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Apr 07 2008
Falun Gong Deaths Escalate as Olympics Approach

Chinese authorities “strike hard” at the group, victims dying within days of arrest

NEW YORK -- The Falun Dafa Information Center is alarmed at a series of reports indicating adherents in China are being killed in custody within days, or even hours, of being detained by authorities. The Center expressed today that the escalating maltreatment is a direct result of efforts to “stamp out” Falun Gong prior to the summer Olympics.

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Apr 01 2008
Statement by LRWC regarding unlawful emergency measures in Pakistan

Statement by Lawyers Rights Watch Canada1 to the Seventh Session of the Human Rights Council regarding unlawful emergency measures in Pakistan

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Tags:  Gail Davidson Lawyers Rights Watch Canada Pakistan High Commissioner Human Rights
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Mar 25 2008
NLG Welcomes Discussion on Racism

NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD WELCOMES DISCUSSION OF RACISM OCCASIONED BY SENATOR BARACK OBAMA'S HISTORIC SPEECH

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Tags:  Marjorie Cohn Barack Obama Jeremiah Wright NLG Racism
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Mar 25 2008
HRIC Statement

Five-Year Sentence of Olympics Critic Not Human Rights Progress

Human Rights in China condemns the sentencing of land rights defender and Olympics critic Yang Chunlin (杨春林) to five years’ imprisonment on March 24, 2008. The same day, the Olympic torch was lit in Greece, and IOC Chairman Jacques Rogge stated that "the Games have advanced the agenda of human rights" in China.

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Tags:  Yang Chunlin Olympics Critic Human Rights HRIC Statement
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Mar 14 2008
Witchhunting in Queensland, Australia

Not Only Dr. Haneef's Case

I believe Dr. Haneef's case of proceeding with criminal charges without sufficient evidence has not been a result of mistake or overreaction. The latest evidence allows a possibility of conspiracy behind this. Yet, it is only one of manifestations of a deep and serious problem.

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Mar 13 2008
Landmark Case Threatens to Reveal Illegal Activities in the NWHI

Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Requests to Cancel the Proceedings

In a letter submitted to the Board of Land and Natural Resources yesterday, HIMB petitioned to drop its appeal of the fine against coral disease researcher, Greta Aeby, for violating NWHI State Marine Refuge regulations.  The research institute cited the recent decision by a state-appointed hearings officer to expand the scope of the investigation as a key motivation for withdrawing its appeal.

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Tags:  KAHEA Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology NWHI
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Mar 12 2008
Hundreds of Falun Gong Adherents Arrested in 'Preparation' for Olympics

Chinese security agencies offering cash rewards for turning in Falun Gong practitioners

NEW YORK – Chinese security agencies have been conducting large-scale arrests of Falun Gong adherents throughout China in recent months as authorities step up efforts to “stamp out” the practice in advance of the Olympic Games, in August, the Falun Dafa Information Center reported today.

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Tags:  Beijing Olympics Persecution Falun Gong
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Mar 11 2008
Vets for Peace

"THEY WAVE THE FLAG WHEN YOU ATTACK-- WHEN YOU COME HOME THEY TURN THEIR BACK"

In traditional march cadence, U.S. military veterans will chant that statement on the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, as they lead a Veterans March for Peace to significant sites in Washington, DC, including the National Archives, home of the U.S. Constitution. 

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Mar 05 2008
Widespread Disintegration of Canadian Human Rights Norms By Stealth

Canada’s acquiescence to U.S. post-9/11 demands to integrate Canadian police, intelligence and military with U.S. security policy has increased the risk to Canadians of arbitrary detention, forced disappearances, torture and mass surveillance. “We are witnessing a rapid disintegration of the web of laws and norms that has protected human rights in the past,” says Maureen Webb, human rights lawyer and author of Illusions of Security: Global Surveillance and Democracy in the Post 9-11 World (2007). A chilling example is the story of Maher Arar. A law-abiding Canadian citizen, he was detained in New York in late 2002, and subsequently ‘rendered’ to Syria where he was illegally imprisoned for over 10 months and tortured.

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Tags:  Lawyers Rights Watch Canada LRWC Maureen Webb Canadian Human Rights War on Terror Maher Arar
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