December 15, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Breaking: Indefinite detention bill passes in Senate 16 Dec 2011 (rt.com) Exactly 220 years to the date after the Bill of Rights was ratified, the US Senate today voted 86 to 13 in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, allowing the indefinite detention and [...]
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December 16, 2011
December 16, 2011
December 16, 2011
27 Dead After Syrian Government Forces, Defectors Clash
Reports from Syria say military defectors killed at least 27 soldiers Thursday in intensifying bouts of armed resistance against embattled President Bashar al-Assad. At least a half dozen anti-government protesters also were killed across the country on the fifth day of an opposition-led general strike. An escalating insurgency pitting growing bands of Syrian Army defectors [...]
December 15, 2011
Jewish Rights Group Hunting Nazi War Criminals
The Jewish human rights organization, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, has launched a new campaign to find and prosecute missing Nazi war criminals while they are still alive. The director of the center, Efraim Zuroff, told a news conference in Berlin Wednesday the new operation will offer rewards of up to $32,000 for tips leading to [...]
December 15, 2011
Syrian Army Defectors Reportedly Kill 27 Soldiers
Rights activists say Syrian army defectors have killed at least 27 soldiers and security force members, while a new report accuses military officials of authorizing the halting of protests by “any means necessary.” The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the deaths occurred during multiple clashes early Thursday in the southern province of Daraa. [...]
December 14, 2011
Human Rights Watch accuses Alabama of violating constitution
Alabama is systematically violating US and international conventions by depriving undocumented immigrants of equal protection under the law, according to Human Rights Watch. HB56, the controversial immigration law that came into effect in Alabama in September, has driven a wedge between Latino residents who lack authorisation papers and the courts that are supposed to afford [...]
December 14, 2011
Diplomats Distressed About Syrian Unrest
Several U.N. Security Council members say they are distressed by information presented at a meeting by the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights that the death toll from unrest in Syria has surpassed 5,000. The U.S. Deputy Permanent Representative, Rosemary DiCarlo, said the human rights crisis in Syria is a threat to international peace and [...]
December 14, 2011
Syrian Defectors Kill 7 Security Force Members in Revenge Attack
Rights activists say Syrian army defectors killed seven government security force members while ambushing a patrol following an army raid that cost 11 civilian lives earlier Tuesday. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says both incidents took place in Idlib province, a restive area that borders Turkey. The observatory and other groups report that [...]
December 12, 2011
Syrians to Vote in Local Elections
Syrians are due to vote in municipal elections Monday, the first test of reforms promised by President Bashar al-Assad’s government following protests against his rule. The elections cover more than 17,000 seats on local councils across the country’s 14 provinces. The government has called for a large voter turnout. The poll comes a day after [...]
December 11, 2011
Defectors Fight Syrian Troops in South
Army defectors in southern Syria battled loyalist forces backed by tanks in a major armed confrontation Sunday near the Jordanian border, as at least eight people were killed in nationwide violence. Residents and activists said government troops from Syria’s 12th Armored Brigade stormed the southern town of Busra al-Harir overnight. The British-based Syrian Observatory for [...]
December 11, 2011
UN Rights Chief Dismisses Syria’s Assad Claims on Credibility
United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay has dismissed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s recent claims that the U.N. is not a credible organization and that her commission of inquiry failed to contact his government during an investigation of human rights violations in his country. Earlier this week, U.S. television network ABC aired an interview with [...]
December 11, 2011
WHO: Poor Treatment of Mentally Ill Violates Their Human Rights
To mark this year’s Human Rights Day, the World Health Organization is urging countries to implement a new project called QualityRights, which aims to improve mental health services. WHO says the project will help to end human rights violations against the mentally ill. The World Health Organization calls the abusive conditions endured by people [...]
December 11, 2011
World Marks Human Rights Day
World powers are marking Human Rights Day with calls for an end to repression across the globe. The annual event, which is taking place on Saturday, is based on the United Nations’ more than 60-year-old Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The document states all people are entitled to fundamental human rights and freedoms. It also [...]
December 10, 2011
UN Rights Chief Dismisses Syria’s Assad Claims on Credibilit
United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay has dismissed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s recent claims that the U.N. is not a credible organization and that her commission of inquiry failed to contact his government during an investigation of human rights violations in his country. Earlier this week, U.S. television network ABC aired an interview with [...]