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2010.03.13: US: ICE Human Rights Violator and War Crimes Unit
2010.03.04: Ben Ferencz Letter to Admiral Mullen Re Aggression
2010.02.25: Nicaragua Anti-Abortion Law Becomes a Cancer Patient's Death Sentence
2010.02.19: On the charges faced by Judge Garzon in Spain
2009.08.27: On the passing of Senator Ted Kennedy
2009.07.30: Execution of an Egyptian sentenced to death in Libya
2009.06.24: Thoughts on Iran
2009.06.08: Shell settles Saro Wiwa lawsuit
2009.05.21: Some thoughts on Obama and Human Rights
2009.05.14: EOHR received a response from the Ministry of Social Solidarit
2009.05.12: EGYPT: New harassment of a human rights organisation
2009.05.07: Mexico: Human Rights & US aid
2009.04.29: Rwanda suspends BBC radio service for "unacceptable speech"
2009.04.20: Impeach Torture Architect Bybee
2009.04.20: US - Torture case lawyers may face jail for letter
2009.04.20: U.S.-Trained Human Rights Abusers
2009.04.16: Liberia: Former Human Rights Advocates Turn Violators
2009.04.14: PAKISTAN: Suo Moto action is sought on behalf of a seventy-five-year-old man imprisoned by civilians for 34 years
2009.04.13: Iran: Joint Letter to the authorities: Arrest of 12 human rights defenders
2009.04.08: US: Lawsuit against Shell for torture and shootings of Ogoni people in Nigeria
2009.04.08: Cambodia: Government's stand against prosecution of more Khmer Rouge leaders shows its true colours
2009.03.31: Israel Closes Investigation into Alleged War Crimes Committed in the Gaza Strip
2009.03.26: ARTICLE 19 Calls on HRC Members to Vote Against Proposed Resolution on “Defamation of Religions”
2009.03.04: ASIA: South Asia's no-law zones plunge into even deeper anarchy
2009.03.04: PAKISTAN: Order an honour killing - become a minister
2009.02.18: CHINA: Adoption by the UPR Working Group of a recommendation encouraging the repression of human rights defenders
2009.02.12: Human Rights Watch's Double Standard on Israel and Palestine: A New Low on Gaza?
2009.01.15: The Silence of Barack Obama
2009.01.13: Urgent Action: Humanitarian aid ship surrounded by Israeli Navy
2009.01.13: Derechos now on Twitter & Facebook
2009.01.13: Article on The Guardian about Israeli War Crimes
2009.01.12: PAKISTAN: Young women held in military torture cells and forced into sexual slavery
2009.01.10: Victori in Somali Human Rights Case
2008.12.30: Sometimes the dead are envied
2008.12.30: UK - Demonstrations against Israeli attack of Gaza
2008.12.30: US - Actions Against Israeli Attacks on Gaza
2008.12.29: Iranian Human Rights Center closed down
2008.12.29: PHR-Israel: Emergency Appeal for Donations to Gaza
2008.11.18: Fr. Roy Bourgeois Faces Excommunication by the Vatican
2008.10.14: State of exception & violence against indigenous people in Colombia
2008.08.07: ICAED Campaign for the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons Against Enforced Disappearances.
2008.07.31: China and IOC: Blocking Access to Information and Free Speech
2008.06.23: New lawsuit against members of SS Totenkopf-Sturmbann residing in the US
2008.03.28: 31 civil society organisations call on the Human Rights Council to protect special mandate on Freedom of Expression
2008.03.24: The wheels of justice in Argentina
2008.02.19: Education in Mother tongue is forbidden for Minorities in Iran
2008.01.11: Happy 2008
2007.10.24: Former Argentine President indicted of manslaughter
2007.10.03: Burma: Refugees crucial source of information
2007.09.25: URGENT WARNING-- Bloodshed imminent in Burma
2007.07.20: Looking for an expert in Saudi Arabian law
2007.07.06: Repression against Azeris in Iran
2007.07.05: Sri Lanka - Failure to investigate and prosecute
2007.07.05: Burma: Journalist U Win Tin spends 18th year in prison
2007.07.05: The Supreme Court of Spain affirms that the crimes committed by Adolfo Scilingo are crimes against humanity.
2007.06.29: NGO petition for a Special Representative on Violence against Children
2007.06.27: In Ethiopia, Fear and Cries of Army Brutality
2007.06.27: Bahrain - Fears of attack on Peaceful demonstration
2007.06.26: Good vs. Good
2007.06.26: UN: Ban Ki-Moon Urges Ratification of International Treaty Banning Torture
2007.06.26: Ruling on the La Rochela massacre by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights:
2007.06.26: On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
2007.06.22: The CIA's Family Jewels
2007.06.22: US may move detainees from Guantanamo to Afghan prison
2007.06.19: Uzbekistan: Government turns journalist
2007.06.19: U.N. human rights watchdog agrees to compromise on how to investigate countries for abuses
2007.06.18: U.N. human rights body faces deadline over rules on confronting abuses
2007.06.18: Sudan Accepts UN-African Force for Darfur Without Conditions
2007.06.16: Pakistan: transgendered person faces problems
2007.06.14: EU threatens to pull out of human rights deal
2007.06.14: Update on criminal procedures in Spain
2007.06.14: International panel concludes mission on counter-terrorism measures in the Middle East
2007.06.14: On Amnesty, Abortion and Human Rights
2007.06.13: UK: Human rights law applies in Iraq killing, lords rule
2007.06.11: Court orders release of "enemy combatant" in U.S.
2007.06.09: On prison
2007.06.01: Iranian HR Organization don't want US Aid
2007.06.01: British MoD trains Sudanese soldiers linked to genocide in Darfur
2007.05.23: Profiteering on Location: Djibouti's repressive regime, not its people, has prospered since 9/11
2007.05.02: Victims in Colombia Are Gagged, the Public Misinformed
2007.04.23: Femicide in the Aftermath of Guatemalan Civil War
2007.04.20: UN Restricts Freedom of Expression
2007.04.20: New update in the trial against three human rights defenders, journalists and political opponents
2007.04.18: PAKISTAN: Lawyers warn of possible imposition of martial law
2007.04.12: Brazilian Police Say Death Squad Killed Hundreds
2007.04.09: COLOMBIA: AS THOUSANDS FLEE FIGHTING, UN REFUGEE AGENCY VOICES CONCERN FOR CIVILIANS
2007.03.28: Japan PM apology on sex slaves
2007.02.17: And while we weren't looking: Genocide in Chad
2007.02.16: Decree obliges Internet cafe owners to report customers visiting illegal websites to police, record navigations
2007.02.15: Survey Request
2007.02.12: Urgent appeal for civil society in Syria
2007.02.06: Spanish judges let Argentine repressors off the hook.
2007.02.04: UK action over 'toxic waste' case
2007.02.02: Apartheid By Any Other Name
2007.01.29: Summon to eliminate Execution sentence in Iran
2007.01.24: Human Rights Updates
2007.01.23: Colombian government linked to Death Squads
2007.01.23: No right to habeas corpus in the US?
2007.01.11: A voice from Gitmo's darkness
2007.01.11: A war on Islam?
2006.12.30: Luis Gerez reappeared
2006.12.30: On the execution of Saddam Hussein
2006.12.28: A new disappearance in Argentina
2006.12.10: Happy Human Rights Day to all!
2006.12.08: ASIA: Extrajudicial killings, disappearances, torture and other forms of gross human rights violations still engulf Asia’s nations
2006.12.07: On the force feeding of Vojislav Seselj
2006.12.06: Lawyers Demand Release of Chinese Muslims
2006.12.03: U.S. Supreme Court refuses to consider case involving professor and his FBI file
2006.12.03: New Zealand cancels arrest warrant for Israeli general
2006.12.01: Israelis adopt what South Africa dropped
2006.12.01: The Horror: Web Postings from Iraqis
2006.11.30: UK: ‘Know Your Rights’ Leaflets
2006.11.30: Letter from Oaxaca
2006.11.17: Should the U.N. criticize countries on human rights issues?
2006.11.15: Request for human rights books
2006.11.14: Hundreds of thousands raped in Congo wars
2006.11.14: German Prosecutor Asked to Investigate Rumsfeld
2006.11.14: US: Immigrants May Be Held Indefinitely
2006.11.09: Scholars at Risk calls for action against murders of Iraqi professors
2006.11.02: DRCongo: Rape of a minor girl and her mother/ Torture, murder and mutilation of the mother/
2006.10.26: VP Cheney confirms detainees subjected to water-boarding
2006.10.24: France, Germany complicit on grave human rights violations
2006.10.24: Belarusian human rights activist, 60, sentenced to two-year imprisonment
2006.10.24: Zim: Security Forces Contracted To Commit Human Rights Violations
2006.10.23: Uganda: The truth is there isn't penalty enough for LRA
2006.10.23: Ghana: Reparations for Victims of Human Rights Abuses
2006.10.20: Bush Signs Un-American Military Commissions Act
2006.10.05: Intervention on Colombia before UN HR Council
2006.10.05: 10 Reasons to Boycott the Olympics
2006.10.04: Colombia close to accord on Farc prisoners
2006.09.17: AP: U.S. War Prisons Legal Vacuum for 14,000
2006.09.05: US activist held in Vietnam
2006.09.05: Pardons ruled unconstitutional in Argentina
2006.09.03: UA: Human Rights Defender Disappeared in Colombia
2006.08.31: Gacaca Body Trains Judges On Case Trials
2006.08.31: Why Journalists Should Be Worried By The Rwanda Tribunal Precedents
2006.08.15: Notes from the field: Union peasants killed & disappeared
2006.08.14: UN Convention on Disabled Rights on sight
2006.08.10: Emergency Week of Action, Aug. 7-11
2006.08.08: Memory lasts
2006.08.07: Bangladesh Unsuitable for the UN Human Rights Council
2006.08.06: The Price of Healing
2006.08.06: Olmert tells Europe to stop preaching to Israel
2006.08.06: Indian PM apologizes
2006.08.06: Indigenous people hunger strike
2006.08.05: Lebanon Images
2006.08.03: Politicians arrested in Burundi
2006.08.02: UK: Treatment of Asylum Seekers - Call for evidence
2006.08.02: Uganda: No Amnesty for Atrocities
2006.08.02: United States: The UN Human Rights Committee criticises the US human rights record
2006.08.02: Uzbek Singer on Trial for Song about Massacre
2006.08.02: Proceedings from the Use of Nuclear Weapons Conference
2006.07.23: Colombian Students Threatened
2006.07.21: To the Mothers of Mayo
2006.07.20: The UN should grant consultative status to LGBT NGOs
2006.07.11: AI finally getting into the internet business?
2006.07.10: Declaration on Indigenous People's Rights Signed
2006.07.10: Death Penalty Links Updated
2006.07.10: Salvadoran Defense Minister pays torture victims
2006.07.02: Environmental Pollution in Ethiopia
2006.06.29: Notes on Israel's Invasion of Gaza
2006.06.29: Detention of Iranian Scholar
2006.06.29: ICTR seeks Ireland's help in tracking down genocide suspects
2006.06.29: Travel Restriction of HR Defender
2006.06.29: ACIJLP's Comment on Egypt's Draft Judiciary Authority Law
2006.06.28: Continuing human rights violations in Sudan
2006.06.28: Apologies have power
2006.06.28: HR Council Concludes Discussion on Right to Development
2006.06.26: Statement on Human Rights Defenders
2006.06.12: Roma Advocates Sue The Danish Red Cross
2006.06.11: Bedoon: Kuwait's Dirty Little Secret
2006.06.10: Human Rights Activists in Bahrain seek Help
2006.06.10: New Suit against Coca Cola
2006.06.10: Philippines: Hundreds of boys kidnapped
2006.05.16: Tell McDonald's and Chipotle to Support Fair Wages for Farm Workers
2006.05.11: Palestinian health system to collapse
2006.04.18: Witness calls for partnerships with other NGOs
2006.04.17: Genocide Alert: Anuak in danger of genocide by Ethiopian Troops
2006.04.16: Repeat with me "I am an anti-semite"
2006.04.05: 'Playing The Clash made me a terror suspect'
2006.04.03: Another day, another threat in Colombia
2006.03.31: Colombian Army kills and arrests indigenous people
2006.03.29: Wanted: Eye Witness Testimonty to Israeli War Crimes
2006.03.29: Anti-Award given to beer company
2006.03.24: A 30 year struggle
2006.03.11: In Memoriam: Tom Fox
2006.03.09: Lybia: Release of POCs good but...
2006.03.09: Video on Torture and Displacement in Northern Uganda
2006.03.09: For the last several years
2006.03.09: US State Department HR Reports Released
2006.03.02: Baghdad official who exposed executions flees
2006.02.27: Mafqud.org, the Disappeared as propaganda?
2006.02.27: ICJ hears genocide case against Serbia
2006.02.27: Photos from the Civil Rights Movement Published
2006.02.25: Living with race hate in Russia
2006.02.16: Australia joins the wiretapping bandwagon
2006.02.15: Stop War on Iran
2006.02.14: Good News: A grandchild found
2006.02.14: On St. Valentine's Day - A letter
2006.02.09: The ACLU Freedom Files
2006.02.07: Men take pleasure on revenge
2006.02.07: Amnesty asks Yahoo! to help free POC
2006.02.06: On hostage taking in Iraq
2006.02.04: Defend Free Speech and Secularism Petition
2006.02.03: Chega!
2006.02.03: Help extradite Fujimori to Peru
2006.02.03: Jail term has not diminished protester's resolve
2006.02.02: About this blog
2006.02.01: Lori Berenson bakes

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