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Charles Taylor Faces Verdict From Brutal African War
World  (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', law, trial, war crimes, Charles Taylor, Liberia, ethics, government, africa, society, politics, humanrights, freedoms, world )

Cal
- 30 days ago - npr.org
Charles Taylor, former president of Liberia, is on trial at the Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague, Netherlands. He is charged with 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity -- including murder, rape, sexual slavery and the use of child
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Should American Jews Boycott West Bank Settlements?
World  (tags: law, government, freedoms, religion, media, literature, politics, news, middle-east, politics, freedoms, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', world )

Cal
- 52 days ago - npr.org
Journalist Peter Beinart grew up immersed in Zionism. His grandmother -- who had to flee Egypt and then the Belgian Congo because of religious persecution -- made sure that Beinart realized the importance of supporting Israel from an early age.
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Women's Day Is a Day of Solidarity With the Administrative Detainee Hana Al-Shalabi TAKE ACTION
World  (tags: humans, abuse, law, women, rights, israel, middle-east, palestine )

Abdessala
- 81 days ago - ufree-p.net
A call for women,men and feminist organizations to announce Women's Day to be a day of solidarity with the administrative detainee Hana Al-Shalabi and all female prisoners and women in the families of Palestinian prisoners .
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Canada's Tough New Crime Bill May Violate Child Rights
World  (tags: world, Canada, society, law, politics, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', humanrights, freedoms, politics )

Cal
- 103 days ago - ipsnews.net
As the Senate debates the merits of the Canadian government's newly-passed omnibus crime bill, organisations across the country have raised serious issues with the legislation, particularly when it comes to amendments relating to the treatment of young of
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Ending Slavery in Mauritania Needs Deeper Engagement
World  (tags: humans, violence, women, safety, sadness, ethics, freedoms, children, abuse, crime, rights, world, politics, culture, education, family, government, law, interesting, news, society )

African
- 110 days ago - blog.soros.org
Slavery in Mauritania is not what most people envision when they hear the word. There are no slave markets; people are not bought and sold (although they may be lent out or rented). Most slaves are domestic workers, caught in a social phenomenon dating ba
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Haratin: Protesters Against Slavery Arrested in Mauritania
World  (tags: humans, violence, women, safety, sadness, ethics, freedoms, children, abuse, crime, rights, world, politics, culture, education, family, government, law, interesting, news, society )

African
- 111 days ago - unpo.org
Several campaigners for the abolition of slavery in Mauritania were arrested on 15 January 2012, with all those detained being members of the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement, an NGO in Mauritania.
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Disposable People New Slavery in the Global Economy
World  (tags: humans, violence, women, safety, sadness, ethics, freedoms, children, abuse, crime, rights, world, politics, culture, education, family, government, law, interesting, news, society )

African
- 113 days ago - thirdworldtraveler.com
a kind of slavery practiced hundreds of years ago, and now existing nowhere else in the world. Slavery, which has been a significant part of Mauritanian culture for centuries, survives here in a primitive, tribal form.
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Contemporary Slavery: The Case of Mauritania
World  (tags: humans, violence, women, safety, sadness, ethics, freedoms, children, abuse, crime, rights, world, politics, culture, education, family, government, law, interesting, news, society )

African
- 114 days ago - gfbv.de
More than 500,000 Black African Haratin are still considered to be held as slaves in Mauritania.
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GUATEMALA: RíOs Montt to Stand Trial for Genocide
World  (tags: genocide, world, politics, law, trial, Guatemala, violence, society, news, interesting, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', humanrights, goodnews, government )

Cal
- 117 days ago - ipsnews.net
After a hearing that lasted more than 11 hours, a Guatemalan court ordered the trial of former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt (1982-1983), who could face up to 30 years in prison if he is convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity.
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ISRAEL: Police Can't Stamp Out Radicalism Among Haredim
World  (tags: society, culture, world, law, world, news, politics, haredim, extremists, israel, middle-east, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', society, humans, humanrights, government )

Cal
- 149 days ago - jpost.com
Israel's police force of 28,000 officers is chronically understaffed. It faces the unique challenge of having to fight ordinary crime, as well as quelling nationalistic-religious unrest and taking on counter-terrorism roles.
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CANADA: British Columbia Government Defends Televising Stanley Cup Riot Trials
World  (tags: politics, world, news, law, Vancouver riots, society, violence, terrorism, conflict, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', freedoms )

Cal
- 150 days ago - theglobeandmail.com
B.C.'s Attorney-General, defending the government's bid to televise the trials of those accused in the Stanley Cup riot, says it will have little impact on the court system because the cases represent only 0.1 per cent of prosecutors' annual load.
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From South Africa, Lessons In 'Soft Vengeance'
World  (tags: world, society, politics, africa, South AFrica, law, violence, news, interesting, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!' )

Cal
- 182 days ago - npr.org
South African Constitutional Court Judge Albie Sachs, seen here in Johannesburg in 2009, resisted the impulse to take revenge on the bomber who cost him his right arm.
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South African Ex-Miners Seek Compensation for Lung Disease
World  (tags: world, politics, humans, conflict, law, health, humanrights, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', interesting, government, ethics, society )

Cal
- 190 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
Attorney Richard Meeran of the London law firm Leigh Day said Thursday he has taken legal action in a British court against Anglo American South Africa on behalf of hundreds of chronically ill former miners who contracted the lung disease caused by inhal
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Haiti Cholera Victims Demand UN Damages
World  (tags: health, disease, cholera outbrea, law, humans, world, UnitedNations, Refugees&Relief, government, death, crime, unitednations )

Cal
- 199 days ago - bbc.co.uk
Lawyers representing 5,000 cholera victims in Haiti are seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation from the UN over the epidemic.
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Two Arrested in Connection With Murdering Amazon Activists
World  (tags: environmental activists, activist murders in Brazil, law, protection, humans, world, environment, world, news, politics, death, crime )

Cal
- 248 days ago - news.mongabay.com
Two suspects have been arrested for allegedly taking part in the killing of Amazon activist, José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva, and his wife, Maria do Espírito Santo da Silva.
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