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Iran: Stop Abuse of Political Prisoners 0
Post Views: 7 17 in Solitary Confinement After Protesting Ill Treatment; Families Threatened (New York) – Iranian prison authorities should end the solitary confinement of 17 political prisoners and afford them all the protections to which they are entitled, including
Read MoreSouth Carolina: End Segregation of HIV-infected Prisoners 0
Post Views: 4 ·Justice Department Warns State About Discriminatory, Inadequate Treatment(New York) – South Carolina should stop segregating HIV-positive prisoners from the rest of the prison population, a policy that promotes stigma and discrimination, Human Rights Watch said today. The
Read MoreFears grow for Kurdish man held in Syrian custody 0
Post Views: 5 Amnesty International is urging the Syrian authorities to release or charge a Kurdish man who has been detained for almost two years. Reports from exiled Kurdish activists have raised fears that ‘Abdelbaqi Khalaf has been tortured at
Read MoreMarriage’s Fiercest Defenders 0
Post Views: 8 It took a gay Republican judge with libertarian leanings to issue from the bench, in a US District courthouse in San Francisco, one of the warmest testimonials to the married state since Erasmus. Last Wednesday Vaughan R.
Read MoreLa guerra imperialista en el siglo XXI, el caso de Afganistán 0
Post Views: 5 Los objetivos de la guerra Las democracias más ricas y poderosas del mundo se han unido para lanzar una guerra contra uno de los países más pobres e indefensos. Su influencia internacional en el ámbito que se
Read MoreWhy World War II ended with Mushroom Clouds 0
Post Views: 6 65 years ago, August 6 and 9, 1945: Hiroshima and Nagasaki “On Monday, August 6, 1945, at 8:15 AM, the nuclear bomb ‘Little Boy” was dropped on Hiroshima by an American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, directly
Read MoreHIV and AIDS: Trade Unions Press for Rights-based approach to combat pandemic 0
Post Views: 5 The international trade union movement is calling for governments to push ahead with a rights-based approach to tackling the HIV and AIDS pandemic, following the 18th International AIDS Conference in Vienna at the end of July. “While
Read MoreUS: Protect Families in Deportation Cases 0
Post Views: 9 An undocumented immigrant is escorted at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility before being deported in Phoenix on May 6, 2010. © 2010 Reuters (Washington DC) – The ruling by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Read MoreBanned, Censored, Harassed, and Jailed 0
Post Views: 7 Hellman/Hammett Grants Honor 42 Writers for Courage Facing Political Persecution (New York) – Human Rights Watch announced Hellman/Hammett grants today for 42 writers from 20 countries in recognition of their commitment to free expression and courage in
Read MorePre-election attacks on Rwandan politicians and journalists condemned 0
Post Views: 5 Paul Kagame, President and leader of the Rwandan Patriotic Front © APGraphicsBank Amnesty International has condemned attacks on politicians and journalists in the run-up to the presidential election on August 9 and calls on the government
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