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Hundreds of Afghan women and girls jailed for 'moral crimes'

  • Moral Crimes in Afghanistan
  • March 28, 2012
Human Rights Watch (HRW) today released the report “I Had To Run Away,” which documents the imprisonment of hundreds of Afghani women...
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Enforced disappearances ‘turn humans into non-humans’

Enforced disappearances continue to be one of the worst human rights violations. In the words of Jeremy Sarkin, who chairs the United Nations...
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Charities warn of child rape and other human violations in Ivory Coast

  • Ivory Coast violence
  • November 28, 2011
Human Rights' Violations Save the Children and UNICEFreport during the last year that more than 1,000 women and children have suffered severely...
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The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Releases Its Report

This day and decision has been long in coming and it’s not only good news for domestic violence victim-survivors in Hawaii but across America...
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Jimmy Carter in North Korea: America guilty of "human rights violations"

CommentaryI've always believed that more than a few Catholic bishops here in The United States are direct spiritual descendants of Judas...
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Pakistanis demonstrate in support of a blasphemy law

All over Pakistan, protesters marched in their thousands Friday. Massive demonstrations were held in Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta and...
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Obama ignores brutality in his homeland

U.S. President Barack Obama frequently displays a propensity for pointing out perceivedinjustices within the United States -- i.e. Arizona's...
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U.S. subjects itself to U.N. Human Rights criticism

The Washington Post reported yesterday that the United States allowed itself to be criticized by members of the United Nations Human Rights Council...
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No to Columbia free trade agreement!

San Jose, CA (August 26) -- A group of teaching and non-teaching staff from this city lauded the California State Assembly in approving the...
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