Human Rights

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• Free Lynne Stewart!

  
  NLN — Authority: 120
  “Lynne Stewart: America’s Newest Political Prisoner” (Photo: Bud Korotzer / NLN) NEW YORK — On November 19 about 200 people of every possible race and ethnicity, representing a wide spectrum of political ideology, came to the Federal Courthouse on Worth St. in lower Manhattan to support Lynne Stewart as she ...
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• The Mets Strike Out — Again

  
  NLN — Authority: 120
  “Don’t rent to racists, it’s an error. Just say no to settler terror.” — Chant (Photo: Bud Korotzer / NLN) NEW YORK — Over 50 human rights activists gathered in N.Y.C. outside the Park Avenue offices of Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig to demand that he intervene to stop the Mets from ...
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• Eyes Wide Open Visits Times Square

  
  NLN — Authority: 120
  (Photo: Bud Korotzer / NLN) NEW YORK — On the evening of November 16th World Can’t Wait and Military Families Speak Out put the ‘Eyes Wide Open’ exhibit on display at Times Square in N.Y.C. There were candles, flowers, and pairs of military boots representing the almost 1,000 killed in the Afghan War. ...
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• Lawyers group condemn massacre of journalists and fellow lawyers

  
  Davao Today — Authority: 137
  Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in MindanaoNovember 23, 2009The Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in Mindanao (UPLM) condemns in the strongest possible terms the brutal murder of scores of civilians in Datu Abdullah Sangki town in Maguindanaoin, a bloody start for the 2010 elections. Among the hapless victims were UPLM ...
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• Maguindanao carnage strikes at the very foundations of democracy

  
  Davao Today — Authority: 137
  23 November 2009Press StatementThe National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) demands justice for our colleagues and all the other victims of the November 23 carnage in Maguindanao province.The Ampatuan massacre, which the military has confirmed was perpetrated by Shariff Aguak Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. ...
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• Center For Constitutional Rights Forum On Israeli Detentions

  
  NLN — Authority: 120
  Lamis Deek (Photo: Bud Korotzer / NLN) NEW YORK — On November 12, at the Center for Constitutional Rights in N.Y.C., people gathered to hear a talk by Ala ‘Jaradat, former Palestinian political prisoner and activist, on tour for the Palestinian organization, Addameer. The subject was something most Americans ...
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• Kuwait: Free Jailed Activist

  
  http://www.hrw.org/en/news — Authority: 680
  (Kuwait City) - The prosecutor-general should immediately order the release of Muhammad Abd al-Qadir al-Jasim, a lawyer and journalist who is a prominent critic of the government, Human Rights Watch said today. read more
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• Líder Indígena Miguel Palacín llega de Perú para Evento Comunitario en New York / Indigenous Leader from Peru Visits NYC to Speak at Community Event

  
  Peruanista — Authority: 417
  This is a bilingual post, the English version at the end of this post.Líder Indígena de Perú visita New York para hablar en Evento ComunitarioPeruanos En Acción & Trade Justice New York Metro invitan cordialmente a la Comunidad Latino Americana al Diálogo Abierto con Miguel Palacín líder de la Coordinadora ...
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• Peru Court Studies Appeal of Fujimori Verdicts

  
  Peruvian Times — Authority: 464
  Peru’s Supreme Court began today to evaluate ex-president Alberto Fujimori’s appeal to annul the verdicts handed down to him earlier this year, for the Barrios Altos and La... [For the complete story, enter PeruvianTimes.com]
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• Sri Lanka will not be treated like a normal country

  
  Antony Loewenstein — Authority: 126
  Resistance lives : Several American Tamil activists protested in front of the midtown Manhattan New York State armory building where Victoria’s Secret catwalk event was being held Thursday evening. While celebrities were arriving to attend the popular event, the protesters highlighted the Corporation’s trade ...
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• Canwest Media Empire Deletes Article by Teenage Blogger/Writer Criticizing Canadian Human Rights Commissions after Lawsuit Threatened

  
  Blogger News Network — Authority: 636
  Teenage blogger and newspaper writer, Walker Morrow, has become something of a balloon boy for older bloggers in Canada who have been crticizing erosion of free speech and other constitutional rights by Human Rights Commissions.  They watched in disbelief as Canada’s media giant, Canwest, abandoned Morrow when ...
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• AfterElton Briefs: "A Single Man" Gets Re-Gayed, GLBT Media Lives On, David Sedaris, and more.

  
  AfterElton.com - Because visibility matters — Authority: 640
  Does the new poster, right, make it look less like Colin Firth and Julianne Moore are a couple? Following this assortment of carefully-selected news items, interested readers can find a...
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• Shell Corrib Gas Dispute: The emergence of corporate rule

  
  Royal Dutch Shell plc .com — Authority: 146
  “The Corrib gas dispute in many ways tells the story of modern Ireland,” Mr Murray said. “The result has been an erosion of civil liberties and the emergence of corporate rule, where multinationals appear to have greater rights than Irish citizens,” he said.
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• Interview: Roy Bennett

  
  Foreign Policy — Authority: 745
  The white archnemesis of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe speaks out about the terrorism charges against him, the countrys flailing power-sharing government, Mugabes misdeeds, and why he may well have to die for his cause.
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• Dissidents support an end to the travel ban

  
  Cuban Colada — Authority: 132
  Miriam Alonso , a founder of the dissident group Ladies in White, issued a statement in Havana on Monday saying that she and her "husband, Oscar Espinosa Chepe , fully support the lifting of the travel ban on Americans to visit Cuba." Both have been vocal critics of the Cuban government. On Thursday, Alonso ...
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• 3Hs Hit Capital Region: Hunger, Heroin and H1N1

  
  Dave Lucas — Authority: 139
  Hunger Advocates Call on Lawmakers: End Child Hunger Now! A coalition of anti-hunger, faith and childrens advocacy groups are urging Congress to take action to reverse the rising epidemic of hunger among children in America. Heroin Use On The Rise In Albany County The Albany County District Attorney is ...
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• Shocked I tell you…

  
  The Mex Files — Authority: 431
  Really, why is anyone surprised that the U.S. Democratic Party is any more reactionary than the Republican Party when it comes to Latin American policy? Via Honduras Oye! : - The National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI), organizations that receive funding from the U.S. ...
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• Adoption as Violence Against Women

  
  FAMILY PRESERVATION ADVOCACY — Authority: 135
  November 25 is intl day for elimination of violence against women Making the world a safer place Tacloban City (November 23) -- The United Nations Development Fund for Women enjoin people of the world to join the 16 Days of activism against gender violence, a campaign linking November 25th - the ...
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• Trial Chamber Denies Certification to Appeal Stand-By Counsel

  
  Opinio Juris — Authority: 591
  by Kevin Jon Heller Give the Trial Chamber credit, it has at least has stopped trying to pretend that its decisions make any legal sense whatsoever: It said on Monday that Karadzic’s appeal request was too vague and premature because at the time of his application, no counsel had been appointed to him. ...
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• Zimbabwean Women Receive Award For Human Rights Campaign [Wowza]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 816
  Tonight President Obama will present the co-founders of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) with the 2009 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award for their commitment to social justice . Jenni Williams and Magondonga Mahlangu formed WOZA (the acronym is also a Ndebele word for "come forward") in 2002 after Robert ...
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