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Occupy the Farm Arrests Undermine Food Justice Movement
Haleigh Collins in Human Rights 1 year ago
Occupy the Farm is the latest of Occupy Wall Street’s protests to end in embarrassment. On Monday, police arrested nine of the protesters for trespassing on UC Berkeley’s land.
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After Ironically Winning the Nobel Peace Prize, EU Delegation Seeks to Do Business With Iran
Abbas Rezai in Human Rights 7 months ago
Several people were hanged in public during the last trip by a European parliamentary delegation to Iran in 2007.
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Are Women Really Better Off in Pakistan Than in the United States?
Joel Griffith in Human Rights 5 months ago
According to The World Economic Forum's annual Global Gender Gap Report the answer is yes.
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Female Genital Mutilation Still Alive and Well On This Designated Day Of Awareness
Zainab Akande in Human Rights 3 months ago
Today marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation. What is this horrible practice, and what's being done to eradicate it?
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Nicholas Kristof Q&A: Human Rights, Female Oppression, and Global Health
Editorial Board in Human Rights 1 year ago
Ask your best question for Nicholas Kristof about human rights, global health, and female oppression.
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Tibetan Monk Self-Immolation Sparks Violent Chinese Crackdown on Tibet
Henry Zheng in Human Rights 1 year ago
Chinese oppression of Tibetan religion and culture has recently elicited violent forms of self-expression and erupted into mass protests that have resulted in a harsh crackdown.
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World Press Freedom Day 2013: 5 Countries With the Least Press Freedom
Aubrey Bloomfield in Human Rights 2 weeks ago
To mark World Press Freedom Day, Reporters Without Borders released its annual Press Freedom Index. Here are the five worst performing countries.
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Obama vs Romney: Armenian American Community Pressures Candidates to Recognize 1915 Genocide by Ottoman Turkey
Haykaram Nahapetyan in Human Rights 8 months ago
The U.S. actively supported Armenians during their sufferings back in 1915. 97 years later American-Armenians struggle for the (re)affirmation of the Armenian Genocide by the U.S. government.
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