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Law in Jim Thorpe dispute aims to prevent Native American plunder
May 20, 2013

In the Spotlight: GOP overplays its hand on Libya, IRS scandals
May 19, 2013

In Mexico, fears for democracy as threatened journalists curtail coverage
May 16, 2013

Editorial: Shutting down Guantanamo is long overdue task for Obama and Congress
May 02, 2013

Brown's China game plan steers clear of human rights issues
April 10, 2013

California bishops back federal immigration overhaul
April 25, 2013

Human Rights Videos

Human Rights Watch condemns Syria video
May 14, 2013 | Agence France-Presse

Football: Controversial sheikh wins AFC presidency
May 03, 2013 | Agence France-Presse

Claim and counter-claim surround unrest in Nigeria
May 02, 2013 | Agence France-Presse

Sacramento Connect

Major study sheds new light on CIA secret prisons
May 22, 2013
May 22, 2013 - Today sees the launch of the "Global Rendition System" database and interactive map – the most comprehensive resource so far created illustrating...

Chad Griffin: HRC Statement on Lack of Lesbian and Gay Family Inclusion in Senate Committee Immigration Bill
May 22, 2013
WASHINGTON, May 22, 2013 – Today, in the Senate Judiciary Committee, Chairman Patrick Leahy brought up an amendment to allow an American citizen's foreign-born...

Freedom of Information Threatened by Abuse of Espionage Act
May 22, 2013
May 22, 2013 - Reporters Without Borders is alarmed by the frequency with which the Obama administration has reacted to leaks by bringing prosecutions under the...

GLADD et al: Senators threaten entire immigration reform bill simply because it affords 28,500 same-sex binational couples equal immigration rights
May 22, 2013
May 21, 2013 - Statement by the National Center for Lesbian Rights, GLAAD, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, United We Dream and Queer Undocumented Immigrant...

European Banks and Pensions Funds Fuel Land Grabs in Uganda
May 21, 2013
KAMPALA/BRUSSELS, May 21, 2013 - European banks and pension funds are funding palm oil giant Wilmar International, a company...

UN officials in Afghanistan urge ratification of law to eliminate violence against women
May 21, 2013
May 20, 2013 - Senior United Nations officials in Afghanistan are today urging the Government to fully implement legislation to protect women from child marriage...

Other local news reports

Letter: China trip vs. human rights
May 10, 2013 | AppealDemocrat
I am frustrated that Gov. Jerry Brown and now the Yuba City City Council are seeking financial benefits from China. For years, people have cried out not to buy from China because...

CalPERS, UC Davis launch research initiative to study impact of sustainability factors...
January 28, 2013 | UC Davis News
ESG issues cover many topics, ranging from climate change, labor practices and human rights, to executive compensation. In 2011, the CalPERS Board approved integrating ESG...

From around the web

Guatemala: After high court collapses genocide case, trial may have to restart
May 22, 2013 | Boing Boing
Without saying it, they threw out everything,'' plaintiff and human rights ... Reyes is a lawyer with CALDH (Center for Legal Action on Human Rights ... Back in 1983, Elliott Abrams, the assistant secretary of state for human rights ...

Guatemala justice events in NYC today, May 22; and in DC on May 29 with Xeni
May 22, 2013 | Boing Boing
Here's info on two special events in NYC and DC with visiting speakers from Guatemala talking about human rights ... For Boing Boing readers who will be in New York City today, May 22 2013:'' The Rios Montt Trial: Human Rights ... analyze mass human rights ...

Immigration cases make up 40% of federal prosecutions, study says
May 21, 2013 | Los Angeles Times
Human Rights Watch says prison does not deter those desperate to rejoin relatives. Immigration-related offenses are now the leading type of federal prosecution, constituting...

Guatemala: Nation's highest court throws out Rios Montt genocide trial verdict and...
May 20, 2013 | Boing Boing
Although the verdict was celebrated by international human rights ... Reagan lobbied effectively for military and financial support for Rios Montt's military regime, despite reports that the Army was committing gross human rights ...

Dalai Lama speaks to crowd of 15,000 in Louisville
May 19, 2013 | indystar.com
The Dalai Lama, who has lived in exile in India since the 1959 Tibetan Uprising, is considered the most visible symbol and spokesman for human rights and Tibetan autonomy and...

Rights Group Says It Finds Proof of Torture in Syria
May 17, 2013 | New York Times
Human Rights Watch said Friday that visits to two Syrian security centers contained proof of widespread, arbitrary detentions and torture by the government of President Bashar...

Human Rights on twitter

	Governor and human rights body meet on Pluit, at long last \| The Jakarta Post http://t.co/ZE26ZFGqco Twitter: @imamseptiantoo
	RT @MurtazzaHasan: as salafi wahabi, not muslims RT @tufailelif British Islamist Anjem Choudary: As Muslims We Reject Human Rights http://t.co/mdMi7qYCcO … Twitter: @Sano_Sani
	Conclusions after reading Amnesty International's report - situation on human rights cannot be improved till humans are around. Twitter: @MohsinHijazee
	RT @nomadicchick: Pretty shocking! See photographs of Hong Kong's shocking 40-square-foot apartments: http://t.co/ZzJHxhP8iW (via @inhabitat) #hongkong Twitter: @JamesSchipper
	RT @MurtazzaHasan: as salafi wahabi, not muslims RT @tufailelif British Islamist Anjem Choudary: As Muslims We Reject Human Rights http://t.co/mdMi7qYCcO … Twitter: @AbdulNishapuri
	'Human rights watch's vulture an expert in fiction: Peter Bouckaert, the 'human rights watch… http://t.co/n03L8Cv4li Twitter: @ilyafa