| Standing before history | |
| By Michelle Chen · Posted on April 9, 2009 at 7:26 pm ·
Filed under Feeds, Highlight Topics: Human Rights Law, U.S. and International Human Rights, Workers' Rights |
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A multinational oil giant may be headed for its day of reckoning in a New York City courtroom next month. The lawsuit, Wiwa v. Shell, centers on charges of rampant... Read more » |
| New York Times Endorses Need to Investigate “Medically Assisted Torture” | |
| By Sara Greenberg · Posted on April 9, 2009 at 5:03 pm ·
Filed under Feeds, Highlight Topics: Civil and Political Rights, Freedom from Torture |
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An editorial in today’s New York Times echoes Physicians for Human Rights’ repeated call over the last half decade: investigate abuse and hold perpetrators accountable. Responding... Read more » |
| how does it feel to war on the world? | |
| By nezua · Posted on April 5, 2009 at 5:51 pm ·
Filed under Feeds, Highlight Topics: National Security and Human Rights, U.S. and International Human Rights |
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A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS is underway. AMERICAN drone attacks on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan are causing a massive humanitarian emergency, Pakistani... Read more » |
| April 4, 1968: Remembering the Murder of Our King | |
| By The Editors · Posted on April 3, 2009 at 3:46 pm ·
Filed under Feeds, Highlight Topics: Human Rights Leaders |
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Forty-one years ago this weekend, America was changed forever when the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. TheDefendersOnline... Read more » |
| San Francisco Chronicle Calls for Passage of UAFA | |
| By rtiven · Posted on April 1, 2009 at 9:41 am ·
Filed under Feeds, Highlight Topics: Civil and Political Rights, Immigration, Legislation, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights, Women's Rights |
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As readers of this blog know too well, barring a miracle, the family of American citizen Jaylynn Mercado will be ripped apart on Friday when her partner of 23 years... Read more » |
| Balancing Race and Gender: LDF Women Pioneers | |
| By The Editors · Posted on March 31, 2009 at 2:57 pm ·
Filed under Feeds, Highlight Topics: Civil and Political Rights, Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Human Rights Leaders, Women's Rights |
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By Stacey Patton Much of the history of the Civil Rights Movement has focused heavily on the stories of great men like Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Thurgood... Read more » |
| TAKE ACTION: Pressure Senators to Ask HHS Nominee Kathleen Sebelius about the HIV Ban | |
| By Victoria Neilson · Posted on March 31, 2009 at 10:24 am ·
Filed under Highlight, Take Action Topics: Civil and Political Rights, Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Immigration, Legislation |
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Physicians for Human Rights has set up an action page asking Senator Senator Barbara Mikulski and Senator Bernie Sanders to make sure that Sebelius will make lifting... Read more » |
| ¡Feliz Cumpleaños, César Chávez! | |
| By Jorge Rivas · Posted on March 31, 2009 at 9:56 am ·
Filed under Feeds, Highlight Topics: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Education, Workers' Rights |
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Ann Street Elementary School, in Downtown Los Angeles, pays tribute to Cesar Chavez through a photo montage by the students. The Los Angeles Unified School District... Read more » |
| TAKE ACTION – March 30: National call-in day to ban cluster bombs | |
| By Mary Shaw · Posted on March 30, 2009 at 5:34 am ·
Filed under Highlight, Take Action |
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I’ve written in the past about the problems associated with the use of cluster bombs in warfare. They are indiscriminate and imprecise, and they are notorious... Read more » |
| Obama’s Unclear Line on Immigration | |
| By nezua · Posted on March 26, 2009 at 9:20 am ·
Filed under Feeds, Highlight Topics: Civil and Political Rights, Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Immigration, Racial Equality |
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by Nezua TMC MediaWire Blogger Last week, President Obama announced his intention to address immigration reform in the next few months in a meeting with the Congressional... Read more » |
