Human Rights Abuses

Human Rights Crimes Still Taking Place In Syria, UN Reports

Reuters | Posted 05.24.2012

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* U.N. investigators document latest violations * Syrian forces blamed for most killings, torture * Rebels also accused ...

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Chen Guangcheng's Escape: What China Is Trying to Hide From You

Chai Ling | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: China One Child Policy, Chen Guangcheng China, Forced Sterilization, Human Rights, One Child Policy, Beijing, Human Rights Abuses, China, China Human Rights, Chen Guangcheng, World News

With the eyes of the world watching, China must allow Chen and his family to live in freedom. Critically, the nation must also heed widespread calls to repeal the One-Child Policy, whose victims are largely voiceless.

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Obama To Target Foreign Nationals’ Use Of New Technologies

The Washington Post | Scott Wilson | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Cellphone Technology, Social Media, Samantha Power, National Intelligence Estimate, Rights Violations, Human Rights Abuses, Barack Obama, Foreign Nationals, Crackdown on Dissent, Technology News

President Obama will issue an executive order Monday that will allow U.S. officials for the first time to impose sanctions against foreign nationals f...

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Obama and Clinton Ignore Democrats' Pleas to Stop the Killing In Honduras

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Honduras Coup, Hillary Clinton, Human Rights, Zelaya, Bajo-Aguan, Honduras, Human Rights Abuses, Politics News

One has to wonder what the U.S. government would do if the violence associated with drug trafficking were ever to subside, it has been so convenient to them in building up their military and security presence in the region, and the political influence that goes with it.

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I Want My Human Rights Too!

Michael Santos | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Human Rights, Human Rights Abuses, Michael Santos, Oscar Biscet, Pope Benedict XVI, Prisoners, Politics News

As a prisoner, I am not allowed to participate in free and fair elections, notwithstanding the enormous influence political elections have over my life.

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Pakistan Vs. Balochistan

Malik Siraj Akbar | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Human Rights Abuses, Baloch Republican Party, Pakistan Violence, Baloch, Pakistan, Balochistan, World News

What began as a mere demand for maximum internal autonomy until recently, brutal state violence has taken the movement to a point of no-return where the irreconcilable young Balochs seek absolute independence.

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World Report 2012: Strengthen Support for 'Arab Spring'

Human Rights Watch | Posted 03.23.2012

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Human Rights Watch said that firm and consistent international support for peaceful protesters and government critics is the best way to pressure the autocrats in the Middle East and North Africa to end abuses and enhance basic freedoms.

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French Court Approves Former Dictator's Extradition

AP | JAMEY KEATEN and PIERRE-ANTOINE SOUCHARD | Posted 01.23.2012

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PARIS — A French court ruled Wednesday that former dictator Manuel Noriega can be extradited to Panama to serve time for past crimes, more than ...

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Human Rights Organizations Help Celebs Avoid Major Gaffes

HuffingtonPost.com | Danielle Cadet | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Philanthropy, Global-Philanthropy-Group, Video, Muammar Gaddafi, Human Rights Watch, Hilary Swank, Beyonce, Ramzan Kadyrov, Human Rights Abuses, Impact News

From Hilary Swank to Beyonce, celebrities have come under fire lately for taking money from groups or individuals marred by allegations of human right...

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Durban III - A Weapon of Mass Distraction

Thor Halvorssen | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Durban, Libya, Iran, Human Rights, Israel, Durban III, Un, Cuba, Human Rights Abuses, Durban Conference, New York News

The terrible irony of the conferences is that the organizers -- largely repressive, one-party regimes -- effectively use them as spectacles to distract the world from their own crimes.

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Human Rights Groups Tell Biden To Hold China Accountable

HuffingtonPost.com | Alex Becker | Posted 10.16.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Human rights groups have wasted little time calling on Vice President Joe Biden to focus on human rights abuses as he meets with high-le...

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Corporate Silence: Brands Profess Ignorance Of Alleged Worker Abuses at Overseas Factories

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Apparel Factories, Free Trade Agreements, Multinational Corporations, Labor, Human Rights, Labor Rights, Factories, Fashion/Apparel, Human Rights Abuses, Sweatshops, Business News

A month after a prominent human rights group accused major American brands of purchasing clothing from a factory in Jordan that systematically abuses ...

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Does a Nation Have a Soul?

Gary Hart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democratic Rights, Liberty, Human Rights, American Ideals, Morals, Democracy, Human Rights Abuses, Justice, Gary Hart, Politics News

It is difficult to imagine that a mass democracy of 300 million could have a soul, because we don't know exactly what a soul is.

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Thousands Across Mexico Call for New Strategy in Drug War

Lisa Haugaard | Posted 06.19.2011

While frustration with the Mexican government's failure to stem the violence has been building for some time, Mexican author Javier Sicilia's grief proved to be a catalyst for unified action.

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Remembering Galina Kozhevnikova as Her Last Report is Presented in Russia

Paul LeGendre | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Human Rights in Russia, Hate Crimes, Neo-Nazis, Fighting Discrimination, Human Rights Abuses, Human Rights, World News

Today, the SOVA Center for Information and Analysis presented its latest report on hate crimes in the Russian Federation. The press conference began w...

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Without Witness and Victim Protection, No Hope for Justice in Sri Lanka

Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sri Lankan Army, Victims, Witness-Protection-Program, South Asia, Victims Rights, Devarathnam Yogendra, Legal Reform, Sri Lanka, Witness Protection, Human Rights Abuses, Sri Lanka Violence, Sri Lanka Civil War, Human Rights, Sri Lanka Tamil Tigers, Mr. S.K.a.S. Nishanta Fernando, Asia, Sri Lanka Civilian Deaths, World News

In many developing Asian countries, including Sri Lanka, the failure to pass and enforce victim and witness protection laws remains one of the major obstacles to the rule of law.

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Has France Breached European Union Laws By Its Forced Repatriation of Roma ?

Human Rights First | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: European Council, Descrimination, Human Rights Abuses, Roma, Europe, France, World News

This summer, as the 'Ground Zero mosque' and 'burn-a-Koran' controversies raged on American news and talk shows, Europe had to deal with its own xeno...

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The Abolition of Slavery -- We Have Come a Long Way, or Not?

Diana Mao | Posted 05.25.2011

As I walked through the Cape Coast Castle, I realized that the slavery of centuries ago is not very different from modern day slavery -- the gross violation of human rights and the apathy of the masses towards their plight.

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What's Missing From the Wikileaks Afghanistan Logs

Erica Gaston | Posted 05.25.2011

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Addressing civilian harm is now one of ISAF's key counterinsurgency tools, but with the level of accumulated mistrust over the lack of disclosure illustrated by these war logs, it may be coming 9 years too late.

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Prosperity vs. Human Rights: The Dalai Lama's Urgent Message for the West

Jonathan Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dalai Lama, Tibet, Human Rights, Human Rights Abuses, China Tibet, Dalai Lama Tibet, China, Religion News

There is a deeper resonance -- and controversy -- to the Dalai Lama's preachings: that peace and compassion are more important than prosperity and financial advancement.

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Jamaica's Gay Underground Christians

Irene Monroe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Queer, Human Rights Abuses, Human Rights, Gay Rights, Caribbean, African-Americans, Jamaica Observer, Home News

Sometime in the late hours of Saturday night the call will come in. Philbert (not his real name), like many of his Christian lesbian, gay, bisexual, t...

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Indonesia's Military Reform is Meaningless: Human Rights Watch

Sara Schonhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Human Rights Abuses, Military, Indonesia, World News

The Indonesian government has retreated from a law aimed at ridding the country's military of its "dangerous" money-making ventures, according to a report from Human Rights Watch released Tuesday.

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Famine and the Noisome Beast in Ethiopia

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ethiopian Famine, Human Rights Abuses, Ethiopia, World News

After two decades, all we see is the specter of an entrenched dictatorship that has clung to power like barnacles to a sunken ship, or more appropriately, the sunken Ethiopia ship of state.

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Terrorist Or Activist? A Young Colombian, Gabriel Gonzalez, Fights For His Country, His Reputation (VIDEO)

Diane Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Venezuela, Colombia FARC, Human Rights First, Foreign Affairs, Terrorism, Democratic Security, Human Rights Campaign, Human Rights Abuses, Diane Tucker, Foreign Policy, Colombia Free Trade Agreement, Human Rights Violations, Hillary Clinton Colombia, Human Rights, Tom Brokaw, Colombia, Colombia Free Trade, Alvaro Uribe, Gabriel Gonzales, Farc, Mexico's Drug War, Alvaro Uribe Government, Video, World News

Last week Tom Brokaw presented a human rights award to Gabriel Gonzalez. The thoughtful young man then flew home to Colombia, where he is charged with being a terrorist and faces seven years in prison.

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Google Threatening To Leave China Over Hacking, Email Leak

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE 4:31 PM ET: Get latest updates on Google's China developments on our liveblog here. * * * * * SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. will stop cens...

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