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Back to homepageACLU Report: Obama Enshrining Bush-Era Torture Policies 0
Post Views: 7 Photo Credit: publik15 LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Fear of an unchecked, unaccountable government permeates the report, particularly in the section about targeted killings For disillusioned Obama supporters, the ACLU’s July report “Establishing the
Read MoreUzbekistan: Activist Hit With New Sentence 0
Post Views: 6 Stop Persecuting Human Rights Defenders (New York) – The Uzbek government should revoke the 13-year prison sentence handed down to the human rights defender Gaibullo Jalilov on August 6, 2010, and set him free, Human Rights Watch
Read MoreTV ‘confession of Iran stoning case woman criticized 0
Post Views: 6 There are unconfirmed reports that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has been tortured © Private Amnesty International criticized the TV “confession” of an Iranian woman on Wednesday night in which Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, awaiting execution by stoning for adultery,
Read MoreTour of Guantánamo Offers a Look, but Little Else 0
Post Views: 5 Richard Perry/The New York Times GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — Welcome to Guantánamo Bay, where your tour guide will never leave your side but may not be able to answer any of your questions. Several times
Read More‘Upbeat’ White House Faces Calls for Long Term Iraq Presence 0
Post Views: 5 Iraq’s Chief of Staff Says US Must Stay Until at Least 2020 The Obama Administration remains committed to spinning its redefinition of combat troops as “transitional forces” as the end of the combat mission, even
Read MoreCAR/DR Congo: LRA Conducts Massive Abduction Campaign 0
Post Views: 8 ù This ten-year-old boy was abducted by the LRA in Bamudanga, northern Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 27, 2010. Some weeks later he managed to escape. © 2010 Ida Sawyer/Human Rights Watch New Regional Strategy Needed
Read MoreSri Lanka: US Report Shows No Progress on Accountability 0
Post Views: 7 One Inquiry ‘Ineffective,’ a Second Raises Concerns (New York) – A US State Department report released on August 11, 2010, shows that Sri Lanka has not yet conducted an effective investigation into laws-of-war violations by government forces
Read MoreUK violates rights of terror suspects with ‘unfair’ control orders 0
Post Views: 8 Amnesty International has accused the UK government of developing a “shadow justice system” that imposes severe restrictions on the rights of individuals suspected of terrorism-related activity. In a new report, Five years on: time to end the
Read MoreIndia must investigate abduction of anti-Vedanta activists 0
Post Views: 10 Amnesty International is calling on Indian authorities to urgently investigate the armed abduction of two indigenous leaders, who were on their way to campaign against the bauxite mine project proposed by a subsidiary of UK-based company Vedanta
Read MoreIran: Free Baha’i Leaders 0
Post Views: 2 Reports Say 7 Baha’i Leaders Have Been Sentenced to 20 Years Each (New York) – The Iranian judiciary should set aside any judgments issued in closed judicial proceedings against seven Baha’i leaders and release them immediately given
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