FBI wants public's help in civil rights killings
News | www.dailyreportonline.com | 3 hours 19 minutes ago
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Over the last three years, the FBI scoured faded documents, interviewed aging lawmen and tracked down witnesses from killings that occurred decades ago, many of them involving white police officers who shot black men or teenagers.
Zimbabwean Rights Defender and Movement to Receive RFK Award at White House Ceremony
Press Release | www.prnewswire.com | Nov 21, 2009
Zimbabwean Rights Defender and Movement to Receive RFK Award at White House Ceremony.
Iran Censured by UN for Arrests, Torture of Protestors Following Election
News | www.bloomberg.com | Nov 20, 2009
The Iranian government’s treatment of protesters following the re-election of President [bn:PRSN=1] Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [], including torture and arbitrary imprisonment, was censured today by the [bn:URL=http://UN.ORG] United Nations [] General Assembly.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ap50hXia.oQ0&refer=worldwide_news
Obama's China visit leaves dissidents disappointed
News | www.telegraph.co.uk | Nov 19, 2009
Although Barack Obama raised the thorny issue of human rights during his first visit to China this week, he left many political dissidents - those who were not locked up - disappointed.
EU-Russia summit tackles thorny gas issue
News | uk.news.yahoo.com | Nov 18, 2009
EU and Russian leaders met in Stockholm on Wednesday for a summit dominated by energy issues, as Europe hopes to avoid an interruption of Russian natural gas supplies via Ukraine
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20091118/tbs-eu-russia-summit-tackles-thorny-gas-5268574.html
Shareowner Activists Continue to Press Cisco on Human Rights
News | www.socialfunds.com | Nov 17, 2009
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Human rights group hears unsolved case of labor organizer’s murder (11/12)
News | www.ishn.com | Nov 13, 2009
The Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) recently brought the case of the unsolved murder of its organizer Santiago Rafael Cruz before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington D.C., according to an AFL-CIO press release.
http://www.ishn.com/Articles/Industry_News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000699771
China accused of human rights abuses in secret 'black jails'
News | www.dailymail.co.uk | Nov 12, 2009
The existence of the terrifying detention centres was revealed in the run up to Barack Obama’s visit to China, which begins on Sunday. The existence of the terrifying detention centres was revealed in the run up to Barack Obama’s visit to China, which begins on Sunday.
Mugabe faces losing gem lifeline | Business | guardian.co.uk
News | www.guardian.co.uk | Nov 1, 2009
Zimbabwe's violence and human rights abuses at a notorious mine may see the Kimberley Process watchdog cut it off from the regulated diamond trade
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/nov/01/zimbabwe-diamonds-kimberley-process-suspension
Trade, Human Rights on Agenda as ASEAN Summit Opens
News | www.voanews.com | Oct 23, 2009
Leaders of Southeast Asian nations are again gathering in Thailand for meetings expected to focus on regional integration and human rights issues. Security at the summit is tight to prevent embarrassing protests that forced the cancellation of meetings in April
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-10-23-voa9.cfm?rss=topstories
