human rights
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REYNOLDS: Coretta Scott King Would Keep Moving Us Forward
Coretta Scott King died on Jan. 30, 2006. Yet her legacy is very much alive as a coalition builder, a…
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WARREN: Blacks No Longer Considered Human
It appears that the law enforcement officers of America have declared open season on African-Americans, both male and female. "Open…
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U.Md. Students Protest Gov. Hogan in Support of Syrian Refugees
About 80 University of Maryland students demonstrated Thursday at the new Frederick Douglass Square on the College Park campus in…
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Rev. Graylan Hagler Disinvited to Speak on Palestine, Sent Death Threats
(Mondoweiss) – Reverend Graylan Hagler, a veteran social and economic justice activist and outspoken supporter of Palestinian human rights, was…
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Report: Kenyan Police Kill, Torture Suspected Extremists
Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan police have carried out extra-judicial killings, torture and forced disappearances of suspected extremists,…
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Julian Bond Praised for Unselfish Devotion to Human Rights
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Julian Bond, a founding member and communications director of Student…
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Burundi Rights Activist Shot and Wounded in the Capital
GERARD NZOHABONA, Associated Press BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — A leading rights activist in Burundi was shot and wounded late Monday…
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U.S. Gun Violence: A Human Rights Failure
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — The United Nations Human Rights Committee has given the U.S. a…
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Security Checkpoint Extortion Costs Ivory Coast Millions
CARLEY PETESCH, Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Extortion at security checkpoints is costing Ivory Coast millions each year despite…
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Africa Must Set Up Own ICC to Try Europeans, Says Mugabe
(Africland Post) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who is also the African Union (AU) chair, says Africa must establish its own…
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