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Human Rights Flashpoint – September 15, 2009
AFGHANISTAN - Election Recount The United Nations Electoral Complaints Commission has ordered a recount of about 10 percent of votes from Afghanistan's recent president election. The recount could reduce President…
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U.S. Homicide Rates and the Death Penalty
The FBI’s annual crime report – Crime in the United States, 2008 – which was released Monday reveals that, like death sentences and executions, murder rates in the U.S. declined slightly in…
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Sri Lanka: when will displaced civilians be released?
[caption id="attachment_5189" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Displaced Sri Lankan Tamil civilians watch as unseen French and British Foreign Ministers arrive at camp for talks in the unsuccessful civilian release. Photo credit goes…
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Documenting Housing Demolitions for Dummies
This posting is part of our Forced Evictions in Africa Series. [caption id="attachment_5186" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="New report documents housing demolitions and forced evictions in N’Djamena, Chad. Photo credit goes to…
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Film makers, Actors, and Activists Protest Toronto Film Fest For Tel Aviv Spotlight
The 2009 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has received a lot of attention this week after over 50 film makers, actors, academics, and activists signed and released a statement called…
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Shia Muslims Still Face Inequality in Saudi Arabia
A new report by Human Rights Watch, entitled "Denied Dignity", outlines how Shia Muslims of Saudi Arabia struggle against “systematic discrimination”. The Shia community, which comprises about 10% to 15% of…
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Another Shocking Video from Sri Lanka
The British news company, Channel 4, has released another shocking video on Sri Lanka, this time on the terrible conditions facing Sri Lanka's displaced Tamils in the internment camps they're…
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Sri Lanka expels UN official
Over the weekend, it was reported that Sri Lanka had cancelled the visa of James Elder, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) spokesperson in Sri Lanka, for comments he had…
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Zimbabwe: Mugabe's Sleight of Hand
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights recently reported that President Mugabe did NOT sign the Global Political Agreement. Well, he signed half of it. The entire 36 page document was ratified…
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Extreme Makeover Needed in Chad: Government Kicks Tens of Thousands Out of Their Homes
This is the the first posting in the Forced Evictions in Africa Series Click on image to see full graphic: [caption id="attachment_4992" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="Demolished houses in the neigborhood of…
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Netanyahu ok's settlement expansion despite US displeasure
Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's Prime Minister, has approved the construction of hundreds of new homes in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem despite statements by the U.S. government, including many by…
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Human Rights Flashpoints–September 9, 2009
Sudan – Deadly Attacks in the South Recent ethnic clashes in southern Sudan have killed at least 25 people and displaced dozens of civilians in Upper Nile State since Friday.…