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World Press Freedom Declines | Freedom House & Reporters Without Borders
Ongoing political turmoil produced uneven conditions for press freedom in the Middle East in 2012, with Tunisia and Libya largely retaining their gains from 2011 even as Egypt slid backward into the N… more →
Silent All These Years
World Press Freedom Declines | Freedom House & Reporters Without Borders
wrote 5 hours ago: Ongoing political turmoil produced uneven conditions for press freedom in the Middle East in 2012, w … more →
Business and Human Rights
wrote 2 days ago: Globalization has significantly changed the world we live in, presenting new and complex challenges … more →
Arms control and human rights
wrote 2 days ago: War crimes, unlawful killings, torture and other serious human rights abuses have been committed aro … more →
Armed Conflict
wrote 2 days ago: Where wars erupt, suffering and hardship invariably follow. Conflict is the breeding ground for mass … more →
Abolish the Death penalty
wrote 2 days ago: Although the global trend towards abolition remained strong, 2012 saw a disappointing resumption of … more →
Human rights by topic
wrote 2 days ago: Discover more about key human rights issues and how we’re campaigning for human rights for all: … more →
Castellino & Cavanaugh, "Minority Rights in the Middle East"
wrote 6 days ago: This April, Oxford University Press published Minority Rights in the Middle East by Joshua Castellin … more →
Kaczor, "A Defense of Dignity"
wrote 1 week ago: The concept of human dignity is crucial both in Catholic Social Thought and as a pillar supporting t … more →
Maryland Becomes the 18th State to Abolish the Death Penalty | HRW
wrote 1 week ago: Maryland on May 2, 2013, became the sixth US state in six years to abolish the death penalty, contin … more →
Willie J. Manning Granted Stay of Execution -By Andrew Cohen | The Atlantic
wrote 1 week ago: By a vote of 8-1, the Supreme Court of Mississippi this afternoon halted the scheduled execution of … more →
Is the US Selling Out the Middle East's Christians?
wrote 1 week ago: Elizabeth Prodromou, a former Vice Chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, or … more →
Shortt, "Christianophobia"
wrote 2 weeks ago: “Christianophobia” is a relatively new word that refers to two fairly old, and distinct, … more →
Legal Aid Internships Serving Veterans, NWIRP Hiring Attorneys, Seattle Attorney's Office Seeking Rule 9 Interns, Post Grad Americorps Positions in Mass, Women's Global Justice Post Grad Fellowship
wrote 2 weeks ago: Internship at Swords to Plowshares: A Veterans’ Rights Organization Swords to Plowshares is a … more →
No End In Sight For Guantánamo Hunger Strike –By Samir Naji al Hasan Moqbel (Prisoner)| NYT
wrote 2 weeks ago: People dress in orange jumpsuits and black hoods as activists demand the closing of the U.S. militar … more →
Four Year Old Rape Victims Dies in India -By Sharma & Vyawahare | NYT
wrote 2 weeks ago: © Mukesh Gupta/Reuters NEW DELHI — A 4-year-old girl who was raped and dumped near a crematorium in … more →
USCIRF Issues Annual Report
wrote 2 weeks ago: I posted earlier this week about the US Commission on International Religious Freedom’s specia … more →
Frequently asked question: how do I become an international human rights lawyer?
wrote 3 weeks ago: How do I become an international human rights lawyer? is the topic of an article by Hannah Gannagé-S … more →
Spring in Events in Full Swing
wrote 3 weeks ago: Challenges Facing Diverse Attorneys Tuesday, April 30, 12:30-1:20pm, Room 133, Gates Hall The Minor … more →
SCOTUS: Courthouse Doors Closed to Foreign Nationals Alleging Corporate Human Rights Abuses –By Nicole Flatow |ThinkProgress
wrote 3 weeks ago: What started out as a case about whether corporations could be held accountable in U.S. courts for h … more →
