Wed. November 18, 2009
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Seattle Post Global
November 18, 2009
human rights groups say the only crime committed by many of these women was to serve in the government of
Saddam Hussein. Others, according to human rights ...
The Catholic Spirit
November 18, 2009
Grounded in the belief that the fight to end
homelessness must be fought side-by-side with the people who experience it, the
organization's Human Rights ...
Voice of America
November 18, 2009
The director of
Russia's For Human Rights
organization, Lev Ponomarev, says medical attention has been withheld from other seriously ill inmates. ...
Daily Beast
November 18, 2009
As happens with every major political visit, Obama's administration faced pleas for meetings from leading Chinese dissidents and human-rights groups. ...
Lifesite
November 18, 2009
The board denied the Stand for
marriage DC Coalition's petition the same day the city council scheduled a vote on a same-sex "marriage" bill for December 1. ...
Reuters
November 18, 2009
"Without it, detention conditions are inhumane, and contrary to the basic human dignity that underpins all human rights," the investigators -- on
torture, ...
Los Angeles Times
November 18, 2009
Nevertheless, the rights group said
the United States should lift its 47-year-old embargo on travel and trade with
Cuba, calling it a costly failure. ...
Tampa Tribune
November 18, 2009
Zeke Fread, director of Pride
Tampa Bay, a local gay and transgender rights
organization, said he doesn't expect the groups' opposition to change the ...
Medical News Today (press release)
November 18, 2009
Terry O'Neill, president of the National
organization for Women, said the coalition was motivated to speak out after Stupak's amendment was passed, adding, ...
Inquirer.net
November 18, 2009
human rights groups had awaited his remarks nervously as some Obama aides were uneasy about
public comments. The advisers feared setting back cooperation ...
Inquirer.net
November 18, 2009
Amnesty International USA
November 18, 2009
The
organization raised concerns that the upcoming parliamentary elections, currently scheduled for August or September 2010, faced potentially even greater ...
Washington Post
November 18, 2009
The board cited the city Human Rights Act, which bans discrimination against gay men and lesbians. The board decision, which will probably be challenged in ...
Christian Science Monitor
November 17, 2009
activists as well as the
Polisario Front, an Algerian-backed guerrilla group representing the 125000 displaced people, want a referendum on independence. ...
Retriever
November 17, 2009
China certainly does not have a spotless human rights record. Yet, in recent years, the
international community has witnessed China claim ...
Reuters
November 17, 2009
Earlier this year, the Pittsburgh-based National Labor Committee, a nonprofit human rights group, alleged that
workers at a supplier to
Microsoft, ...
BusinessWeek
November 17, 2009
Common Dreams (press release)
November 17, 2009
Human Rights First is a non-profit, nonpartisan international human rights
organization based in New York and Washington DC Human Rights First believes that ...
National
November 17, 2009
Despite having been awarded the Nobel
peace Prize last month,
Barack Obama has been criticised by rights groups for downplaying human rights issues in
China ...
Tampa Tribune
November 17, 2009
To the leaders of
Evangelical Christian groups, the inclusion of "gender identity and expression" as a protected class under the city's human rights ...
Reuters
November 15, 2009
Reuters
November 14, 2009
"We demand all
international forums and
human rights groups ... to enter into negotiation with the
Islamic Republic in connection to his execution," a ...
âÂÂThat is why the efforts of many
Churches and
religious organizations to focus on human rights issues are so important.â Others speaking and participating ...
Human rights advocates have criticized the government's handling of the aftermath of the rioting. In late October,
Human Rights Watch released a report that ...
human rights organizations and democracy campaigners rallied around Soltan's case as another example of the abuse many
Egyptians face at the hands of police ...
HRC worked with a coalition of
civil rights groups to develop and lobby for this language and we believe it will help protect LGBT people from ...
HRC worked with a coalition of
civil rights groups to develop and lobby for this language and we believe it will help protect LGBT people from ...
By AP
Cairo (AP) âÂÂ" An international human rights group said
Friday that it had documented three cases of sexual assault against people arrested during ...
There is no mention of the central role the Zimbabwean
army continues to play in mining and smuggling, nor does it refer to past and ongoing human rights ...
A spokesman for the organizers said from
Seoul on
Friday that North Korean refugee
organizations, groups focusing on North Korean human rights, ...
A report released
Thursday by
London-based human rights group Cageprisoners said some terror suspects were detained without trial or charge in British ...
15, with most seeking freedom for detained
activists and a stronger line from the administration on human rights concerns. Yang's appeal, made in an open ...
Following the Report's endorsement at the Human Rights Council on 21 October 2009, it now falls to the General Assembly to ensure that the Report is ...
Socialist Alliance (press release)
November 5, 2009
Both groups
