Socialize

TwitterRSS FeedYoutube
Home » Archives by category » Issues » Liberties & Human Rights

US Air Force Instructor pleads guilty to having sex with 2 trainees

US Air Force Instructor pleads guilty to having sex with 2 trainees

January 5, 2013 (TSR) - US Air Force instructor Christopher Jackson has pleaded guilty to charges of having sex with two female trainees amid widespread sex scandal at the US…

Saudi Air Force Sergeant charged with raping American teenage boy on New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas Strip hotel

Saudi Air Force Sergeant charged with raping American teenage boy on New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas Strip hotel

January 4, 2013 (TSR) - A Saudi Arabia air force sergeant has been charged with raping a teenage boy who was visiting the Las Vegas Strip on New Year’s Eve.…

Obama signs Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), China firmly opposes

Obama signs Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), China firmly opposes

January 4, 2013 (TSR) - U.S. President Barack Obama has signed the National Defense Authorization Act of the 2013 fiscal year, the White House said on Thursday. According to the…

How Human Rights Can Save Haiti

How Human Rights Can Save Haiti

by Fran Quigly, Director of International Human Rights track and Senior Advisor, IU Center for Global Health January 2, 2013 (TSR) - Last month, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced…

Obama and Netanyahu Disregards Laws and Facts: Why the Self-Defense Doctrine Doesn’t Legitimize Israel’s Assault on Gaza

Obama and Netanyahu Disregards Laws and Facts: Why the Self-Defense Doctrine Doesn’t Legitimize Israel’s Assault on Gaza

by James Marc Leas, Co-Chair of the National Lawyers Guild Free Palestine Subcommittee December 29, 2012 (TSR) - Supporting all aspects of the Israeli assault on Gaza in November, President…

Political War is On: Russian Federation Council unanimously approves anti-Magnitsky bill, bans US adoptions

Political War is On: Russian Federation Council unanimously approves anti-Magnitsky bill, bans US adoptions

December 26, 2012 (TSR) - The Russian Federation Council approved on Wednesday a law prohibiting the adoption of Russian children by Americans. The bill was previously supported by Russia’s State…

FBI treated Occupy Wall Street protests in US as terrorism

FBI treated Occupy Wall Street protests in US as terrorism

December 25, 2012 (TSR) - The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has employed ‘counterterrorism agents’ to investigate the Occupy Wall Street movement, evidently regarding the movement’s activities as domestic…

Iranian Armed groups sign up to prevent sexual violence against Women and Girls

Iranian Armed groups sign up to prevent sexual violence against Women and Girls

December 22, 2012 (TSR) - Five Iranian armed groups have become the first to sign up to new covenant aimed at reducing sexual violence in conflict situations, a pledge developed…

NGO ban hurting undocumented Bangladeshi Muslim Minority Rohingyas

NGO ban hurting undocumented Bangladeshi Muslim Minority Rohingyas

December 22, 2012 (TSR) - Some 40,000 undocumented Rohingya refugees are being adversely affected by a government ban four months ago on NGOs working at two makeshift sites in southeastern…

Queen’s chaplain says Church of England has racism problem

Queen’s chaplain says Church of England has racism problem

December 22, 2012 (TSR) - Queen Elizabeth II’s chaplain Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin, tipped to become one of Britain’s first women bishops, said Saturday that the Church of England is struggling…

Sexual assault reports jump to 23% at U.S. military academies, Pentagon finds

Sexual assault reports jump to 23% at U.S. military academies, Pentagon finds

December 21, 2012 (TSR) - The number of sexual assaults reported on the campuses of the nation’s military academies increased by nearly a quarter over the 2010-2011 academic year, according…

In France and in Europe, Poverty and Inequality Grow As Unemployment Grows

In France and in Europe, Poverty and Inequality Grow As Unemployment Grows

Original L’Humanité article in French by Pierre Ivorra, Translated by Gene Zbikowski and Reviewed by Bill Scoble December 12, 2012 (TSR) - In France, a 0.5% fall in household purchasing…

Page 1 of 16123Next ›Last »