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US Politics & Gov't News tagged with Human rights

"Why the U.S. Has to Go" (Interview With Afghan Woman Leader Malalai Joya)
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Afghanistan, Malalai Joya, peace, war, USA, military, US Military, Bush, Obama, civilians, war crimes, War on Terror, troops, Human Rights, Human Rights Violations, lies, propaganda, media, cover-up, imperialism, US imperialism, U.S. imperialism )

Simon
- 5 days ago - socialistworker.org
Malalai Joya: "it is almost as if the Taliban was still in power. After the war, the U.S. brought to power these misogynist warlords called the Northern Alliance, who are just like the Taliban. These were the same people who ruled between 1992 and 1996".
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Obama Chides China on Human Rights
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: President Obama, Human Rights, China )

Kristi
- 9 days ago - latimes.com
During a stop in Shanghai on his Asia visit, the president engages in a Q & A with Chinese university students, an unusual bit of U.S.-style democracy for them.
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ACLU: In How Many States Is It Legal to Fire or Refuse to Hire Someone Because They Are Gay or Lesbian?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Human Rights, GLBT rights, employment discrimination, politics, congress, freedoms, government )

Jelica
- 15 days ago - secure.aclu.org
Firing or refusing to hire someone because they are gay or lesbian is legal in 29 states. And job discrimination against people based on gender identity is legal in 38 states. Now that you know, it's time to act. Tell your member of Congress to supp
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Opium, Rape and the American Way - News You Won't Find on CNN or Fox News
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: war, usa, terrorism, abuse, troops, crime, cover-up, military, human rights, civil liberties, ethics )

David
- 21 days ago - informationclearinghouse.info
War turns the moral order upside down and abolishes all discussions of human rights. War banishes the just and the decent to the margins of society. And the weapons of war do not separate the innocent and the damned.
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ACT NOW - Petition; Tell Congress It's Time to Reform the Patriot Act Amendments!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: human rights, civil liberties, patriot act, abuse, usa, ethics )

David
- 28 days ago - secure.aclu.org
We've got another big chance to end Patriot Act abuses but we have to act fast. That's why we must do everything we can to ensure that the House of Representatives passes a strong bill. One that can lead to genuine reform of the deeply-flawed Patriot Act.
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ACT NOW - Petition: Challenge Obama's Dangerous "Health Emergency"
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: healthcare, abuse, crime, human rights, civil liberties, government, ethics )

David
- 31 days ago - salsa.democracyinaction.org
New Presidential "National Health Emergency" Gives Secretary Sebelius Power to Send People to Hospital-Administered Concentration Camps. The Health Emergency declaration which President Obama signed on Friday, October 23, denies you of your human rights
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If The Russians Did This To Us, We'd Kill 'Em - The 'Overclass' Rape of America
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: matrialism, money, corporate greed, money, money, money, healthcare, housing, money, war, money, crime, povery, money, education, money, life, money, human rights, ETHICS! )

David
- 48 days ago - informationclearinghouse.info
This country is being looted, and everything in it that isn't nailed down is being carted away and sold off and we didn't notice?.........or we don't care?
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Suu Kyi 'Welcomes US Engagement'
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Burmese, Military, Junta, abuse, corruption, fear, Suu Kyi, Human Rights, United States, engages )

Dee
- 62 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Detained Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she welcomes US plans to engage with the country's military rulers, her lawyers say.
7 comments
PETITION - Now Is the Time to Tell Obama to Stop the War in Afghanistan - It Is Time to Bring the Troops Home
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: war, afghanistan, obama, politics, time to leave, human rights, freedoms, terrorism, military, ethics )

David
- 83 days ago - salsa.democracyinaction.org
"If the American people don't rise up and demand an end to this thing right now, we could be in for another 8-10 years of brutal and bloody warfare, and in the end, the United States is, once again, going to lose." Let Obama know what you think.
67 comments
Help End Repression and Violence in Honduras
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: abuse, freedoms, human rights, petition, honduras, coup d'etat, democracy, military, terror )

Jelica
- 84 days ago - takeaction.amnestyusa.org
Beatings and mass arrests are being used by the de facto government of Honduras as a way of punishing people for voicing their opposition to the military-backed coup d'etat in June. Scores of interviews by an Amnesty International delegation on the ground
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CIA Doctors Face Human Experimentation Claims - Torture - Medical Research
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: World news, CIA, United States, Guantanamo Bay, Torture, Human Rights, Global Terrorism, Medical Research, crime, abuse, constitution, ethics )

David
- 84 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Human experimentation without consent has been prohibited in any setting since 1947, when the Nuremberg Code, which resulted from the prosecution of Nazi doctors, set down 10 sacrosanct principles. The code includes "Consent of subjects essential".
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Growing Poverty and Despair in America - Do YOU Care at All? - If Not, Why Not? - But for the Grace of God Go You!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: poverty, repression, hunger, homelessness, healthcare, housing, education, human rights, your rights, americans, abuse, crime, economy, government, lies, cover-up, constitution, ethics )

David
- 90 days ago - globalresearch.ca
One in eight Americans (meaning millions) face growing hunger problems, and not just the poor and unemployed. They're "often hard-working adults, children and seniors who simply cannot make ends meet" and have to forego meals at times, even for days. OK?
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President Obama and Congress: Respect Human Rights and Counter Terror With Justice
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: petition, congress, obama, Human Rights, investigation, torture, terrorism, bushadministration, congress, crime )

Jelica
- 90 days ago - takeaction.amnestyusa.org
President Obama and a number of members of Congress have resisted full accountability for torture, and have endorsed indefinite detention and unfair military commissions. Further, loopholes for torture and abuse remain and U.S. detentions at Bagram and o
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Take Action: Getting the Truth About America's Tortured Past
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: petition, human rights, torture, injustice, investigation )

Jelica
- 92 days ago - action.humanrightsfirst.org
Getting the Truth about America's Tortured Past Urge President Obama to set up a nonpartisan inquiry on torture to make sure we don't repeat past mistakes. calls on President Obama to set up a nonpartisan inquiry to evaluate the full cost of abuses, loo
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Update..'Fight Club' Perpetrator Convicted of Injuring Mentally Disabled State Residents
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, Texas state school, mentally disabled, fight club, abuse, violence, crime, ethics, Human Rights )

Dee
- 104 days ago - abcnews.go.com
A former Texas State School employee was found guilty today of injuring mentally disabled residents in a case that has gained notoriety for its "fight club" videos - in which workers at a Corpus Christi, Texas state school allegedly forced residents to--
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