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(Tunis) – The Tunisian authorities blocked journalists from attending a Human Rights Watch briefing to release a report critical of the government, Human Rights Watch said today. On March 22 and 23, 2010, officials said they would not allow Human Rights Watch to hold the event but did not present any legal basis for the [...] (New York) – The Tunisian authorities should end arbitrary restrictions on released political prisoners, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The measures seem aimed to ensuring that dissidents are unable to resume normal lives upon release, Human Rights Watch said. (Nairobi) – The Ethiopian government is waging a coordinated and sustained attack on political opponents, journalists, and rights activists ahead of the May 2010 elections, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. In a final drive to thwart President Barack Obama’s health care remake, Republican senators plan to force Democrats to run a gantlet of politically dicey votes before they can finish a companion bill to the landmark law. Texas’ 20 Republican U.S. House members are urging Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison to set aside plans to resign. The White House says it isn’t worried that 13 state attorneys general are suing to overturn the massive health care overhaul, and many legal experts agree the effort is futile. DNC Chairman Governor Tim Kaine just sent the following email to supporters: Good morning. President Barack Obama signs the health insurance reform bill in the East Room of the White House, March 23, 2010. Photo by Chuck Kennedy. "That our generation is able to succeed in passing this reform is a testament to the persistence –- and the character -– of the American people, who championed this cause; who mobilized; who organized; who believed that people who love this country can change it." — President Barack Obama Earlier today, President Obama entered the East [...] Amnesty International has released a new briefing outlining its call for a full, independent and impartial inquiry into UK involvement in human rights abuses post-11 September 2001. |
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