Human Rights Law
ACLU Offers Rebuttal to Mark Ames Article About Human Rights Groups and Labor Unions – AlterNet
In “As Labor Struggles, Have the Big Rights and Liberties Groups Like the ACLU Deserted … Along with the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund and the Louisiana Justice Institute, we represent a …
Why is Obama Protecting Human Rights Violators? – Commentary Magazine
While it was targeted mostly toward the Soviet Union’s Jewish community, it provided a broader foundation for Cold War human rights advocacy. To replace the Jackson-Vanik Act, a bipartisan array of senators supported The Sergei Magnitsky Rule …
Russian Wikipedia shuts down site to protest bill – Huffington Post
Three of the top Twitter hash tags in Russia on Tuesday were “RuWikiBlackout,” “Wikipedia,” and “Law No. 89417-6,” all of which refer to the legislation. Human rights activists and opposition leaders also loudly criticized the bill. The …
UK’s Islamic cleric appeals extradition to U.S – Reuters India
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) – One of Britain’s most notorious Islamist clerics has appealed a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights allowing London to extradite him to the United States, slowing down U.S. efforts to prosecute him for terrorism.
Laws based on evidence and human rights strengthen global AIDS response – News-Medical.Net
Punitive laws and human rights abuses are costing lives, wasting money and stifling the global AIDS response, according to a report by the Global Commission on HIV and the Law, an independent body of global leaders and experts. The Commission … Continue reading
UK’s Islamic cleric appeals extradition to U.S. – Reuters UK
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) – One of Britain’s most notorious Islamist clerics has appealed a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights allowing London to extradite him to the United States, slowing down U.S. efforts to prosecute him for terrorism.
Russian Wikipedia shuts down site to protest law – Boston Globe
But both Internet users and human rights activists have loudly protested the law. The Presidential Council of Human Rights said that the law provides too wide a scope for the government to ‘‘subjectively’’ select which sites to blacklist.
Russian Wikipedia shuts down site to protest law – AP – msnbc.com
But both Internet users and human rights activists have loudly protested the law. The Presidential Council of Human Rights said that the law provides too wide a scope for the government to “subjectively” select which sites to blacklist. The Wikipedia … Continue reading
Greece: Migrants Describe Fear on the Streets – Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch interviewed 59 people who experienced or escaped … Deploying adequate police officers to known hot spots to prevent attacks and to arrest attackers in the act; Improving the investigation and prosecution of hate crimes …
Vigilantes Are Targeting Immigrants In Greece, Human Rights Watch Says – NPR News
In that report, Amnesty International writes that it “frequently receives allegations of torture and other forms of ill-treatment against members of vulnerable groups by law enforcement officials in Greece.” Human Rights Watch is calling on …