Posts Tagged ‘Freedom and Human Rights’
Immigrant Maids Flee Lives of Abuse in Kuwait
Monday, August 2nd, 2010
Hundreds of maids who fled from their employers now sleep in improvised shelters in their countries’ embassies.
Rights Group Denounces Illegality of Abortion in Philippines
Monday, August 2nd, 2010
The New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights said that the Philippine government was directly responsible for a "human rights crisis" that causes the deaths of a thousand women annually.
Death in Police Encounter Stirs Calls for Change in Egypt
Sunday, July 18th, 2010
Opposition figures and rights workers are suggesting that the death of Khaled Said could be a turning point in a long campaign to root out what they call a culture of brutality and abuse.
Draft Law Revives Practice of Soviets
Friday, July 16th, 2010
Russia’s Parliament passed a draft law on Friday that will allow the security service to warn citizens that their activities could lead to a future violation of the law.
Russian Mayor Irks Security Agency, and Suffers
Sunday, July 4th, 2010
A mayor who filed a lawsuit over a resort owned by Russia’s security service was jailed and prosecuted.
