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  • Court signals leniency for young offenders 10 Nov 2009 10:54 GMT
    ... the better," said Byron Gowdy, Graham's lawyer. Amnesty International also said the United States is ... Louisiana (335), Florida (302), California (249) and Illinois (103). ...

  • Is a Redo of Post-9/11 Paranoia the Best We Can Do? 9 Nov 2009 16:11 GMT
    ... Obama administration and over strong objections from human rights and civil liberties groups. Last week, the ... of New York, Dick J. Durbin of Illinois and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island. Asked ...

  • Baluchistan International Conference in USA on Nov. 21: By Ahmar Mustikhan 6 Nov 2009 15:54 GMT
    ... A number of international activists, scholars and human rights practitioners will be participating in the first-ever ... the Advocacy Director for International Issues for Amnesty International USA. He has served as a human ... of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Agha grew up in, ...

  • Senate panel hears ENDA testimony 6 Nov 2009 00:56 GMT
    ... lead to a flood of discrimination lawsuits. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan said her state ... amount of lawsuits since it amended its Human Rights Act in 2005 to protect LGBT people ...

  • 'Diagnosis and Prescription to Combat Global Terrorism': New Book Looks at the Five Major Religions to Uncover Underlying Factors of Terrorism 5 Nov 2009 13:21 GMT
    ... to the United States, Whapoe founded a human rights advocacy foundation in Liberia, was the first ... in social work from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Whapoe currently serves as a ...

  • 'Diagnosis and Prescription to Combat Global Terrorism': New Book Looks at the Five Major Religions 5 Nov 2009 13:21 GMT
    ... to the United States, Whapoe founded a human rights advocacy foundation in Liberia, was the first ... in social work from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Whapoe currently serves as a ...

  • 'Diagnosis and Prescription to Combat Global Terrorism': New Book Looks at the Five Major Religions to Uncover Underlyin 5 Nov 2009 13:31 GMT
    ... to the United States, Whapoe founded a human rights advocacy foundation in Liberia, was the first ... in social work from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Whapoe currently serves as a ...

  • UIS student addresses dignitaries at academic awards ceremony 8 Nov 2009 14:31 GMT
    ... a 21-year-old student at the University of Illinois Springfield who is studying pre-law and sociology, ... a tribunal lawyer), you are fighting for human rights and what is right,” she said. The ...

  • Will Religion Be Forced To Bow At Obama's Feet? 6 Nov 2009 00:17 GMT
    ... For example, recounting her testimony before the Illinois state legislature, Jill Stanek recalled how uncaring ... the possibility of being dragged before a Human Rights Tribunal (basically a Stalinesque kangaroo court) for ...

  • A historic signing 5 Nov 2009 22:41 GMT
    ... speaker Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois and all three openly gay Representatives - ... transgender Americans." Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, also praised the measure, saying it ...

  • Letters to the Editor: Nov. 4 4 Nov 2009 10:01 GMT
    ... general election, the campaign finance system in Illinois is weaker. While there are some significant ... “continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.” A similar resolution is pending in the ...

  • The decision 4 Nov 2009 21:31 GMT
    ... Commission in Kabul in July. As an Illinois state senator, Barack Obama was vocal in ... who now heads the Carr Center for Human Rights at Harvard, blasted the Obama approach in ...

  • U.S. Senate's first hearing on inclusive ENDA 5 Nov 2009 20:37 GMT
    ... testifying on behalf of ENDA Thursday included Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, and Springfield, Mass., ... complaint and was able to serve openly. Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese praised the committee ...

  • Larry Craig Takes a Stance Against Gitmo 6 Nov 2009 01:30 GMT
    ... on the petition, circulated by advocacy groups Human Rights First and the Constitution Project. Conservative activist ... , also a forner Democratic congressman from Illinois and Clinton White House counsel. Federal courts ...

  • On Nov. 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony defied the law by attempting to vote for Ulysses S. Grant 5 Nov 2009 12:15 GMT
    ... first time assumed institutional responsibility for widespread human rights violations during the dictatorship of General Augusto ... filling out his new administration, selecting hard-charging Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel to be White House ...


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