Unjust Sentence for Anti-whaling Activists Condemned by Greenpeace
Greenpeace has condemned as disproportionate and unjust a one year jail term, suspended for three years, imposed on two Greenpeace[…]
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Bahrain: Pursue Torture Allegations
Bahraini authorities should immediately look into allegations of torture by four opposition activists who had been held in incommunicado detention[…]
Read moreIran: Release Rights Activist; Guarantee a Fair Trial
Iran’s Judiciary should ensure that human rights activist Shiva Nazar Ahari receives a fair trial, Human Rights Watch said today,[…]
Read moreHuman Rights First Lauds Interfaith Efforts to Display Tolerance, Not Bigotry
Human Rights First welcomes the efforts of more than 20 religious congregations in Gainesville, Fla. to unite in hosting a[…]
Read moreA New Standard for Cattle Farms Promotes Sustainable Production
The Rainforest Alliance, an international conservation organization, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) — through the Environmental[…]
Read moreCambodia: International Groups Condemn Sentencing of Local Rights Staffer
Four international human rights organizations urged the Cambodian government to immediately release Leang Sokchouen, staff person of the Cambodian League[…]
Read moreHuman Rights Defenders Combating Discrimination to Receive 2010 Honors
Human Rights First will present its 2010 Human Rights Award to a renowned Hungarian advocate for the rights of the[…]
Read moreIs America Marching in Two Different Directions?
Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by[…]
Read moreThe HSUS Applauds Fla. Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for Fox Pen Ban
The Humane Society of the United States praised a unanimous decision by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to[…]
Read moreCourt Orders Patriot Coal to Pay $45 Million to Treat Toxic Selenium from West Virginia Coal Mines
In the most significant judicial decision to date to address selenium pollution from coal mines in Appalachia, a federal judge[…]
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