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...
View ArticleCalifornia 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...
View ArticleGitmo 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...
View ArticleWith 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...
View ArticleDictator 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,...
View ArticleRussia 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...
View ArticleVenezuela 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...
View ArticleU.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...
View ArticleHuman 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...
View ArticleAdministration 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...
View ArticleOpposition 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....
View ArticleHuman 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...
View ArticleBurma 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...
View ArticleReport 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...
View ArticleCalifornia 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...
View ArticleGitmo 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...
View ArticleDictator 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,...
View ArticleRussia 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...
View ArticleVenezuela 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...
View ArticleU.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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