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Watch Radhika Balakrishnan on MSNBC

MSNBC's All In Discussion: What Obama’s budget doesn't get: growth and austerity cannot co-exist . Austerity is now in full swing in the United States. MSNBC's Chris Hayes discusses the politics of austerity with Radhika Balakrishnan, Chrystia Freeland, and former Greek prime minister George Papandreou. Balakrishnan is former chair of...

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USHRN Sends ICCPR Delegation to Geneva

A USHRN delegation traveled to Geneva to attend the 107 th session of the UN Human Rights Committee. The Adoption of the List of Issues for the U.S. government International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 2013 review took place during the session. Delegation members attended a briefing with...

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In Human Rights News: Arrests in NC, MN approves same-sex marriage, domestic surveillance, the right to water and immigration reform

Week May 11, 2013 This week in human rights news sees local activists and USHRN members arrested in North Carolina, Minnesota approval of same-sex marriage, concerns about possible expansion of...

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In Human Rights News: Movement Building, Sequestration, Climate Change, Prisoner Rights

Coverage of human rights issues in the news for the week of May 4-10.

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This Week in Human Rights News: Education, Workers' Rights, and More in the Age of Austerity

Human rights-based news for the period of 4/27 to 5/3.

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UN-IACHR Press Release on Guantánamo

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, UN Rapporteur on Torture, UN Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism, and UN Rapporteur on Health issued a joint statement reiterating the need to

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This Week in Human Rights News: Senate Drone Hearing, Georgia Signs Another Anti-Immigrant Law, and more.

April 20th marked the third anniversary of BP’s Oil spill in the Gulf Coast . Billions of restoration funding is due to be distributed to the Gulf Coast from the...

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Petition the U.S. State Department to take action against FreshDirect

FreshDirect proposes to use $130 million in tax payer subsidies to occupy public waterfront land in the South Bronx, imposing 2,000 daily vehicle trips through a community already facing asthma...

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