Human Rights Law 
Oswaldo Payá, respected Cuban dissident, killed in car crash on the island – Miami Herald
Payá, 60, a Catholic layman, headed the Christian Liberation Movement, and was best known for his role in organizing the Varela Project, a signature gathering campaign in support of a referendum on laws to guarantee freedom of speech and other … Continue reading
A Human Rights Perspective on Headscarf and Veil Bans – RH Reality Check
Headscarf and veil bans—however they are expressed in law—raise numerous red flags for those who care about human rights. First of all, clothing is a matter of freedom of expression. For a state to impose its view of how everyone … Continue reading
The foreign criminals the Home Office hasn’t even tried to deport: 250 offenders allowed to stay in UK without letting judge decide their fate – Daily Mail
Instead, the Home Office accepted that deporting them would be a breach or their human rights and allowed them to stay in the country. Freedom of Information Act requests made by The Sunday Telegraph also revealed a dramatic increase in … Continue reading
Human rights hearing for Bamber – harboroughmail.co.uk
The hearing will test whether the UK’s law allowing the most dangerous offenders to be sentenced … The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights will hear the case in Strasbourg on November 28, a court spokesman said. … Continue reading
Human rights in Pakistan: violence and misery for children and women – AsiaNews.IT
The Report’s six chapters trace an upward trend in violence against religious minorities as well as women, noting the lack of appropriate laws to protect such groups. The data shows that overall human rights violations rose in 2004 compared to … Continue reading
250 foreign criminals escaped deportation on human rights ground in UK last year – Newstrack India
The figures, disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act, show that there were 56 such cases in … to stay in Britain in response to The Sunday Telegraph’s End The Human Rights Farce campaign. In addition to the 250 criminals … Continue reading
Soon all sex offenders leaving jail will have to take a lie-detector test. How long until someone cries ‘human rights’? – Daily Mail
So does this mean that when the new law is implemented throughout the country it will be bomb proof? The government believe it is. They have repeated to all the press that when the compulsory use of ‘lie-detectors’ was challenged … Continue reading
Transgender In Newfoundland: As Pride Kicks Off, Pressure Grows To Update Human Rights Act – huffingtonpost.ca
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – As Newfoundland and Labrador celebrates its gay pride week, pressure is growing on the province to improve human rights protections for the transgender community, one of society’s most marginalized and vulnerable groups. The NDP has …
Syrian Rebels Battle for Aleppo After Seizing Border Posts – Bloomberg
Rebel leaders with the al-Tawhid Brigade said in a video sent to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that their military offensive … Among the four victims, Assad’s brother-in-law, Assef Shawkat, Defense Minister Dawoud Rajhah and …
For Some, the Beginnings of Gay-Wedding Fatigue – New York Times
MARK SHIELDS wholeheartedly supports same-sex weddings — so much so that he spent six years working at the Human Rights Campaign … marrying gay friends when the Defense of Marriage Act is still in place?
