporations,

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Europe's Boogey Man: Nomadic Migration Part 3

Phillip Martin | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Detention Centers, African, Tunisia, Detention, Jrs, Somalia, Migrant Workers, Immigrants, Alex Tortell, Agency for the Welfare of Asylum Seekers, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jesuit Refugee Service of Malta, Libya, Police, Malta, Nigeria, Libyan Migrants, Hal Far, Bonnici, Europe, Eu, North Africa, Somalis, Amber Valletta, Lifted Veils, Welfare, Immigration, Europe Immigration, World News

Thousands of panicked Libyans are heading across the Mediterranean. But what happens once these desperate visitors are released in places like Malta in the midst of anti-immigrant fervor?

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Chris Dodd: MPAA's Man for All Seasons?

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Mpaa, Cuba Embargo, Detention, Christopher Dodd, Sir Thomas More, Movies, Motion Picture Association of America, Torture, Politics News

Chris Dodd is reportedly in negotiations to be the next president of the Motion Picture Association of America, a lucrative lobbying spot to protect and promote the interests of Tinseltown.

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The F Word: Media Miss the Al Jazeera Story

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Detention, Free Speech TV, Frank Rich, Broadcast, Mosaic, Media, Uprising, Grit Tv, Linktv, Television, Big Noise Films, Cable, Laura Flanders, Cairo, Grittv, Al Jazeera, Independent Media, Detained, Media News

One of the biggest stories of the past few weeks has been the story of Americans discovering Al Jazeera English. It shouldn't have been so hard. As ...

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The Arab Pinochet Has Left the Scene

Richard Eisendorf | Posted 05.25.2011

Like Pinochet, Ben Ali traded civil and human rights for economic development -- and lost.

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Decades Late and (Billions of) Dollars Short: the U.S. Begins Considering the Facts in Pakistan

Shahid Buttar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Preventive Detention, Detention, Pakistan, Guantanamo, Democracy, Wikileaks, Pakistan Democracy, Foreign Policy, New York Times, Humans Rights, Politics News

U.S. foreign policy has hardly supported democratic institutions in Pakistan. The New York Times has finally chosen to pay a nod to these concerns.

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Halfway Through Term, Obama Still Hasn't Earned His Nobel Prize

Michelle Chen | Posted 05.25.2011

Nobel Peace Prize notwithstanding, it's difficult to imagine Obama making any gains on human rights amid the chaos haunting the Pentagon's ever-expanding dominion.

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