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Queen under fire over Bahrain guest
May 18, 2012 | Press Association UK

Belarus' Lukashenko: "Better to be a Dictator than Gay."
March 05, 2012 | IBTimes.com

Spain rights judge Garzon convicted for wiretaps
February 09, 2012 | Agence France-Presse

Human Rights Abuses Wikipedia Information

Human rights refers to "the basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled, often held to include the right to life and liberty, freedom of thought and expression, and equality before the law."The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights states, "All human beings are born free and...

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Iraq: Mass Arrests, Incommunicado Detentions
May 15, 2012
BEIRUT, May 15, 2012 - Iraq's government has been carrying out mass arrests and unlawfully detaining people in the notorious Camp Honor prison facility in...

North Carolina: Same-sex marriage ban ‘setback’ for human rights
May 11, 2012
May 9, 2012 - North Carolina's ban on same-sex marriage is a setback for human rights, Amnesty International said after voters in the south-eastern state...

Hundreds of NGOs Lambast WWF’s Shrimp Certification "Standards"
April 30, 2012
Brussels, April 24, 2012 - Hundreds of NGOs in Asia, Latin America, Africa, North America and Europe ...

Pillay calls for major effort to halt human rights abuses in Mali
April 12, 2012
GENEVA, April 12, 2012 - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Thursday she was alarmed by continuing reports of serious human rights...

Culture of secrecy around global land deals must be lifted to protect people and environment
April 25, 2012
April 25, 2012 - A new report today reveals how opening up the process around large-scale land deals in developing countries would benefit local communities,...

Syria: Extrajudicial Executions
April 09, 2012
NEW YORK, April 9, 2012 - Syrian security forces summarily executed over 100 – and possibly many more – civilians and wounded or captured opposition fighters...

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Obama levies new tech sanctions on Syria, Iran
April 23, 2012 | Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local
WASHINGTON -- Under pressure to stop the Syrian government's deadly crackdown, President Barack Obama on Monday levied new sanctions on people and entities in Syria and Iran that use technology to target their citizens and perpetrate human rights abuses ...

Obama announces new sanctions against Iran and Syria
April 23, 2012 | Washington
President Obama signed an executive order today aimed at the regimes in Iran and Syria authorizing sanctions against companies that use information and communications technology to wage human rights abuses ...

Obama Clamps Down on Tech- Based Humans Rights Abuse By Foreign Nationals [ Politics...
April 23, 2012 | Gizmodo
Today, President Obama is going to issue an executive order which will allow US officials to clamp down on foreign nationals who use new technology -- from cellphones through to interent monitoring -- to help undertake human rights abuses ...

George Clooney to host fundraiser for President Obama
April 19, 2012 | Washington
The Hollywood star -- who got arrested the last time he was in Washington to protest human rights abuses of the Sudanese government -- will hold a fundraiser for President Barack...

Islamic supremacists and Leftists shut down military recruitment center in California
April 07, 2012 | Jihad Watch
The point is not their protest of the fool's errand that is our military action in Afghanistan; the point is their thuggery in shutting down the recruiting station, their willful blindness regarding the Taliban, and the blind eye the Left turns to the human rights abuses ...

Nokia Publishes Policy on Conflict Minerals
February 03, 2012 | Read/WriteWeb
'' Conflict minerals,'' those mined to support groups conducting armed conflict or engaging in human rights abuses ... We prohibit human rights abuses ... '' We prohibit human rights abuses ...

Human Rights Abuses on twitter

	@Blabbeando I'm not a reactionary #Cuban American. My politics are "far left" (???). BUT, human rights abuses of ANY SORT suck. Twitter: @josevilanova
	Amnesty cites Canada for human rights abuses http://t.co/hZarUNl6 via @metrotoronto Twitter: @MelindaRooke
	@Blabbeando @scoopscout How charming. ¡PUTA BARATA! Own up to Human Rights abuses, bitch! ALL Cuban-Americans DETEST spin and HR violations. Twitter: @josevilanova
	RT @ola913: "@metroregina: #Amnesty International cites #Canada for human rights abuses http://t.co/38780vH8 Twitter: @jonstjohn1
	Amnesty cites Canada for human rights abuses http://t.co/txvqskUr via @metrowinnipeg Twitter: @PAMZIG
	"@metroregina: #Amnesty International cites #Canada for human rights abuses http://t.co/38780vH8 Twitter: @ola913