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Report on Venezuela’s Human Rights’ Record Earns Chavez’ Wrath

After months of lambasting staunch U.S. ally Colombia for its human rights record, the New York-based group Human Rights Watch has published a detailed 236-page report exposing the Venezuelan...

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California Public Safety Committee Votes to Revictimize Victims

Yesterday, the California Assembly Public Safety Committee voted 4 – 2 to approve Senate Bill No. 399, which allows any prisoner to petition the sentencing court for “recall” (i.e., cancellation) if...

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Gitmo Through NGO Eyes

GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA – I was privileged to be one of six representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) invited by the Office of Military Commissions to observe the guilty plea of Ibrahim al...

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With Burma, the Devil is in the Details

Tomorrow, The Heritage Foundation will host a panel of experts for a very timely discussion on recent events in Burma and the proper responses to them. The distinguished panel will include Tom...

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Dictator Castro Now In Charge of Latin American Pro-Democracy Group

In Santiago, Chile, on January 28, the new regional body, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), passed its rotating presidency to Cuba’s dictator General Raul Castro. CELAC,...

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Russia Conducts Unannounced Searches of Human Rights Groups

Newscom Russian law enforcement agents have conducted hundreds of unannounced searches of Russian non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Authorities have searched 600 organizations across the country...

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Venezuela Tries to Weaken Human Rights Watchdog

EFE/David Fernandez/Newscom A group of populist Latin American states—led by Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela—hopes to reduce the role of an international human rights commission and watchdog. These...

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U.S. Calls for Investigation of Cuban Opposition Leader’s Death

ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom Recent remarks by Spanish official Ángel Carromero in The Washington Post are shedding new light on the events that resulted in the death of Cuban dissident and...

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Human Rights Watch Decries Russia Opposition Crackdown

SERGEI CHIRIKOV/EPA/Newscom Human Rights Watch (HRW) recently released a scathing new report focused on the crackdown on Russia’s civil society. Since December 2011, the Kremlin has committed to...

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Administration Burma Policy: Lift Sanctions, Ask Questions Later

NARONG SANGNAK/EPA/Newscom President Obama’s meeting with Burma’s President Thein Sein at the White House today is a stark reminder of how far the Administration has come on Burma policy. In initiating...

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Opposition to Burma’s “Two-Child Policy” Mounting

NYEIN CHAN NAING/EPA/Newscom Burma’s political icon, Aung san Suu Kyi, is finally speaking out about the plight of ethnic populations in Burma, and the U.S. State Department seems to be listening....

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Human Rights: A Quiet Victory in the Americas

Delegates of The Members of The Organization of American States (imago stock&people/Newscom) In early June, the Organization of American States (OAS) elected three new members to the Inter-American...

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Burma Is Not Ready for Mil-to-Mil Cooperation with the U.S.

Has Burma made enough reforms to have military-to-military cooperation with the U.S.? Congressman Steve Chabot (R–OH) says no. In a recent speech at The Heritage Foundation, Chabot noted that the...

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Report on Venezuela’s Human Rights’ Record Earns Chavez’ Wrath

After months of lambasting staunch U.S. ally Colombia for its human rights record, the New York-based group Human Rights Watch has published a detailed 236-page report exposing the Venezuelan...

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California Public Safety Committee Votes to Revictimize Victims

Yesterday, the California Assembly Public Safety Committee voted 4 – 2 to approve Senate Bill No. 399, which allows any prisoner to petition the sentencing court for “recall” (i.e., cancellation) if...

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Gitmo Through NGO Eyes

GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA – I was privileged to be one of six representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) invited by the Office of Military Commissions to observe the guilty plea of Ibrahim al...

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Dictator Castro Now In Charge of Latin American Pro-Democracy Group

In Santiago, Chile, on January 28, the new regional body, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), passed its rotating presidency to Cuba’s dictator General Raul Castro. CELAC,...

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Russia Conducts Unannounced Searches of Human Rights Groups

Newscom Russian law enforcement agents have conducted hundreds of unannounced searches of Russian non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Authorities have searched 600 organizations across the country...

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Venezuela Tries to Weaken Human Rights Watchdog

EFE/David Fernandez/Newscom A group of populist Latin American states—led by Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela—hopes to reduce the role of an international human rights commission and watchdog. These...

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U.S. Calls for Investigation of Cuban Opposition Leader’s Death

ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom Recent remarks by Spanish official Ángel Carromero in The Washington Post are shedding new light on the events that resulted in the death of Cuban dissident and...

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