America’s Confused, Alone, and in Legal Limbo
People with mental disabilities, including US citizens, face a greater risk of erroneous deportation by United States Immigration and Customs[…]
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Cambodia: Tribunal’s First Step in Search for Justice
Today’s guilty verdict by Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge tribunal in the trial of the chief of the notorious Tuol Sleng prison[…]
Read moreJustice Department’s Continued Defense of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” In Witt v. Department of Air Force
7/23/2010 – The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today criticized[…]
Read moreNational Urban League Centennial Conference Celebrates 100 Years
Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League Next week, from July 27-31, some of the nation’s foremost power[…]
Read moreNAACP Statement on the Resignation of Shirley Sherrod
NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous issued the following statement today after a careful investigation into the presentation of[…]
Read moreU.S. Senate Blocks Womens Rights for 30 Years
July 15, 2010 – The United States’ long delay in ratifying the global women’s rights treaty undermines fulfillment of the US[…]
Read moreBank Reform Victory
July 16, 2010 – National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial today praised the Senate for passing much-needed[…]
Read moreThe NAACP Commends the National Federation of Tea Parties for Expelling the Tea Party Express
NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous issued the following statement today after learning that the National Federation of Tea[…]
Read moreHuman Rights First, Rights Groups Call for Justice on Anniversary of Russian Activist’s Murder
On the one-year anniversary of the brutal murder of Russian human rights activist Natalia Estemirova, Human Rights First—together with Freedom[…]
Read moreHuman Rights Campaign Applauds D.C. Court of Appeals Decision Rejecting Marriage Initiative
7/15/2010 – The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, applauded a D.C. Court[…]
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