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• Biting the bullet

  
  LuisTeodoro.com — Authority: 85
  THE US-BASED, 30-year-old organization Human Rights Watch — the Asia Division of which, incidentally, former New York Times and International Herald Tribune free -lance correspondent Carlos Conde is now the Philippine Researcher — describes itself as “ one of the world’s leading independent organizations ...
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• India’s Sikh Sense of Humor

  
  Philosopher's Haze — Authority: 94
  Image via Wikipedia Jay Leno is one of the most well-known comedians in North America , taking to the stage weeknights with his Tonight Show . As other late night comedians, be it David Letterman , Conan O’Brien or Craig Ferguson , Leno begins his show with a monologue in which he comments on current ...
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• Human rights watchdog rakes up AFSPA issue

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Jammu, Jan 24 (IANS) A global human rights watch group has given teeth to Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s now almost forgotten call - for repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from some parts of the state.New York-based Human Rights Watch said in its latest report: “India has [...]
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• UPRISING

  
  Oleuanna — Authority: 99
  
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• Human Rights Watch Review

  
  WOMEN'S LENS - Un coup d'oeil fminin — Authority: 130
  January  2012 Forced Relocations in Ethiopia In New Villages, Indigenous People Face Hunger, Hardships ...
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• Human Rights Watch tells the West to overcome its aversion to Islamists

  
  Israel Matzav — Authority: 628
  With Islamists winning 70% of the seats in the Egyptian parliament according to final results released this weekend (Hat Tip: Memeorandum), Human Rights Watch has warned that the West must overcome its aversion to Islamists. This is from the last link. HRW executive director Kenneth Roth said in the groups annual ...
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• Ethiopia’s Forced Relocations Bring Hunger, & Hardship to Indigenous People – Human Rights Watch

  
  African Dictator — Authority: 121
  The new village of Bildak in Ethiopias Gambella region, which the semi-nomadic Nuer who were forcibly transferred there quickly abandoned in May 2011 because there was no water source for their cattle. © 2011 Human Rights Watch The Ethiopian government under its “villagization” program is forcibly relocating ...
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• Ethiopia forcing thousands off land

  
  $ watchersNplayers $ — Authority: 428
  Ethiopia is forcing tens of thousands of its poorest people off fertile land earmarked for Saudi Arabian and Indian investors and into villages lacking schools, clinics or clean water, a new report has claimed. Ethiopia is among a clutch of African countries aggressively marketing their fertile land to ...
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• Thousands ‘forcibly relocated’ in Ethiopia, says HRW report

  
  ThinktoSustain- the sustainable development blog — Authority: 119
  Human Rights Watch says people in the remote western Gambella region of Ethiopia are being forcibly moved to inadequate villages to free up land for commercial agriculture . . . → continue reading..: Thousands ‘forcibly relocated’ in Ethiopia, says HRW report
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• Trans people hunted for fun in Kuwait

  
  LGBT asylum news (formally Save Mehdi Kazemi) — Authority: 526
  Image via Wikipedia Source: Kuwait Times Arbitrary arrest, detention, torture and sexual assaults on transgender persons have increased in Kuwait during the last four years, says the Human Rights Watch (HRW). Transgender ‘women’ are individuals who are born male but identify themselves as female. “They ...
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• Burma Release, Ceasefire Hailed by Obama, Rights Groups

  
  Foreign Affairs Journal — Authority: 118
  Dissident leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the Bayda Institute in Rangoon Nov. 30, 2011. Credit: Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama Friday hailed the release by the Burmese government of hundreds of political prisoners, suggesting that it went far toward satisfying ...
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• Human Rights Watch Review

  
  WOMEN'S LENS - Un coup d'oeil fminin — Authority: 130
    January 2012 Guantanamo, 10 Years On On January 11, 2002, the United States brought the first 20 prisoners to the Guantanamo Bay detention ...
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• Slip-Sliding Into Tyranny: The New American Way by Charles Goyette

  
  -THE "G" BLOGS ~ Gunny G Online - — Authority: 562
  Pay close attention. This is how it happens… President Obama found a moment of reduced visibility, in an unwatched hour on New Year’s Eve, to sign the latest assault on the Fifth Amendment. In signing the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 on New Year’s Eve, Obama knew the nation’s attention would be ...
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• Guantánamo Bay turns 10

  
  Preliator pro Causa — Authority: 120
  “… or else deprive others of it” Happy birthday, Gitmo ! On January 11, 2012, the United States detention center at Guantanamo Bay marked its 10th year in operation. The U.S. base in Cuba received its first 20 detainees on January 11, 2002, who were imprisoned as part of Americas global War on Terror. ...
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• Husband, 60, Wife, 8

  
  Women News Network - WNN — Authority: 510
  Rebecca Murray – IPS – Tuesday, 03 January 2012 (originally published 29 Dec) KABUL, Dec 29, 2011 (IPS) – Activists voice concern that Afghan women’s rights continue to be marginalised, and nowhere is gender inequality more starkly illustrated than in the country’s flawed justice system. Yasmin’s case is ...
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• Tarnished Halo

  
  Israellycool — Authority: 635
  The lifeblood of ‘Human Rights’ organizations like Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International is that people believe that their ‘more ethical than thou’, ‘more impartial than thou’ reputation is well-earned. And in some corners of the globe, it is. But while these organizations often perform valuable ...
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