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Saudi Arabia: Domestic Worker Brutalized

(New York) – The apparent brutality by Saudi employers against a Sri Lankan domestic worker highlights the severe shortcomings in labor laws and practices that foster abuse and exploitation, Human Rights Watch said today.

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West Bank/Israel: Hamas Must End Attacks on Civilians

(Jerusalem) – Hamas should be held accountable for two new attacks against Israeli civilians in the West Bank, and those who ordered and participated in the attacks should be [...] Continue Reading…

Libya: Step Ahead for Women on Nationality Rights

(Beirut) – Libya’s new nationality law granting women married to foreign spouses the right to pass their own nationality to their children is a significant move forward for women’s [...] Continue Reading…

Click to read:Gulf Platform Investigators Focus on Blast Cause

Boats are seen spraying water on an oil and gas platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana Sept.

TN gripes about EPA coal ash hearings

The Environmental Protection Agency is hearing gripes from Tennessee and Alabama officials who feel left out as the agency goes across the country asking if coal ash should be [...] Continue Reading…

Wary of tea party, GOP attacks Senate candidate

Delaware Republicans call Senate hopeful Christine O’Donnell a liar who “could not be elected dog catcher” in a fierce attack that underscores GOP fears of the tea party-backed candidate [...] Continue Reading…

Technology to Change the World

I’m an iPhone developer. It can be an exciting job: there are always puzzles to solve, you meet a lot of clever people, you’re always working late [...] Continue Reading…

Slovak government urged to end segregation for Romani children

A new Amnesty International briefing points to serious gaps in the enforcement and monitoring of the ban on discrimination and segregation in the Slovak educational system.

Slovak government urged to end segregation for Romani children

Amnesty International is urging the Slovak government to immediately end the segregation of Romani children in the country’s education system

Bosnia and Herzegovina must reject Burqa ban

Amnesty International urges the country’s parliament to reject a draft law, set to be debated this week, prohibiting the wearing in public of clothes which prevent identification.

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