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• Rights Group Fires Back at Israel

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 729
  Human Rights Watch is accusing Israel and its backers of waging a campaign of misinformation in an effort to discredit the group. HRW has been a leading voice in condemning alleged Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip. The Guardian: America’s leading human rights organisation has accused Israel and its ...
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• What’s the Point of Those Military Commissions Again?

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 777
  Yesterday’s announcement that the Obama administration will try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other 9/11 suspects in federal court has been hailed as everything from “an important step forward for justice” by Human Rights Watch) to “a step backwards for the security of our country [that] puts Americans ...
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• Wiesel, NGO Monitor Board Member

  
  Tikun Olam-???? ????: Make the World a Better Place — Authority: 565
  I was just reading a Haaretz story about the orchestrated Israeli government campaign against Human Rights Watch in response to the latter’s support for the Goldstone Report.  The article noted that Elie Wiesel signed a letter to the Guardian which praised Robert Bernstein’s bitter, disjointed diatribe against ...
  19 hours ago

• From the Depths Up to the Heavens

  
  Sue Guiney: Writing Life — Authority: 115
  So many people are sick right now.  I know Ive been battling my semi-annual sinus infection all week, too.  But its been a very busy week and Ive managed to do several things that I want to share with you. First, I went to a fundraiser for a very worthwhile charity, RAPt , the Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoners ...
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• Asia Cast for Friday 13th November

  
  Asia Cast — Authority: 125
  Professors say violence between students and in society is a common site in China where the communist philosophy promotes fighting. (By Mark & Andrea Busse/Flickr) In this Bulletin… - Student beatings a common sight on Chinese campuses; - Human rights group reports on China’s illegal detention centres; and ...
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• Love of the Land: HRW New Middle East Board: Reinforcing the Bias

  
  Rick's Caf American — Authority: 162
  HRW New Middle East Board: Reinforcing the Bias Gerald M. Steinberg Executive Director, NGO Monitor Hudson New York 12 November 09 In the face of intense criticism of its Middle East activities, Human Rights Watch has expanded its Middle East and North Africa (MENA) advisory board with the ...
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• Combating Piracy By Addressing The Humanitarian Crisis In Somalia

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 622
  opendemocracys Flickr photostream/Creative Commons Somali pirates continue to be a major threat to maritime traffic in the Gulf of Aiden, and while some efforts to deter the attackers have been successful, experts argue that the only long-term and effective way to combat piracy is by addressing the humanitarian ...
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• Group Accuses China of Abuses in Secret Jails

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 911
  Human Rights Watch says the Chinese government is tolerating of secret jails operated by local governments to prevent citizens from complaining to national officials.
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• NYT > World: Group Accuses China of Abuses in Secret Jails

  
  A Couple Things — Authority: 467
  This is a syndicated post. Original article from NYT > World , available at NYT > World . Human Rights Watch says the Chinese government is tolerating of secret jails operated by local governments to prevent citizens from complaining to national officials.
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• Chinas black jails still operating report says

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 974
  China continues to operate a network of "black jails" to detain poor people who attempt to go to Beijing to complain about injustices at the hands of corrupt local officials according to Human Rights Watch.
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• Yemen: Where are Goldstone and Human Rights Watch?

  
  JG, Caesarea — Authority: 126
  According to the Tehran Times : "Since the beginning of November, Saudi forces have attacked residential areas and border villages in Yemen, killing and injuring many people. The Saudi Army has deployed one of its main brigades, which consists of at least 13,000 troops, to northern Yemen. . . . . Terrorism ...
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• Kurds Are Threat to Minority Groups, Rights Group Says

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 911
  Actions by Kurdish authorities are threatening minority groups in northern Iraq with “another full-blown human rights catastrophe,” according to a human rights group.
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• The gay underground railroad in Iraq

  
  The Mediavore — Authority: 509
  There’s been widespread anti-gay violence in Iraq this year, and we’ve not heard much about it. Police increased their harassment of homosexuals and bodies of openly gay men were found mutilated on Baghdad streets – the victims of armed militias. Human Rights Watch reports that thousands of gay men have been ...
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• Arrest of Sahwa leader, KBRs burn pits

  
  The Common Ills — Authority: 507
  A Sunni paramilitary leader and budding politician who had been trying to avoid arrest on murder charges since the summer has been jailed by Iraqi security forces, authorities said Monday. Brig. Gen. Mustafa Kamal Shibeeb was taken into custody last week in connection with the deaths of five known members of the ...
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• Mobile Phones in Human Rights: Reflections from Open Mobile Camp

  
  MobileActive.org - A global network of people using mobile technology for social impact. — Authority: 131
  Mobile phones in human rights monitoring is still relatively rare and there are few examples where mobile shave been used successfully in this field. In this video from the recent Open Mobile Camp in New York, three experts are discussing their projects and thinking on the use of mobiles in human rights work.  Nathan ...
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• Zim: Blood diamonds and spineless Morgan

  
  Thought Leader — Authority: 510
  Last week it was announced that Mugabe’s Kimberley Process cronies have decided to give him until June to withdraw the soldiers in the Marange diamond fields. The army runs smuggling operations and use forced labour in mines whose profits benefit Zanu-PF.Human Rights Watch exposed the horrors of Marange in June. A ...
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• Deportations force families apart

  
  Daily Titan — Authority: 587
  By Jamie Iglesias Daily Titan Staff Writer For many of us, the idea of separating from our family is devastating, but when there is a deportation notice at the door, familial separation becomes real. I have never personally been affected by deportation, but for 10 years of my life I was separated from my older ...
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• Origins of the Police State Bill before NZ Parliament

  
  Uncensored Magazine — Authority: 134
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• Human Rights Watch Review

  
  WOMEN'S LENS - Un coup d'oeil fminin — Authority: 141
  Human Rights Angst Lingers in Afghanistan >> Published in National Public Radio "I did not vote. The warlords win whoever I vote for," said a young Afghan man who saw his entire family gunned down when he was 11, during the civil war of the early 1990s. One woman decried Karzais electoral pacts with warlords - ...
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