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"Occupy For Human Rights": The U.S. Government Should Protect the Human Rights of All People

Chandra Bhatnagar | Posted 02.07.2012

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December 10th is Human Rights Day, a day when people and governments around the world will celebrate the 63rd anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and recommit to protecting and promoting human rights.

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WATCH: Obama Speaks On Human Rights In Brazil

Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama is speaking in Brazil Sunday afternoon on human rights issues and the relationship the United States shares with the South Amer...

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Obama To Press China On Human Rights

Washington Post | Scott Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama is planning to refocus attention on China's record of suppressing free speech and political freedom in the coming weeks, despite the r...

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Steel Vises, Clenched Fists and Closing Walls, (Part IV)

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

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Note: This is the fourth installment in a series of commentaries I intend to offer on U.S. foreign policy (or lack thereof as some would argue) in Eth...

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Steel Vises, Clenched Fists and Closing Walls, (Part III)

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alemayehu G. Mariam

Note: This is the third installment in a series of commentaries I intend to offer on U.S. foreign policy (or lack thereof as some would argue) in Eth...

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Obama's Human Rights Record a Disappointment

Stephen Zunes | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama's failure to more boldly address human rights concerns has alienated much of Obama's progressive base of support.

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Human Rights Group Gives Obama Mixed Reviews

AP | BARRY SCHWEID | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has stressed the challenge of restoring America's credibility on human rights in his first year in office, b...

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Obama Administration Has Lost Leadership On Human Rights, Say Activists

washingtonpost.com | Colum Lynch | Posted 05.25.2011

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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 21 -- From the beginning, the Obama administration has unabashedly embraced the United Nations, pursuing a diplomatic strategy t...

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Obama Huddles With Human Rights Groups Before Security Speech

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Under heavy criticism for a series of decisions on national security that resembled, for some, those of the Bush years, President Barack Obama hosted ...

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Obama Must Emphasize Human Rights

Human Rights Watch | Posted 05.25.2011

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(Washington, DC, January 14, 2009) - The incoming Obama administration will need to put human rights at the heart of foreign, domestic, and security p...

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