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The Insein Strikers Need Solidarity

Matthew Smith | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Earthrights International, Aung San Suu Kyi, Law, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Gene Sharp, Myanmar, Burma, Amnesty International, Political Prisoners, Democracy, Dictatorship, Asean, World News
Matthew Smith

On Saturday, 17 male inmates in Burma's Insein Prison joined at least five women who had been on a hunger strike since May 17. This bold and risky move comes on the heels of a "general amnesty" for 14,600 prisoners freed last week.

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U.S. Court of Appeals Ruling: Major Setback for German Companies and Turkish Denialists

Harut Sassounian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, International Associaiton of Genocide Scholars, Judge Harry Pregerson, Neil Soltman, Armenian Bar Association, David Salmons, President Reagan, Turkey, State Department, Earthrights International, Center for Constitutional Rights, Zoryan Institute, Brian Kabateck, World News
Harut Sassounian

In a stunning development, a federal appeals court reversed its earlier ruling and decided extending the deadline for lawsuits was constitutional, after all.

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Norway Complicit in Human Rights Abuses in Burma: New Report

Matthew Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Socially Responsible Investments, Foreign Affairs, Burma, Democracy, Corporate Accountability, Investment Banks, Investing, Aung San Suu Kyi, Earthrights International, Human Rights, Norway, Myanmar, Environment, Southeast Asia, Csr, Oslo, Business News
Matthew Smith

If you're knowingly invested in companies contributing to human rights abuses, you're complicit. But like Norway, you can avoid that complicity by selling your shares in the problematic company.

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India's Burma Policy Is Not Pragmatism, It's Realism

Matthew Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Earthrights International, Aung San Suu Kyi, India, Human Rights, Pragmatism, United Nations, Burma, Oil, Environment, Natural Gas, Realism, World News
Matthew Smith

India graciously hosted the Burmese Dictator Than Shwe this week, raising the question as to why the world's largest democracy would welcome one of the world's worst dictators, a man associated with crimes against humanity.

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The Video Shell Doesn't Want You to See

Han Shan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corporate Crime, Earthrights International, Center for Constitutional Rights, Human Rights, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Royal Dutch Shell, Shell Oil, Nigeria, World News
Han Shan

Multinational oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has done everything in its power to stop a trial that would require them to answer to charges of human rights abuses.

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Remembering Goldman Environmental Prize Winner Ken Saro-Wiwa

Ka Hsaw Wa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Earthrights International, Human Rights, Ogoni Nigeria, Royal Dutch Shell, Nigeria, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Goldman Prize, World News
Ka Hsaw Wa

Fourteen years ago, Ken Saro-Wiwa leadna powerful non-violent movement against oil giant Royal Dutch Shell in Nigeria. He was hanged seven months later after a sham trial condemned around the world.

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Dispatch From A Burmese Refugee Camp

Indagare.com | Tiffany Schauer | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Burmese Refugee Camps, Earthrights International, The Giving Life, Burma, Mae Sot, Mae La Burmese Refugee Camp, Healthy Living News

"Waking up in Mae Sot. Mae Sot is not a tourist destination. There are virtually no traveler accommodations except for backpacker level guesthouses. A...

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