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Iran’s Judiciary should ensure that human rights activist Shiva Nazar Ahari receives a fair trial, Human Rights Watch said today, including full access to a lawyer, adequate time to prepare her defense, and the ability to challenge evidence presented against her. The Judiciary should also release her from pre-trial detention, where she is being Read More… Iran: Release Rights Activist; Guarantee a Fair Trial Human Rights First welcomes the efforts of more than 20 religious congregations in Gainesville, Fla. to unite in hosting a series of events to affirm religious solidarity and tolerance as a small congregation plans to burn the Holy Koran in their community on Sept. 11. The group also called on state leaders – from Read More… Human Rights First Lauds Interfaith Efforts to Display Tolerance, Not Bigotry The Rainforest Alliance, an international conservation organization, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) — through the Environmental and Labor Excellence Program for CAFTA-DR (ELE) — launched today the Standard for Sustainable Cattle Production Systems, a tool that will help cattle farmers implement good environmental, social and animal-welfare practices and enable them Read More… A New Standard for Cattle Farms Promotes Sustainable Production Four international human rights organizations urged the Cambodian government to immediately release Leang Sokchouen, staff person of the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO), who was sentenced to prison on disinformation charges on August 30, 2010. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Read More… Cambodia: International Groups Condemn Sentencing of Local Rights Staffer  Leave a comment  162, 2010, Human Rights Watch, Issues 160 - 169, Oct 2010, Social & Civil Issues  Cambodia, conviction, disinformation, FIDH, human rights, international law, Leang Sokchouen, LICADHO, OMCT, procedural flaws, sentenced, unfounded, violations of fair trial provisions in Cambodian and international law Human Rights First will present its 2010 Human Rights Award to a renowned Hungarian advocate for the rights of the Roma people in Europe and a Ugandan activist on the front lines of defeating a draconian anti-homosexuality bill there. The group will honor this year’s recipients, Julius Kaggwa and Viktória Mohácsi, at its annual Read More… Human Rights Defenders Combating Discrimination to Receive 2010 Honors Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.” Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963 This past Saturday in Washington, DC, two groups of Americans gathered on the National Mall to express their vision Leave a comment 162, 2010, Issues 160 - 169, National Urban League, Oct 2010, Social & Civil Issues civil rights, Dr. King, equality, Glenn Beck, I have a Dream, Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King, National Action Network, national urban league, nul, Reclaim the Dream, Rev. Al Sharpton, social justice, unity The Humane Society of the United States praised a unanimous decision by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to prohibit the cruel practice of chasing of foxes and coyotes by dogs inside a fenced enclosure. In this practice, called fox penning, foxes and coyotes are trapped from the wild, often shipped long distances Read More… The HSUS Applauds Fla. Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for Fox Pen Ban Leave a comment 162, 2010, Animal Rights & Environment, Issues 160 - 169, Oct 2010, The Humane Society of the United States cruel practice of chasing of foxes and coyotes by dogs inside a fenced enclosure, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, fox penning, inhumane, packs of dogs, The Humane Society of the United States In the most significant judicial decision to date to address selenium pollution from coal mines in Appalachia, a federal judge has ordered Patriot Coal to prepare $45 million in secured credit to cover the costs of treating the pollutant at two of its coal mines in West Virginia. Judge Robert Chambers of the United Read More… Court Orders Patriot Coal to Pay $45 Million to Treat Toxic Selenium from West Virginia Coal Mines The Humane Society of the United States is helping the Wibaux County Sheriff’s Department remove nearly 100 dogs from an overrun property in Wibaux, Mont. The HSUS was asked to assist in the rescue after neighbors raised concerns that the dogs were living in unsanitary and substandard conditions. All of the animals have been Read More… The HSUS Assists in Rescue of Nearly 100 Dogs in Montana Hoarding Situation The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest civil rights organization working to achieve LGBT equality – today applauded the change in the Omaha World Herald’s wedding announcement policy. OWH will now include same-sex wedding announcements in its “Celebrations” section if the weddings are legal unions. The change came after Jeff Wilke, an Omaha father, Read More… A Father’s Love Wins Out |
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