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<em>jtyost2</em>
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Think Progress » O’Reilly Upset Over 9/11 Trials: ‘I Don’t Care About The Constitution!’
"But last night on Fox, the network’s top legal analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano — who has been known to disagree with Fox’s right-wing narratives on legal issues — disputed that view, citing the constitutional right to be tried in the place...
 
Jonathon Narvey
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The Best Way to Taliban-Proof Afghanistan. Stay Involved
Canada-Afghanistan Solidarity Committee co-founder and professional human rights advocate Lauryn Oates issues a call to action...
6 hours ago Currents | Topics: Afghanistan, Canada, Causes, Taliban
 
newsjiffy
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Slave rescuer Aaron Cohen interviewed in the Observer
Today's Observer magazine has a fascinating interview by Carole Cadwalladr with Aaron Cohen, the founder of the Abolish...
6 hours ago Newsjiffy | Topics: slavery, online..., human rights, Burma
 
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Green Iran filmmaker up for rights award in London: http://bit.ly/7wtl1k Via @dominiquerdr @tfsalomon #Iran #Humanrights
 
Natalie Gauthier
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Human Rights and Reframing Three Strikes: Access to the Internet = Access to information http://bit.ly/76kJ0C
 
miamitom
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Spanish daily urges EU to pressure Cuba
The influential Spanish newspaper El Pais – normally a left-of-center daily – has sided with hardliners who would like...
 
ikeoo
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Iranian social activists condemn State violence - Zamaneh http://tinyurl.com/ycjh2vq #Iran #IranElection #HumanRights via @fahimn
 
Noclue
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The Dumpling has gone into ballistic mode
(Hence lack of posts over the past few days)The Job centre recently came up with a nursing job comprising of nightshift to be...
 
Curly
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It’s time to stop covering up
Miliband’s stand smacks of big government.The involvement of the Foreign Secretary and South Shields MP David Miliband...
 
Clover
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China’s former Communist head Jiang Zemin Indicted for Torture and Genocide of Falun Gong
NTDTV, 2009-11-20 -Five high-ranking Chinese Communist Party Officials have been indicted in a Spanish court for crimes of...
 
katharinec
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Action Alert: Vote on Chase Community Giving Facebook App!
Action Alert: Vote on Chase Community Giving Facebook App!: Okay, so far, the drug policy...
 
VHPEditor
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China and Japan: Feng Zhenghu at Narita airport
Shanghai human rights activist Feng Zhenhu has been living and waiting in the hall of Japan's Narita airport since November...
 
Rebecca M
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China and Japan: Feng Zhenghu at Narita airport
Shanghai human rights activist Feng Zhenhu has been living and waiting in the hall of Japan's Narita airport since November...
 
Living Documents
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@Sonja_Jo love the information you gather on human rights and Iran. I need to have time to catch back up but your Tweets will help.
 
<em>jtyost2</em>
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MediaPost Publications Google Books Settlement Still Poses Privacy Problems 11/16/2009
"The deal would allow Google to digitize and sell books at prices set by a new book registry, a collective rights group similar to the music industry's ASCAP and BMI. Civil liberties organizations have pointed out that the agreement leaves...
 
Sprague
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Listening to Terry Gross @nprfreshair w/ Orville Schell. Shocked she says carbon's more important than human rights. Tell that to prisoners!
 
David M
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Republican Senators Predicting Doom Against the Proposed Healthcare Bill
Rep. John Taber (R-NY),  Never in the history of the world has any measure been brought here so insidiously designed...
 
miamitom
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Blogger’s aims, methods are questioned in an official site, in a move to discredit her
President Obama's responses to the questionnaire sent to him by Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez are part of a project "I choose...
 
leticia
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Sign the Manhattan Declaration
Here is the text of the declaration:Christians, when they have lived up to the highest ideals of their faith, have defended the...
 
CDT
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Zhang Zuhua and Jiang Qisheng: For Blue Skies, First Clear the Air on Human Rights
Zhang Zuhua and Jiang Qisheng, two of the original drafters of Charter 08, have written a response to what they think is the...
 
Geoff - StudentStuff
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Justice Mission: Legal Education in Rural Uganda
Yesterday, I attended an International Justice Mission (IJM) legal education held in a rural Ugandan church. IJM is an...
 
miamitom
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Spain’s two top parties remove Cuba issue from nation’s agenda for its EU presidency
Spain's ruling Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) and the leading opposition group, the Popular Party (PP), on Friday signed a...
 
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Traffic cameras used to harass and limit movement of peaceful protestors
Britain is full of license-plate cameras, cameras used to send you tickets if you're caught speeding, or driving in the bus-lane, or entering London's "congestion-charge zone" without paying the daily fee for driving in central London. And because of...
 
Logical Extremes
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Traffic cameras used to harass and limit movement of peaceful protestors
Britain is full of license-plate cameras, cameras used to send you tickets if you're caught speeding, or driving in the bus-lane, or entering London's "congestion-charge zone" without paying the daily fee for driving in central London. And because of...
 
Black Looks
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Women’s rights across Africa
This weeks Pambazuka News has a special Women’s issues focusing on the last 15 years since Beijing Platform for Action...
 
miamitom
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Support for blogger is sought in Spain
The Foreign Affairs Commission of the Spanish Congress next Wednesday will debate a motion of support for Cuban blogger Yoani...
 
<em>patrick_ross45</em>
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The Politics of (Recognizing) Genocide
Produced by the BBC, The Betrayed is a documentary that examines the matter of the Armenian Genocide in Turkey, and the...
 
Zeinobia
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Livni in Morocco
Israeli former FM minister and current opposition leader Tzipi Livni is currently visiting Morocco where she spoke in some...
 
UKStevieB
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Traffic cameras used to harass and limit movement of peaceful protestors
Britain is full of license-plate cameras, cameras used to send you tickets if you're caught speeding, or driving in the bus-lane, or entering London's "congestion-charge zone" without paying the daily fee for driving in central London. And because of...
 
mark90
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Traffic cameras used to harass and limit movement of peaceful protestors
Britain is full of license-plate cameras, cameras used to send you tickets if you're caught speeding, or driving in the...
2 days ago Boing Boing | Topics: Action, cameras, cctv, congestion...
 
<em>sandy.mulroney</em>
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Nicole Kidman goes to Congress
Nicole Kidman is to speak about violence against women by raising the issue in an address to the U.S. Congress. The Australian...
 
TodaysDrum
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Wyclef Jean to Receive RFK Center for Justice & Human Rights’ Ripple of Hope Award http://bit.ly/07pMOlV
 
<em>earlytoday</em>
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Iran Frees Two Women Converts
By Michelle A. VuAfter nine months in prison, the two young female converts who have gained international attention were...
2 days ago Early Today | Topics: Latest News, Life, Ministry, News
 
<em>djwmedia</em>
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BBC News UN condemns Iran on human rights : A UN committee approves a resolution condemning Iran for it.. http://bit.ly/07l18r9
 
<em>fstopsky</em>
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What’s Going On With Blackwater Massacre Case?
From all accounts the events that happened in Nisoor Square in Baghdad in 2007 when guards working for the Blackwater...
 
<em>fstopsky</em>
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Which Way Pakistan Youth?
A recent report commissioned by the British Council reveals an alarming possibility in the coming decades as Pakistan witnesses...
 
<em>fstopsky</em>
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Who Helps Asylum Seekers?
There are an estimated 200 million migrants living in a country other than the one of their birth, and the exodus from one...
 
<em>fstopsky</em>
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Have A US Passport, Get Hassled In Denmark!
The Danish government is instituting tighter checks on individuals carrying American passports who enter their nation,...
 
<em>fstopsky</em>
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Is It Blasphemy To Mock Religion?
Many Muslim nations still have not gotten over the publication of some cartoons they believe mocked the Prophet Muhammad....
 
<em>fstopsky</em>
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Would Anyone Believe There Was Prisoner Abuse In Afghanistan?
The testimony of Richard Colvin before a Canadian parliamentary committee into his claim there was abuse of prisoners in...
 
Clover
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China: Obama Leaves, Activists Tried
Radio Free Asia, 2009-11-20 -HONG KONG— Hard on the heels of a state visit to China by U.S. President Barack Obama,...
 
TeresaKok
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AG Gani Patail’s intention to appeal High Court ruling lacks common sense and common decency
Press Statement by Teresa Kok, Selangor State Senior Exco and Member of Parliament for Seputeh on 21st November 2009 at Kuala...
2 days ago Teresa Kok | Topics: Human Rights, Law n Order, Legal
 
Logical Extremes
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Olympic surveillance legacies
David Loukidelis, the Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia, speaking today at The Surveillance Games workshop, has made it quite clear that his office does not want the Winter Games to leave a legacy of securitization in the city...
 
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Esmeralda’s Horrible and Hopeful Story
From the Restore Fairness Blog:Courage comes in many different forms. For Esmeralda, a transgender asylum seeker from Mexico, who faced horrific circumstances in immigration detention, it came in the form of seeking justice. Kept in a segregated cell...
 
Rebecca M
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Poland: Catholics Propose Adding Cross to National Emblem
Sylwia Presley reviews the reactions of Polish bloggers to a recent proposal by a Polish Catholic group to include the symbol...