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Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:08 AM

Human Rights

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 10 hours ago - 27 Documents (in Politics)
Stephen Harper - Click to view image in its original context
Stephen Harper
My Canada Does Not Condone Torture (mike watkins dot ca)
Evidence continues to mount that Canada was complicit in hiding the facts of Afghan detainee torture allegations. Implicated are senior officials and politicians in the federal government which include former and current Ministers of Defence Gordon ... [Progressive Bloggers - 10 hours ago]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 10 hours ago - 17 Documents (in Politics)
UN GA Condemns Post-Election Abuses in Iran
The U.N. General Assembly has condemned human rights violations in Iran, particularly those that have occurred since last June's disputed presidential election, when thousands of opposition supporters were arrested and detained.In a vote of 74 in favor, ... [GlobalSecurity.org - 10 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 29 Documents (in Politics)
Russian court confirms death penalty ban
A CONSTITUTIONAL Court in Russia has effectively outlawed the death penalty and said that a moratorium on capital punishment should remain in force until the nation fully bans executions.The Agence France Presse (AFP) yesterday quoted Constitutional Court ... [Nigeria Guardian - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 34 Documents (in Politics)
Peter MacKay - Click to view 360-page
Peter MacKay
Afghan prison abuse probe rejected
OTTAWA - A top diplomat's account of the rampant torture and rape of Afghan detainees is not credible, Defence Minister Peter MacKay said Thursday as he rebuffed opposition calls for a full public inquiry into "massive and systemic" government cover- ... [CNEWS - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 1 hour ago - 4 Documents (in Politics)
Council of Europe - Click to view image in its original context
Council of Europe
Death penalty ruling shows Russia faithful to Council of Europe obligations
PRESS RELEASERuling by Constitutional Court of Russian Federation to Extend a Moratorium on Capital Punishment 1747-19-11-2009The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation on November 19 rendered a decision not to apply the death penalty in the country ... [Individual.com - 1 hour ago]
First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 36 mins ago - 3 Documents (in Politics)
National League for Democracy (Myanmar) - Click to view image in its original context
National League for Democracy (Myanmar)
U.N. urges Myanmar to free activist
1:56 pm TWN, By Edith M. Lederer, APUNITED NATIONS -- A key U.N. committee late Thursday strongly condemned human rights violations in Myanmar and urged the government to release more than 2,000 political prisoners and open the upcoming elections to all ... [China Post - 36 mins ago]
First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 4 Documents (in Politics)
United Nations - Click to view 360-page
United Nations
UN condemns Iran on human rights
UN condemns Iran's response to post-election unrestA key UN committee has voted to approve a non-binding resolution condemning Iran for its crackdown on protesters following June's disputed elections.The resolution also repeated annual criticism of Iran's ... [BBC - 4 hours ago]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 10 hours ago - 5 Documents (in Politics)
UNICEF's State of The World's Children report commemorates 20 years of the CRC
- A special edition issue of UNICEF's flagship , tracking the impact of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the challenges that remain, was released today on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Convention's adoption by the UN General Assembly. ... [UNICEF - 10 hours ago]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 2 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Politics)
Amnesty International visits Honduras to assess human rights situation
The Singaporean parliament should enact new legislation protecting freedom of expression, Amnesty International said today, after a magazine and its editor agreed to pay S$405,000 (Approximately US$290,000) following a fine by the countrys highest court ... [Amnesty International USA - 2 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 7 Documents (in Politics)
Israel supreme court bans private prisons
In a landmark decision, Israel's supreme court has thrown out a law allowing privately-run prisons, arguing that running jails for profit would be a "grave" violation of inmates' human rights."We have reached the conclusion that the very transfer of the ... [France24 - Africa - 11/20/2009]
Entities: Israel, Human Rights
First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 4 Documents (in Politics)
US Senate suspends hearing on military ban on gays
WASHINGTON - A planned November hearing by the US Senate Armed Services Committee to consider ending a ban on gays serving openly in the US military will be postponed, a spokeswoman indicated Friday. 'We do not have a date' for the hearing, said the aide, ... [Philippine Daily Inquirer - 10 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 12 Documents (in Politics)
Rights group: Cuba no less repressive under Raul Castro
WASHINGTON - Scores of Cubans have been detained as political prisoners since Raul Castro assumed power three years ago, a human-rights group reported yesterday, suggesting there has been little change in the repressive system that existed under his brother ... [Philadelphia Inquirer - 11/19/2009]

Quotes

"The symbolism,” reported the New York Times , “of the world's two largest polluters pledging no half measures to” . . . to do what? End torture in China’s infamous Tibetan “black jails?” Allow Chinese the right to freedom of association? Of religious freedom?"
Obama Chooses Gestures over Justice -- By: Henry Payne [National Review - 56 mins ago]
Overjoyed, Joy said: "I had so many things running through me almost at the same time when I was declared the winner. It was the happiest moment of my life, though, all the while I had the intention of winning."
Nigeria's Joy Wins ECOWAS Peace Pageant [Nigeria Guardian - 1 hour ago]

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THE GATHERING. Bringing Human Rights Home This ... [Amnesty International Irish Section - 29 mins ago]
U.N. urges Myanmar to free activist [China Post - 36 mins ago]
Sentence Request for US Woman in Italy Murder Case [New York Times - 40 mins ago]
Russia a step closer to abolishing the death pe... [Big News Network - 48 mins ago]
Obama Chooses Gestures over Justice -- By: Henr... [National Review - 56 mins ago]
Nigeria's Joy Wins ECOWAS Peace Pageant [Nigeria Guardian - 1 hour ago]
Death penalty ruling shows Russia faithful to C... [Individual.com - 1 hour ago]
Canada dismisses torture allegations [Taipei Times Online - 1 hour ago]
Afghan prison abuse reports not new [CNEWS - 2 hours ago]
Sri Lanka allows freedom of movement for war di... [Xinhua News Agency - 2 hours ago]
Australia: Government must end state-sponsored ... [Amnesty International USA - 2 hours ago]
Girls Working as Domestic Help in Haiti are Vir... [Amnesty International USA - 2 hours ago]
USA: Open Letter to the President [Amnesty International USA - 2 hours ago]
Amnesty International visits Honduras to assess... [Amnesty International USA - 2 hours ago]
Morocco/Western Sahara: Expulsion of human righ... [Amnesty International USA - 2 hours ago]
USA: Amnesty International Urges Obama to Publi... [Amnesty International USA - 2 hours ago]
Egypt: AI Report Urges Protection for Cairo's P... [Amnesty International USA - 2 hours ago]
US: Reform Afghanistan Detention Policy as New ... [Amnesty International USA - 2 hours ago]
Mozambique: Unlawful Police Killings Carried Ou... [Amnesty International USA - 2 hours ago]
USA: Amnesty International Calls Transfer of 9/... [Amnesty International USA - 2 hours ago]
Iran: Authorities must stop imminent execution ... [Amnesty International USA - 2 hours ago]
Bangladesh: Bangladesh Government Must Hold Fai... [Amnesty International USA - 2 hours ago]
UN: Rights Expert Calls for Expert Inquiry into... [Third World Network - 2 hours ago]
Obama Shows Commitment to Asia [Brookings Institution - 2 hours ago]
Man in custody over murder [Teletext - 3 hours ago]
Lynne Stewart: Heroic Human Rights Lawyer Jailed [Boston IMC - 3 hours ago]
DCF officials face spirited opposition during d... [Individual.com - 4 hours ago]
James Wilson, 91: set up State Dept. human righ... [Washington Post - 4 hours ago]
U.N. rights committee slams North Korea on its ... [China Post - 4 hours ago]
UN condemns Iran on human rights [BBC - 4 hours ago]
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Denying Responsibility of Torture (Musings from... [Progressive Bloggers - 3 hours ago]
Accurately describes many of the atrocious behaviour surrounding the prisoner transfer and torture controversy. ...
My Canada Does Not Condone Torture (mike watkin... [Progressive Bloggers - 10 hours ago]
Evidence continues to mount that Canada was complicit in hiding the facts of Afghan detainee torture allegations. Implicated are senior officials and politicians ...
Tech Awards For Humanity: "Cash Prizes&quo... [Silicon Valley Watcher - conversations and obse ... - 12 hours ago]
Last night I attended the Tech Awards Gala, which celebrates technology benefiting humanity, with the award of five $50,000 "cash prizes."Technology in the service ...
Jonathan Horowitz: The New Bagram: Has Anything... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 13 hours ago]
Last weekend, the United States unveiled its new state of the art detention facility to journalists, diplomats, Afghan officials, and nongovernmental organizations. ...
Human Rights Groups: Military Commissions Still... [TAPPED - 18 hours ago]
Both the American Civil Liberties Union and Human Rights First were at Guantanamo this week to observe the commencement of the new, revised military commissions. ...
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Audio/Video

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Battlefield justice or murder? [CNN.com - Video - 2 hours ago]
Did Devout Church Leader Murder Wife? [ABC News - YouTube - 7 hours ago]
Report on Military Extremists Buried [The Young Turks - YouTube - 8 hours ago]
American Exchange Student's Murder Trial Nears End [Associated Press - YouTube - 17 hours ago]
Military Looks for Stress Before Deployments [Associated Press - YouTube - 11/20/2009]
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