2010 March 12 | My Legal Right

Indonesia: US Should Justify Training Counterterrorism Unit

(New York) – The US government should train members of Indonesia’s elite special forces only if Indonesia takes sufficient steps toward accountability and reform to deter future abuses, Human Rights Watch said in two letters released today. �
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Hamas: Journalist’s Detention Violated Due Process

(New York) – The 25-day detention by Hamas authorities of the journalist Paul Martin seriously violated his due process rights, Human Rights Watch said today. Martin was arrested on February 14, 2010, and was released today.
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Syria: Repression Grows as Europe, US Avoid Discussing Rights

(New York) – Catherine Ashton, the EU foreign relations chief, should raise human rights concerns with Syrian officials during her visit next week and seek specific commitments to improve their record, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Shelby Says `Doesn’t Look Good’ for Accord on Regulation: Video

March 11 — Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama, the top Republican on the Banking Committee, talks with Bloomberg’s Richard Shelby about the outlook for negotiations on Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd’s financial regulatory plan.

Obama says he’s committed to immigration overhaul

President Barack Obama on Thursday assured immigration advocates frustrated by the wait for a promised overhaul of U.S. immigration laws that he remains committed to fixing a system he has said is broken.

Troubled DOJ unit that prosecutes public corruption to get 2 new leaders after Stevens errors

The troubled Justice Department unit that investigates corruption of public officials is getting new leadership amid a criminal probe into how it handled evidence in the prosecution of Republican Sen.

11-Year-Old Asks Members of Congress to Support Reform: "The health care system is broken and it caused my mother’s death."

As members of Congress ready for a vote on health reform, today they heard from 11-year-old Marcelas Owens, whose mother died in 2007 because she lacked health insurance.
Tiffany Owens suffered from pulmonary hypertension, which forced her to stop work, and in turn, she lost her medical benefits. She spent the final part of her life [...]

The Final March for Reform: Call Congress

Yesterday, the Democratic National Committee and Organizing for America kicked off the Final March for Health Reform — an unprecedented week-long campaign sprint featuring powerful ways for supporters to weigh in directly to Congress.
Today, Day 2, people are calling their representatives to express their support for health reform in the final days before a vote. [...]

What John Boehner’s offered on the floor of the House

Privileged resolutions aren’t all John Boehner
likes to offer on the House floor. He also has handed out checks cut
by Big Tobacco on the floor of the House at a time when the House was
considering ending a subsidy for tobacco companies.�
John Boehner is all too ready to cast stones
from glass houses – even though he was [...]

Italian authorities urged to stop forced evictions of Roma

We always dream that our children will have a house to live in, so they will not be called "gypsies"Elpida, a Macedonian Roma, mother of six, who came to Italy in 1991 with her husband

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