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Iran detains scores of students, rights group says
Tehrān :: Iran | about 4 hours ago
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Iran has detained scores of students in an apparent bid to prevent new opposition protests during annual Student Day events next month, a Western-based human rights group said. Iranian police, seeking to avoid any repeat of the huge demonstrations that...
Tags: Iran, detains scores, rights group, human rights, iran detains, group says, Tehrān, Protests, Politics, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Social Issues, Islamic history, Iran ￢ﾀﾓ United States relations, Iranian presidential election, Politics of Iran, Education, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Student activism, Political riots, Iranian election protests, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Human-rights group wants condemnation of Gambian leader
Serre Kunda :: Gambia | 1 day ago
Credibility Trinidad, there was need for the former British colonies to send a message condemning his public statement to kill human-rights advocates. "The gravity of the threat remains as does the unequivocal repudiation of the fundamental principles of the Commonwealth.
Tags: Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, CHRI, Gambian, secretary general, rights group, Gambia, Serre Kunda, Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth Secretary-General, The Gambia, Politics, Commonwealth Family, Yahya Jammeh
Rights group accuses FHP of racial profiling
Justice :: IL :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility An Orlando civil-rights group said Monday that it intends to file a lawsuit alleging that the Florida Highway Patrol engages in racial profiling. The Florida Civil Rights Association said it would file a federal civil-rights complaint with the U.S...The...
Tags: racial profiling, rights group, Justice, Racism, Medicinal plants, Dill, Florida Highway Patrol, Orlando Florida, Discrimination, Prejudices, Social Issues, Politics, Law Crime
Raul Castro maintains curbs on civil liberties
Havana :: Cuba | 6 days ago
Credibility Restrictions on civil liberties in Cuba are still harsh since President Raul Castro assumed power from his ailing brother, Fidel, three years ago, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. Authorities have jailed scores of dissidents, protesters and others,...
Tags: Same Cuba, Cuban American, Raúl Castro, Human Rights Watch, Fidel Castro, president raul, Raúl Castro, political prisoners, rights group, Cuba, Havana, Vaira Vￄﾫￄﾷe-Freiberga, Rhydian Roberts, Galician people, Democratic Party, Mauricio Claver-Carone, United States embargo against Cuba, Cuba ￢ﾀﾓ United States relations, Opposition to Fidel Castro, Politics, Human rights abuses, Human rights in Cuba, Castro, Elizardo Sanchez, Cuban law, Law Crime, Social Issues, Politics of Cuba, Yoani Sￃﾡnchez, Cuban exile, Cuban democracy movement
Surgery okay delayed, Gaza patient dies
Nablus :: Palestine | 9 days ago
Credibility Ayyad al-Nadim Samir al-Nadim, 25, a cardiac patient, scheduled to undergo surgery in Nablus month ago. He even had opinion from Israeli doctor indicating severity of his case. Authorization delayed, Al-Nadim leaves late for surgery, dies day later ...
Tags: Gaza Strip, Ayyad al-Nadim Samir al-Nadim, liaison authorities, Israeli, Coordination and Liaison Authority, Nablus, Doctors for Human Rights, Fatal Red Tape Samir, rights group, Al-Nadim, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Gaza, Gaza Governorate, Health Medical Pharma
China detains activists as Obama arrives
Beijing :: China | 9 days ago
Credibility Police detained dozens of activists and petitioners in Beijing and elsewhere in China as President Barack Obama arrived on his first state visit to the country, friends, family members and a human rights group said Monday. International rights groups...
Tags: obama, president, meeting, China, Mr Obama, human rights, Beijing, Barack Obama, china detains, rights group, Feng Hong, Narita International Airport, Narita Chiba, All Nippon Airways, Human rights in the People's Republic of China, Liu Xiaobo, PEN, Fang Lizhi, Human Rights in China, Melamine, Powdered milk, Political positions of Barack Obama, International reaction to 2008 Tibetan unrest, Luo people, Punahou School alumni, Social Issues, Zeng Jinyan, Teng Biao, Zhao Ziyang, Politics, Hu Jia (activist)
THE INFLUENCE GAME: Abortion rights groups rebound
Washington :: DC :: USA | 10 days ago
Credibility Abortion rights groups, outflanked and outnumbered in the health debate, are scrambling to regain lost ground after the House passed a health bill with strict abortion limits. They're blanketing Capitol Hill with lobbyists, petitions, letters and phone...
Tags: abortions rights, White House, health care, Barack Obama, federation funding, rights group, Senate, NARAL Pro-Choice America, health debate, Nancy Keenan, Washington, Hyde Amendment, Pro-choice, National Organization for Women, Pro-life movement, Human rights, Abortion, Politics, Social Issues
Iran hangs Kurdish activist, reformist website says
Sanandaj :: Iran | 13 days ago
Credibility Iran hangs Kurdish activist, reformist website says Iran hanged a Kurdish activist on Wednesday, a reformist website said, a day after a Western rights group called for his death sentence to be revoked. The Mowjcamp website, citing information from...
Tags: Iran, kurdish activist, Ehsan Fattahian, iran hangs, reformist website, Sanandaj, hangs kurdish, rights group
Rights group: Israel exploits and cheats foreign workers
Jerusalem :: Israel | 28 days ago
Credibility About 30,000 migrant workers hired by farms in Israel pay thousands of dollars to middlemen for their jobs but earn less than the minimum wage and are cheated out of overtime, according to an Israeli rights group report. The rights group Kav LaOved says...
Tags: Kav LaOved-Worker, rights group
Three Lankan nationals detained at Chennai airport
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 29 days ago
Credibility Three Sri Lankan nationals, who were about to board a flight to Colombo on Tuesday, were detained at the Anna International Airport here, when it was found that they had illegally entered the country sometime back...Irshad (24) and Rushmi (21) were the...
Tags: Sri Lanka, sri lankan, department reports, rights abuses, Tamil Tigers, tamils tigers, rights group, internally inquiry, tigers rebels, Colombo
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