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Three women brought their case against Ireland's strict abortion law to the European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday, saying the Catholic country's legislation violates their rights.
A Far Rockaway woman whose Ozone Park daughter and her unborn grandson were murdered went to Albany last week where she picked up the support of the state Right to Life Committeefor a bill that would treat killing a pregnant woman as two separate murders.
France must not deport a man convicted of terrorist acts to Algeria where he may be at risk of incommunicado detention and torture or other ill-treatment, Amnesty International said today.
Park Center High School students added to their knowledge of international affairs by speaking with a women's rights leader from Afghanistan Nov. 13. The students, IB Diploma candidates, participated in a video conference with Suraya Pakzad.
LIMA, Peru – One of the top Native leaders in Peru, co-chief of the 70,000-member Awajun Tribe which took the brunt of the damage in the deadly June clashes against police, said the investigations into the death of 33 people appears headed in the wrong direction, but Natives still hope for a fair result.
UPDATE 11:05 p.m. The government’s opposition to the stay motion can be found here. ——————— Relying heavily on the Supreme Court’s ruling three years ago against President Bush’s attempt to create a war crimes tribunal, an Afghan detainee at Guantanamo Bay has asked a federal civilian court to strike down the new tribunal system created by Congress [...]
Community Foundation seeks grant proposals HOLLISTER - The Community Foundation for San Benito County is accepting letters of intent from local organizations and nonprofits for grant proposals.
The Gulag State
Amnesty International reported today that China's Supreme Court must carefully review the death sentences imposed on five individuals by a court in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of northwest China.
Amnesty International today called for an independent investigation to ensure that those responsible for human rights abuses during the recent political crisis in Honduras are brought to justice and that victims are given reparations.
China’s supreme court must carefully review reported death sentences imposed today on five individuals by a court in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of northwest China, Amnesty Inte
Amnesty International has condemned the deliberate targeting of civilians at graduation of medical students in a district of the capital Mogadishu.
An Amnesty International delegation also found cases of over 40 people whose whereabouts are still unknown. These human rights violations follow a massacre during a political protest in September.
Amnesty International's delegation has documented many cases of abuse including killings following excessive use of force, arbitrary arrests of demonstrators by security forces and indiscriminate, unnecessary use of tear gas.
Amnesty International has called on the United States government to establish a consistent, clear and credible mechanism to investigate civilian casualties resulting from military operations in Afghanistan. The statement follows President Obama?s recent commitment to sending 30,000 more troops to the region.
Inspired by the Activism that Helped Free Jailed Nigerian Revolutionary Fela Kuti, Tony Award-winning Director / Choreographer Bill T. Jones Highlights Amnesty International's Global Write-a-Thon to Free People Unjustly Imprisoned
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