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Saudi Arabia: Group Condemns Sentence of 40 Lashes

New York Times - Mon Dec 14, 9:19 pm ET

Amnesty International called on Saudi Arabia on Monday to stay a sentence of 40 lashes against a 75-year-old woman for breaching a sex segregation law.

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North Korea: Will winter shortages intensify rights abuses?
The Christian Science Monitor - Fri Dec 11, 11:13 pm ET
North Korea rights advocates in South Korea turned to international courts for aid in challenging abuses. They are trying to keep the issue in the public eye as a tough winter and a drastic currency revaluation raise the prospect of more crackdowns.
Abortion Limits Dropped; Anti-Mugabe Women Raped
Women's eNews - Fri Dec 11, 8:12 pm ET
(WOMENSENEWS)-- Cheers Late Tuesday, Dec. 8, the Senate voted 54 to 45 to table an effort to bar abortion coverage in the proposed national health insurance plan. The vote effectively assures that the House's Stupak-Pitts amendment--that does call for such a ban--would not be duplicated in the Senate. The news triggered an outpouring of relief from women's rights advocates. read more
Will Government, World Respond to Border SOS?
La Prensa San Diego - Fri Dec 11, 5:19 pm ET
Frontera NorteSur Boiling up from distinct social and political quarters, pressure is building on President Felipe Calderon and other Mexican authorities to drastically change the government’s drug war strategy and other public policies in the strife-torn city of Ciudad Juarez. In a dramatic letter published on December 8, the 350th anniversary of the founding of Ciudad Juarez, [...]
Latinas need voice in abortion debate
CNN - Fri Dec 11, 3:31 pm ET
When Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered her oath last summer, many women -- and especially Latinas -- felt renewed hope as a champion of women's rights took her place on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Out and About: Weekend Picks
DCist - Fri Dec 11, 3:06 pm ET
Photo by M.V. Jantzen FRIDAY MOVIE: Don't neglect to consult our film picks for the week, which includes The Secret Policeman's Film Festival at the AFI Silver. Tonight's selection offers a John Cleese-tastic double feature of Pleasure at Her Majesty's , about the making of the very first Amnesty International benefit show that served as the progenitor of "The Secret Policeman's Ball," plus The ...
Amnesty blasts Iraq over treatment of Iran exiles
Deseret News - Fri Dec 11, 2:36 pm ET
Amnesty International on Friday warned that Iraq's plans to move an Iranian opposition group to a former desert detention...
Arkansas Right to Life targets Lincoln
Arkansas News Bureau - Fri Dec 11, 2:30 pm ET
LITTLE ROCK — The director of an anti-abortion group in Arkansas said today the group was disappointed by a recent vote by Sen. Blanche Lincoln and will work to defeat her re-election bid next year.
EU concerned over Saudi “sorcery” death sentences
WashingtonTV - Fri Dec 11, 12:37 pm ET
Washington, 11 December (WashingtonTV)—The European Union voiced concern on Friday over reports of death sentences in Saudi Arabia on charges relating to “sorcery”.
Iraq security chiefs to answer for bombings
Seattle Times - Fri Dec 11, 12:09 pm ET
Iraqi state television reports the top security chiefs are in parliament to answer questions over security lapses that allowed a third attack since summer against government sites in Baghdad killing 127 people.
Faith drives Groen's life and her future plans
The Times of Northwest Indiana - Fri Dec 11, 12:04 pm ET
Alexa Groen hopes to play a vital role in the development ofchildren as an elementary schoolteacher.
Iran protests: Amnesty International details abuse of protesters
The Christian Science Monitor - Fri Dec 11, 10:16 am ET
A new Amnesty International report offers the most detailed account of Iranian abuse – and official coversups – during postelection protests.
African Asylum Seekers Shot at by Egypt's Border Patrol
Time.com via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 11, 7:55 am ET
Egyptian authorities have cracked down on the increasing number of African asylum seekers crossing into Israel -- including, say refugee rights groups, a policy of shooting those along the border. But those who make it to the Promised Land face hardship
Israeli Occupation, Colonialism and Apartheid
Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel - Fri Dec 11, 7:38 am ET
The Cape Town, South Africa-based Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) "conduct(s) large-scale, policy-relevant, social-scientific projects for public-sector users, non-governmental organisations and international development agencies," and disseminates its findings widely.
Group renews TN foster-care law fight
The Tennessean - Fri Dec 11, 3:24 am ET
A nonprofit advocacy group has renewed its efforts to legally block new rules governing foster care in Tennessee.
India: Parliamentarians must repeal the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Acts
Amnesty International - Fri Dec 11, 3:06 am ET
Indian Parliamentarians voting on a government introduced bill to amend the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA) must repeal the law instead, Amnesty International said on the occasion of Human Rights Day