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Soccer, Terrorism, Repression and Constitutions in Angola
The new decade started off with a bang in Angola-literally. Fireworks exploded in the night sky at the opening games…
January 23, 2010
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Health Care Reform: Back to Human Rights Basics
In a turbulent week in U.S. politics that saw the president abandoning his promise of universal health insurance and the…
January 22, 2010
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Playing Al Qaeda&039;s Game
Speaking during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Fort Hood shootings last Thursday Senator James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) announced,…
January 22, 2010
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Women of Zimbabwe Arise March for Education, Member Jailed
UPDATE January 25th: Today a delegation of 200 women and men marched again in Bulawayo to deliver the WOZA report…
January 21, 2010
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Human Rights Agenda for Sri Lanka
In advance of Sri Lanka's presidential election on January 26, we've issued a 10-point Human Rights Agenda. We're asking that…
January 21, 2010
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State Death Penalty Debates Begin
As we move deeper into January, most state legislative sessions have begun. The unifying feature in all these state legislatures…
January 21, 2010
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We&039;re Going to CloseGitmo!
Another January 11th Guantanamo anniversary has come and gone, and still 198 men are detained at the facility (and hundreds more…
January 21, 2010
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UN sends a strong message to U.S. about the state of its indigenous people
The United Nation's first report on The State of the World's Indigenous Peoples, released on January 14, 2010, contains figures…
January 21, 2010
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Mourning the loss of Haitian Women&039;s Rights Leaders
The reports from Haiti are more tragic everyday. The loss, the devastation, the aftershock, the grief and the suffering. Today,…
January 20, 2010
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On Behalf of Women and Girls in Eastern Chad: A Call for Action
Yesterday, Reuters began reporting that the government of Chad has formally requested that the mandate for the peacekeeping mission in…
January 19, 2010
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Yes, Ruchika&039;s Death Must Not Be in Vain
Ruchika's Death Must Not Be in Vain The rape and suicide of Ruchika Girhotra in 1990 has received volumes of…
January 16, 2010
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President Obama Extends TPS to Haitians
This afternoon Janet Napolitano, Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, announced that the administration will extend temporary protected status…
January 15, 2010