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17 Jul 2007, 10:20 am
The University of Minnesota's Center for Bioethicsand Human Rights has announced its new onlinearchive of government documents describing medicaloperations in U.S. prisoner of war facilities inIraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.The archive currently contains more than 60,000 pagesof indexed White House and Defense Departmentpolicies, prison medical records, autopsy reports,criminal investigations, sworn witness statementsand e-mails involving the… [read post]
” Katz also announced: I have instructed the immediate establishment of a special command center at the Foreign Ministry, with all professional entities, aimed at fighting against the decision intended primarily to shackle Israel’s hands and prevent it from exercising its right to self-defense. [read post]
5 Jul 2019, 12:15 pm by Unknown
Reports:Changing Patterns of Interior Immigration Enforcement in the United States, 2016 -2018 (American Immigration Council, July 2019) [text]- See also related Immigration Impact blog post.Most Released Families Attend Immigration Court Hearings (TRAC, June 2019) [text]- See also related Cato at Liberty blog post.Protecting Refugees and Restoring Order: Real Solutions to the Humanitarian Crisis (Human Rights First et al., June 2019) [text]- Note: "This bluprint was… [read post]
6 Nov 2009, 12:59 pm by Elise Auerbach
In December 2008, dozens of government agents carried out a raid on the Center for Human Rights Defenders, run by Ms Ebadi to provide legal assistance to victims of human rights violations, hours before they were planning on holding an event there to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. [read post]
18 Aug 2013, 4:00 pm by Matthew Waxman
  (Elisa Massimino, our President and CEO, also testified to some elements of this strategy at a recent hearing on Guantanamo in the Senate Judiciary Subcommitee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights.) [read post]
20 Aug 2007, 10:00 am
Presented by NACDL and the Southern Center for Human Rights. [read post]
14 Oct 2009, 3:37 pm
(October 14, 2009) - The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS) will host a half-day symposium on national security and human rights issues. [read post]
21 Jun 2013, 8:17 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
After visiting the detention center in early June, Senator Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, wrote an open letter to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, expressing her concerns over the procedure, which she said is "inconsistent with international norms." [read post]
20 Dec 2012, 7:16 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
The Human Rights Committee has received the ACLU’s submission on the death penalty and other domestic human rights issues well in advance of its review of the United States’ human rights performance, which will take place in October 2013. [read post]
20 May 2013, 2:01 pm by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
The cases stem from a suit filed in 2008 on behalf of 12 workers represented by the ACLU, the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, the Louisiana Justice Institute, and Crowell & Moring LLP. [read post]
27 Jun 2014, 10:22 am by Dave Maass
It's a human rights issue," said Michael Boldin, executive director and founder of the Tenth Amendment Center. [read post]
30 Apr 2024, 10:53 am by JURIST Staff
Serving as a United Nations Special Rapporteur from 1998 until her passing, Asma played pivotal roles in addressing human rights issues on a global scale. [read post]
8 May 2019, 7:33 am by Stephanie Sundier
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday described the abuse of detainees at a detention center in Cameroon’s capital city of Yaoundé, identifying violations of domestic and international human rights law. [read post]
16 Dec 2009, 10:54 am by Steve Hall
At the Southern Center for Human Rights, attorneys for the poor hope the various lawsuits will force the state to take a hard look at how it funds the public defenders system. [read post]
The human rights group, the International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP), is an independent, international nonprofit organization centered around the promotion of justice and accountability in Sri Lanka. [read post]
26 Dec 2021, 9:00 pm by Ryan J. Farrick
According to Newsweek, Human Rights Defense Center—the creator of the Prison Legal News magazine—has accused Canyon County and its sheriff, Kieran Donahue, of preventing inmates from receiving the magazine. [read post]
16 Jul 2014, 12:22 pm by Jaclyn Belczyk
[JURIST] A nurse at the Guantanamo detention center [JURIST backgrounder] has refused to participate in the force feeding [press release] of hunger striking inmates, UK human rights group Reprieve [advocacy website] reported Tuesday. [read post]
23 Oct 2003, 10:53 am
The NAACP is joining a lawsuit initiated by the Southern Center for Human Rights that contends that poor defendants in a four-county area in Georgia do not receive proper representation. [read post]