Philip Morris Subsidiary Cheated & Exploited Migrant Tobacco Workers
Many migrant tobacco workers in Kazakhstan have been cheated and exploited, and some trapped into forced labor, Human Rights Watch[…]
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Senate Committee Criticized for Cutting Popular USDA Conservation Programs by over $500 Million
July 15, 2010 – Environmental Defense Fund criticized the Senate Appropriations Committee for cutting several popular, oversubscribed USDA conservation programs by[…]
Read moreBP Oil Gusher Controlled
Statement of Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune It is an enormous relief to learn that the flow of oil[…]
Read moreSaudi Arabia: Charges Against Rights Activist Frivolous
Prosecutors should immediately drop charges against Shaikh Mikhlif bin Dahham al-Shammari, a human rights activist, and release him, Human Rights[…]
Read moreSudan: ICC Warrant for Al-Bashir on Genocide
The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant on July 12, 2010, for President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan for[…]
Read moreNAACP Delegates Unanimously Pass Tea Party Amendment
NATION’S OLDEST AND LARGEST CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS ASK TEA PARTY TO REPUDIATE RACIST FACTIONS July 13, 2010 – Over 2,000 NAACP[…]
Read moreNew Report Links Sinar Mas Group, Major Brands to Rainforest Destruction
A new Greenpeace report shows how global brands are fueling climate change and pushing Sumatran tigers and orangutans towards the[…]
Read morePanel to Detail Strength of Current Habeas Rights as Congress Grapples With Detention Issues
Report by 16 Former Federal Judges Say New Legislation to Address Guantanamo Detainee Habeas Rights is “Unwarranted” As Congress continues[…]
Read moreLebron Fever
Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “If I have to sleep on your doorstep all night and[…]
Read moreWhite House Releases National HIV/AIDS Strategy
7/13/2010 – The Human Rights Campaign – the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization –[…]
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