Human Rights Activist

Source: www.jpost.com --- 22 days ago
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Source: religionblog.dallasnews.com --- 37 days ago
Ms. Klein will speak next Wednesday, Sept. 10. Here's a press release with details, followed by a bio sketch: Well-known Holocaust survivor and Human Rights Activist Gerda Weissmann Klein is going to be speaking on Wednesday, Sept. 10 at Congregation Shearith Israel, 9401 Douglas Avenue in Dallas at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public, but reservations are requested. Call 972-383-1036 or e-mail southwest@ushmm.org by Sept. 5. Sponsors of the event are The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Congregation Shearith Israel, The Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance, AIPAC-Dallas, Southwest Region, Anti-Defamation League, Bnai Zion Foundation-Texas Region, Dallas Jewish Historical Society, Hadassah-Dallas Chapter, Hillels of Dallas, Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Dallas, Texas Jewish Post, The Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas and The Network, Dallas' Under 40 Jewish Connection. Gerda Weissmann Klein Best-Selling Author, Holocaust Survivor and Human Rights Activist "Remember the past to make a better future, always have hope, and never give up. Be a true friend even in hard times!" Author, historian, and speaker, Gerda Weissmann Klein has captivated audiences worldwide with her powerful story about surviving the Holocaust. Her uplifting presentations take audiences through one of the darkest eras of our world's history. In 1939, 15 year-old Gerda Weissmann Klein's life would change ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 23 days ago
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Source: www.earthtimes.org --- 15 days ago
Oslo - A Congolese priest was named winner of the 2008 Rafto Prize on Thursday for his work supporting reconciliation and peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and speaking out against mass rapes of women as part of the strategy of war... ...

Source: www.hrw.org --- 25 days ago
Government Critic Held on Fabricated Charges, Ill-Treated in Custody Uzbek authorities should drop all charges against a Human Rights defender and opposition Activist who faces politically motivated prosecution and immediately release him, Human Rights Watch said today. The trial against Akzam Turgunov resumes on September 16, 2008 in the remote town of Manget. Human Rights Watch also called on the authorities to ensure that Turgunov gets medical care for burns he suffered from ill-treatment in custody. ...

Source: www.ekklesia.co.uk --- 29 days ago
Human Rights Activist and journalist Lauren Booth has been trapped illegally in the Gaza strip as a result of a legal campaign calling for an end to the Israeli government blockade there, say Palestinian activists. ...

Source: www.bignewsnetwork.com --- 20 days ago
d committed serious offenses after he issued a critical report on the situation in the country. Jose Miguel Vivanco, the Americas director for Human Rights Watch, was expelled Thursday night "bec... ...

Source: www.globalvoicesonline.org --- 17 hours ago
Cuban diaspora blogger Uncommon Sense reports that a Cuban Human Rights Activist who was paroled from prison earlier this year because of poor health, now faces up to five years in prison “on a charge of ‘attacking' — which has been used before to silence critics of the dictatorship.” ...

Source: www.wicz.com --- 16 days ago
Is it more important to protect our borders or heritage as a nation of immigrants? This question and many other Human Rights issues was discussed tonight at Binghamton University with internationally acclaimed Human Rights Activist Enrique Morones. Morones is also the founder of border angels, a group which places food and provisions near desert border areas. ...

Source: www.thememriblog.org --- 38 days ago
Saudi Human Rights Activist Wajeha Al-Huwaidar has called on Saudi authorities, via a video with no speaking, to lift the five-year ban on her writing in the Saudi media, and to permit her and other Saudi writers to express their views freely. The ... September 2, 2008, 12:34 pm ...

Source: www.bignewsnetwork.com --- 37 days ago
â??I am honored to receive this award on behalf of North Korean defectors who have courageously worked even at this moment for their brethren in the North and their Human Rights.â? So said Suzanne... ...

Source: usiranalliance.org --- 3 days ago
(Persian Journal) - Ms. Negin Shaykh Alaslami who is a Human Rights Activist, a journalist, former president of Cultural Association of Women of Azarmehr Kurdisatan, as well as a women’s Rights Activist and a member of One million signature campaign was arrested by the Security Forces on Sunday October 5th 2008 and taken to [...] ...

Source: freemediasrilanka.wordpress.com --- 4 days ago
29.09.08 Media Release/NPC On Saturday night an unidentified gang lobbed two hand grenades at the residence of Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) Director and Attorney at-Law J.C Weliamuna. Mr. Weliamuna s residence is located in close proximity to a police station (Kohuwela), and an army camp (Kohuwela-Pepiliyana road. The attack demonstrates the blatant disregard criminals now have [...] ...

Source: www.topix.com --- 12 days ago
An appeal court in Bizerte yesterday ordered the release of Tarek Soussi, a member of the International Association for the Support of Political Prisoners , but he still faces prosecution on charges of ... ...

Source: internationalstudies.wordpress.com --- 15 days ago
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Masarah Van Eyck, mvaneyck2@international.wisc.edu, 608-262-5590 Virginia Vargas will deliver her talk “Women’s Long March for Equality and Democracy in Latin America” at the Pyle Center at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 30. Sponsored by the J. Jobe Soffa and Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa Distinguished International Visitor Fund, Vargas’ talk is part of the public launch [...] ...

Source: ghulammuhammed.wordpress.com --- 26 days ago
Prof. Iqbal A. Ansari, noted Human Rights Activist, joins SIMI debate Dear Yogendra Yadav/Ghulam Muhammed/Javed Anand/ Teesta Setalvad, Having read with interest the exchange of emails, enclosed is my own opinion along with some papers. I hope the Citizens’ Declaration will receive your attention. With regards, Yours sincerely, Iqbal A. Ansari Debating SIMI’s Rights and Wrongs Law, Secularism & Human Rights [The following [...] ...

Source: asvdh.net --- 15 days ago
Aminatou Haidar, a prominent Sahrawi Human Rights Activist working in the Moroccan occupied Western Sahara, has been awarded the prestigious RFK Human Rights Award for 2008. Upon hearing the news of her award, Mrs. Haidar said, "For me, as an individual, the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights award represents a great honor. As a Sahrawi Human Rights Activist, I consider it recognition that the cause of the Sahrawi people is just and legitimate and that our non-violent resistance is noble and righteous, in spite of the risks and the intimidation of the Moroccan authorities." ...

Source: www.bahrainrights.org --- 21 days ago
Human Rights Activist Fired after Exposing Corruption Threats of Arrest by Police after 24 hour sit in www.bahrainrights.org BCHR Ref: 08091600 The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) is highly concerned upon receiving news that the prominent Human right Activist and unionist Mr. Abbas Al Omran, member of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights and former member of the BAPCO www.bapco.net Workers Union, was fired today from his job. The Centre fears that this step taken by BAPCO (Bahrain Petroleum Company) comes as retaliation to Mr. Abbas’s activities and is related to Mr. Abbas’s exposure of members of the workers union and his allegation that they were receiving bribes from the company. In 2006 Mr. Abbas sent a letter to the company with information about these alleged bribes demanding answers, and he has been harassed ever since. In a recent letter about the harassments he has been exposed to, Mr. Abbas wrote “My isolation in this situation makes me exposed to revenge and spiteful actions especially considering my trade union activities and my insistence on exercising my Rights.” Since the news of his dismissal, Mr. Abbas has been holding a sit in outside the company as a protest to the unjust decision. The police observing the sit-in have already threatened to arrest Mr. Abbas, they have denied him the right to display his banners, and will not allow more than three family members or supporters to join him. “Targeting Human Rights ...

Source: www.fbppn.net --- 15 days ago
Five Activists Win Human Rights Watch Awards 15 Sep 2008 21:15:56 GMT Source: Human Rights Watch http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/HRW/823841576495335faa36e3b8a5afe092.htm (New York, September 15, 2008) � Five brave and selfless advocates of Human Rights from Burma, Congo, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan have been awarded the prestigious 2008 Human Rights Defender Awards, Human Rights Watch said today. All five have been [...] ...

Source: www.primenewswire.com --- 18 days ago
DETROIT, Sept. 15, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ilan Pappe, one of the foremost Israeli historians, will speak at the Sabeel international conference, "Peace, Palestine and U.S.Policy 1948-2008," exploring U.S. policy and its relationship to the Palestinian issue. The conference will take place at the First Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Michigan from September 25-27, 2008. ...