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UN Calls for Peru Clashes Probe
Society & Culture  (tags: Peru, Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights )

Ben
- 13 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The UN's envoy for indigenous people has urged Peru to launch an independent investigation into recent deadly clashes between police and protesters.
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Alleged Museum Shooter: 'The Holocaust Is a Lie'
Society & Culture  (tags: society, hate crime, supremacist, anti-Semitic, murder, civil rights, human rights, prejudice )

Dee
- 23 days ago - abcnews.go.com
The white supremacist who allegedly started a shootout at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum allegedly left behind notes that claimed the Holocaust was a "lie,"and included furious anti-Semitic rants including one that President Obama "was created by Jews
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Write A Letter In Support Of Parole For Leonard Peltier! WRITE LETTER!
Society & Culture  (tags: Indians, American Indians, Native Americans, Leonard Peltier, Human Rights, government, ethics, freedoms, cover-up, americans, culture, society, rights, ethics )

Kat
- 36 days ago - care2.com
Leonard Peltier's first full parole hearing was held in 1993, at which time his case was continued for a 15-year reconsideration. On Wednesday, it was announced (in Portland, OR) that Mr. Peltier has recently applied for and been granted a parole...
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Troy Anthony Davis News Coverage Report
Society & Culture  (tags: Troy Davis, activists, americans, crime, freedoms, government, interesting, law, news, police, rights, usa, violence, ethics, Human Rights, Civil Liberties, lies, dishonesty, corruption, death )

Melinda
- 45 days ago - thefifthknight.blog.friendster.com
The Troy Anthony Davis case has reached a crescendo of public awareness, but there is still room for learning more about the man that might have to face the State of Georgia death penalty without due process.
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'Shopping While Black' What Would You Do..
Society & Culture  (tags: society, Racism, ethics, Human Rights, sadness )

Dee
- 73 days ago - abcnews.go.com
Racial profiling in stores is so prevalent that researchers have even given it a name -- Shopping While Black. When it happens, black shoppers are made to feel both unwelcome and under suspicion.
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India's Caste System
Society & Culture  (tags: India, Caste System, Human Rights )

Ben
- 82 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
A landmark legal ruling which granted India's downtrodden 'untouchables' the right to defend their reputations has been hailed as a symbolic victory for the country's lower castes.
14 comments
Noam Chomsky Page
Society & Culture  (tags: Human Rights, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION! )

Ben
- 98 days ago - thirdworldtraveler.com
"I think we can be reasonably confident that if the American population had the slightest idea of what is being done in their name, they would be utterly appalled."
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Freedom of Expression
Society & Culture  (tags: Free Speech, Human Rights, Censorship )

Ben
- 102 days ago - hrea.org
Freedom of Expression; If You have it - don't take it for granted!
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Take Action: Tell Congress: Ignore the Lies and Pass the Matthew Shepard Act
Society & Culture  (tags: Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, abuse, hate crimes, crime, Human Rights, violence )

Kelli
- 122 days ago - hrcactioncenter.org
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people often fear for their lives and safety. One in six hate crimes are committed because of sexual orientation or gender identity - and that's on the rise.
14 comments
Take Action: Help Ensure Justice for Mukhtar Mai
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, raped, women, crime, family, law, Human Rights )

Kelli
- 122 days ago - action.humanrightsfirst.org
In 2002, Mukhtar Mai was gang-raped on orders of a traditional village council as punishment for acts allegedly committed by her younger brother. Rather than retreat into silence or commit suicide (the expected response when dishonor is brought to a ....
14 comments
Measure Requires American Indian on Parole Board
Society & Culture  (tags: Indians, Native Americans, American Indians, Parole Board, Justice System, Human Rights, freedoms, ethics, government, politics, propaganda, culture, society, ethics, americans, crime, dishonesty, freedoms, humans, interesting, government, law, politics )

Kat
- 127 days ago - kxmc.com
EDS: APNewsNow. Will stand. HELENA, Mont. (AP) The House is backing a plan to require that at least one American Indian is appointed to serve on the board of pardons and parole. House Bill 591 got strong backing on a 72-28 vote...
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Jesuit Denies Predatory Priests Sent to Alaska!
Society & Culture  (tags: Indians, Native rights, Native Americans, Americans, Religion, Human Rights, culture, society, ethics, crime, freedoms, humans, interesting, news, sadness, rights, religion, usa )

Kat
- 167 days ago - ndnnews.blogspot.com
The head of the Jesuit order for the Northwest today denied the allegation in a new lawsuit that Alaska became a magnet or hiding place for problem priests...
12 comments
Child-Witch: Akpabio Outlaws Stigmatisation of Children
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, children, corruption, crime, culture, death, dishonesty, ethics, family, freedoms, GoodNews, government, health, law, murder, police, religion, rights, safety, society, violence, prevention, protection, safety, child rights, human rights, witch )

Kelli
- 201 days ago - childwitches.blogspot.com
Anybody found to be stigmatizing a child, as a witch or wizard in Akwa Ibom State will, henceforth, be liable to 10 years imprisonment.
2 comments
Making a Prison Out of Burma
Society & Culture  (tags: Burma/Myanmar, Military Dicktatorship, Oppression, Human Rights, Democracy, United Nations Impotence )

Ben
- 229 days ago - mizzima.com
Gagging the voice of protests and imprisoning dissidents for an incredible 65 years, pairs Burma's governing junta with some of the most repressive regimes in the history of the modern world. The verdicts are making a mockery of the justice system...
5 comments
Incredible Injustice for Indigenous Women
Society & Culture  (tags: women, violence, usa, indigenous, Human Rights )

Natasha
- 331 days ago - go.care2.com
1 in 3 Native American women will be raped in her lifetime. "It is a staggering legacy for women to 'fully expect to be raped,' as one elder stated in the report, because they are Indian."
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