Human Rights
VIDEO Depicted as gorilla, African American doctor sues UCLA for racism
May 23, 2012A respected African American faculty surgeon filed a racial discrimination suit against the UCLA Medical Center and UC Regents after they refused to take action on blatant acts of racism.
Read moreU.S. intransigence on Cuban Five prisoners a high stakes game
May 22, 2012With appeals all but exhausted, the only hope for relief of unremitting judicial abuse of the Cuban Five lies with President Barack Obama.
Read moreImmigrants protest harsh deportation policy
May 15, 2012Immigrant workers and their families from across northern Ohio rallied May 11 to protest rising deportations of parents of U.S. citizen children.
Read moreLawmakers grant Suriname president immunity for murders
April 6, 2012Suriname parliament granted President Desi Brouterse immunity for 1982 murders, raising ire of human rights groups.
Read moreAppeal issued for two held in isolation for 40 years
April 5, 2012April 17 will mark 40 years that Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace have been held in isolation at The Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La. April 17 will mark 40 years that Albert Woodfox and Herman...
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