Human Rights – Page 37 – People's World

Mexican Senate passes progressive immigration law

March 7, 2011 By Emile Schepers

On Feb. 24, the Mexican Senate by a vote of 86 to 0 passed a new comprehensive immigration law decriminalizing the presence of undocumented migrants in Mexico.

Honduras powerbrokers beat up on the poor

February 14, 2011 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

In the year after Porfirio Lobo became president of Honduras the disaster for the Honduran people has become clear.

Support for Cuban Five in U.S. capital

February 14, 2011 By Vivian Weinstein

Nearly 100 students, faculty and local residents turned out Feb. 8 at Howard University for a panel discussion on the Cuban Five.

Rotten Apple: iPod sweatshops hidden in China

January 25, 2011 By Dan Margolis

Apple, famous for its Mac computers and iPhones, spends millions to create the image of a benevolent corporate giant that, while making money, does more than its part to better the world.

UN human rights body should be defended

January 25, 2011 By Dan Margolis

Like so many other initiatives of the tea party-infused Republican right, the push to leave - and even destroy - the Human Rights Council is wrong.