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March 23, 2007 – Quick, What Are The First Five Things That Come To Mind When You Think of Guantanamo?

March 23, 2007

Military Commission Trial Observation
Human Rights First, at the invitation of the Department of Defense, is an official observer at the military commissions held…

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Quick, What Are The First Five Things That Come To Mind When You Think of Guantanamo?

March 23, 2007

March 23 , 2007 Human Rights First, at the invitation of the Department of Defense, is an official observer at the military commissions held at…

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Police in Nizhny Novgorod Threaten to Detain Russian Human Rights Leaders

March 22, 2007

Police officers in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, today came to the office of the Nizhny Novgorod Foundation to Support Tolerance, with the apparent intention of detaining…

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On Fourth Anniversary of Clampdown, Rights Group Calls for Release of Prisoners

March 19, 2007

On the fourth anniversary of a major crackdown on human rights activists in Cuba that saw dozens sentenced to long prison terms for…

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Justice in Finucane Case Long Overdue

March 14, 2007

NEW YORK – Eighteen years since Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane was murdered by loyalist paramilitaries in his home, there has been little progress in the…

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Iran: Police Clash with Hundreds of Protestors on International Women’s Day

March 8, 2007

NEW YORK – Police used batons to attack a gathering of more than 700 Iranians who had taken to the streets of Tehran today to…

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State Department’s Human Rights Reports Omit US Involvement in Abuses Abroad

March 7, 2007

OVERVIEW This year’s report opens with a forthright assessment of the important work by individual and groups that are human rights defenders. That acknowledgement is a…

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President Bush Should Stand Up for Human Rights Defenders in Latin America

March 6, 2007

President Bush’s trip to Latin America is a unique opportunity to urge Latin American governments to support and protect human rights defenders, Human Rights First,…

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