Human Rights & Minorities

                   

Undermining faith: Israel continues to burrow beneath the foundations of the Aqsa Mosque in the...

annies-letters.blogspot.com     8 hrs ago          

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/912/re1.htmUndermining faith Israel continues to burrow beneath the foundations of the Aqsa Mosque in the heart of East Jerusalem, reports Khaled Amayreh A network of tunnels beneath the...                    

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Sex Worker Rights Are Human Rights

alternet.org     6 hrs ago          

It cannot be said enough: sex workers are people -- friends, wage earners, parents -- and they deserve the same human rights as everyone else. The idea of sex workers fighting for their human rights is a foreign concept to...                    

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Nepal’s ‘remarkable’ peace needs international support – UN envoy

keralanext.com     3 hrs ago          

Nepal deserves credit for the “remarkable” success of its peace process since its civil war ended two years ago, but now its energies must focus on overcoming poverty and discrimination, the chief United Nations official...                    

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Politics, Equity and Meeting Boycotts

insidehighered.com     3 hrs ago          

To those who favor gay marriage rights, the site of the American Political Science Association’s meeting this year couldn’t have been better. But for many gay academics, the association’s plan to hold its 2012 meeting...                    

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No Gold Medals For War, Occupation & Genocide

usc.edu     3 hrs ago          

#8, 9), Italy (#9, 8), France (#10, 7), Ukraine (#11, 7), the Netherlands (#12, 7), Jamaica (#13, 6), Spain (#14, 5) and Kenya (#15, 5). This is best illustrated the remarkable success of China (#1 for Gold medals), as...                    

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Auto dealer employees win $19 million in discrimination lawsuit

nwcn.com     3 hrs ago          

08:10 AM PDT on Thursday, August 28, 2008 By PAT DOORIS / KGW GLADSTONE, Ore. - A federal court jury awarded four Portland men $19 million for the discrimination they suffered while working at a Gladstone auto dealer in...                    

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Discrimination Suit Against Subprime Mortgage Lender Remanded to State Court

law.com     58 mins ago          

Subprime mortgage lender Option One Mortgage Corp. and former parent company H&R Block will face a groundbreaking discrimination case over its lending practices to blacks and Latinos in Massachusetts state court instead...                    

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Open Hearts Tour 2008: In Support of Amnesty International

sonicbids.com     3 hrs ago          

Open Hearts Tour 2008: In Support of Amnesty InternationalDeadline: Sep 3, 2008 at 11:59 PM Eastern TimeThis September, Open Eyes Productions will be hosting an event to raise awareness and funds for the leading human...                    

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Hacker Gary McKinnon loses appeal against extradition to US

guardian.co.uk     21 hrs ago   44 related          

'Super hacker' Gary McKinnon. Photograph: Getty Images Gary McKinnon, a computer expert who hacked into dozens of US military computers, lost his appeal to the European court of human rights today and faces extradition...                    

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Iran hangs men and a woman in latest executions

metro.co.uk     22 hrs ago   7 related          

Four men and one woman have been hanged in a Tehran jail for murder in the latest in a series of hangings that have drawn criticism from human rights groups. The five were hanged on Wednesday in Tehran's Evin prison, the...                    

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