Human Rights
Malala recovering: young Pakistani woman to continue her struggle
January 4, 2013Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban for advocating girls' education in Pakistan, has been discharged from a British hospital.
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After four decades, Victor Jara’s killers charged
January 3, 2013Eight former army lieutenants have been charged in the killing of communist singer and songwriter Victor Jara in 1973.
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Time to repeal Taft-Hartley
December 19, 2012It is one of those ironies of history that on December 10, 1948 the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Human Rights Day demand: tax rich, jobs not cuts
December 12, 2012She stood silhouetted against the backdrop of a holiday-lit City Hall. But she wasn't speaking of holiday celebrations.
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Huge Argentina human rights trial begins
November 29, 2012On Wednesday, the trial of no less than 68 former military and civilian officials of the 1976-1983 Argentine military dictatorship began in Buenos Aires.
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