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  • Baluchistan International Conference in USA on Nov. 21: By Ahmar Mustikhan 6 Nov 2009 15:54 GMT
    ... A number of international activists, scholars and human rights practitioners will be participating in the first-ever ... Wendy works as a graphic designer in New York. She and her husband Albert Larew manage ... leaders and members of PCC to condemn discriminatory laws in Pakistan. Before being forced to ...

  • UN Expert Cautions Mauritania On Slavery Practices 6 Nov 2009 12:41 GMT
    ... New York — While noting the significant steps that ... to tackle slavery, an independent United Nations human rights expert today called for a comprehensive strategy ... the most vulnerable as they suffer triple discrimination firstly as women, secondly, as mothers and ...

  • Imprisoned Iranian Women Refuse to Deny Their Faith 6 Nov 2009 14:16 GMT
    ... Evin prison has received criticism for its human rights violations and executions in recent years. On ... permanent representative to the United Nations in New York City. The email messages will be sent ... faith in Christ, with millions more facing discrimination and alienation. Open Doors supports and strengthens ...

  • Employers Under Siege: Discrimination Complaints Flooding Into the EEOC 2 Nov 2009 19:36 GMT
    ... Employers Under Siege: Discrimination Complaints Flooding Into the EEOC Employers Under ... of the national employment litigation practice at New York-based Weil, Gotshal & Manges. Most recently, Klein ... number of charges filed with the Tennessee Human Rights Commission has so overwhelmed the agency that ...

  • Obama' s speech at the HRC gala 3 Nov 2009 14:16 GMT
    ... Barack Obama made Oct. 10 at the Human Rights Campaign dinner, held at the Walter E. ... options, and fewer supporters stood up against discrimination and helped to inspire a movement. It's ... with her son through the streets of New York. She carried a sign that stated her ...

  • South Koreans Struggle With Race (Yesterday) 3 Nov 2009 05:52 GMT
    ... By CHOE SANG-HUN, The New York Times SEOUL -- On the evening of ... time would provide a detailed definition of discrimination by race and ethnicity and impose criminal ... to find food, according to defectors and human rights groups. "When I travel with my husband, ...

  • South Koreans Struggle With Race (Today) 2 Nov 2009 08:47 GMT
    ... By CHOE SANG-HUN, The New York Times SEOUL -- On the evening of ... time would provide a detailed definition of discrimination by race and ethnicity and impose criminal ... to find food, according to defectors and human rights groups. "When I travel with my husband, ...

  • Eleven Organizations Demand that Mets Cancel Citi Field Fundraiser for Israeli Settlers 5 Nov 2009 09:53 GMT
    ... Palestine and Israel have called on baseballs New York Mets to cancel a November 21st dinner ... settlement construction, and that actively promote racial discrimination, and the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from ... In a report on Hebron, the Israeli human rights organizations BTselem and ACRI have labeled the ...

  • Maine rejects gay marriage law: Update 4 Nov 2009 17:49 GMT
    ... repeal the state’s recently passed law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation. The “No” vote ... equal marriage rights for gay couples. The New York Times report Wednesday morning called it a ... a civil marriage.” But at a national Human Rights Campaign dinner October 10, the president had ...

  • Maine rejects marriage 4 Nov 2009 18:14 GMT
    ... repeal the state’s recently passed law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation. The "No" vote ... equal marriage rights for gay couples. The New York Times report Wednesday morning called it a ... a civil marriage." But at a national Human Rights Campaign dinner October 10, the president had ...

  • HIV travel ban: Praise for US 1 Nov 2009 11:31 GMT
    ... New York - UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Saturday ... "Such restrictions, strongly opposed by UNAids, are discriminatory and do not protect public health," the ... justification. It is also a violation of human rights," said UNAids executive director Michel Sidibe. On ...

  • As Maine goes, so goes gay marriage 3 Nov 2009 16:56 GMT
    ... now," said Joe Solomonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights advocacy group. In ... in a world where it's possible to discriminate against somebody just because they're a same-sex ... that legislative battles over same-sex marriage in New York and New Jersey would be his group's ...

  • United Nations Report Pushes for Right to Sex-Change Operations 5 Nov 2009 16:59 GMT
    ... NEW YORK, NY, November 5, 2009 ( ) - ... General Recommendation 20 would read a new non-discrimination category based on "sexual orientation and gender ... purport to "reflect the existing state of human rights law" with regard to sexual orientation and ...

  • Gays fume over Maine setback 5 Nov 2009 11:34 GMT
    ... opportunity to state his position against these discriminatory attacks with the clarity and moral imperative ... so many,” said Joe Solmonese of the Human Rights Campaign, the largest national gay rights group. ... the nation.” — David Crary reported from New York. AP-ES-11-04-09 1724EST The following are comments from ...

  • Gay rights movement sees few gains 5 Nov 2009 11:52 GMT
    ... likely voiced a 'yes' for equality," said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese. Washington's domestic partners ... list of protected classes in the city's anti-discrimination laws. The vote wasn't close, with the ... New Hampshire and Maine via the legislatures. New York and New Jersey were considering similar bills ...


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