Human Rights – Page 38 – People's World

Cuba Five prisoner paintings on exhibit in Maine

January 25, 2011 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

PORTLAND, Maine - Noted actress and dedicated political activist Vinie Burrows helped open an exhibition of paintings by Cuban Five political prisoner Antonio Guerrero on January 19 at the University of Southern Maine Library.

Thousands of Israelis march against “witch-hunt”

January 18, 2011 By Susan Webb

Center and left Israelis, including political parties and human rights organizations, warn that Israel hasn't learned the lessons of the 1950s McCarthyite hysteria in the U.S.

A blind eye for terror in Colombia

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

In Washington, business interests are pushing the Obama administration to submit a U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement for congressional approval. Yet terror prevails under the new regime of President Juan Manuel Santos

Governor’s murder is crime against Pakistani people, too

January 7, 2011 By Special to People’s World

The following is a statement issued by the Communist Party of Pakistan on the day of the murder of Governor Salmaan Taseer.

Mexican kidnappings reveal ongoing abuse of migrant workers

January 5, 2011 By Emile Schepers

Numerous kidnappings in Mexico have sparked an international incident and have stimulated the efforts of Mexican human rights activists in favor of Central American migrants in their country.