RT @Katilist: Vote now for #humanrights crusader Peter Wagner to win Take Back American Dream Award! @prisonpolicy ...

Nearly 1,500 Palestinian Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike <<mass nonviolent passive resistance for #humanrights

Another gay teen suicide bullying case. Phillip Parker, age 14 in TN /via @Jethro_Aryeh #civilrights #humanrights

Check out my former boss @jonhutson's Q&A w/the NYT re: @SudanSentinel's new report #sudan #humanrights

RT @jonhutson: Mexican transgender woman Alexandra Reyes granted asylum by US #Mexico #lgbt #humanrights #refugee

RT @jonhutson: Pls RT. Must-read @NickKristof piece: Death by Gadget in #Congo: #tcot #p2 #humanrights #tech #Apple

RT @jonhutson: Pls RT for #freespeech: @Intel freaks out, shuts off #humanrights protest on #Facebook #tcot #p2

RT @jonhutson: Pls RT: Picketers hit @Intel in #Oregon over conflict mineral imports: #humanrights #conmin #tech

RT @phrTweets: #Arizona’s New #Immigration Law Imperils #HumanRights /by @Katilist and Erin Hustings #women #asylum

David Zirin: Boycott the Arizona Diamondbacks #racism #immigrants #humanrights #baseball

I've got a new post up on the #PHR blog: #Medicine Used for Harm in US #Torture #humanrights #waterboarding

RT @newtactics: How do #humanrights practitioners determine what information to collect? /via @kjantin

For nearly six years, British resident Omar Deghayes was imprisoned in Guantánamo and subjected to such brutal torture that he lost the sight in one eye. But far from being broken, he fought back to retain his dignity and his sanity

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration put relentless pressure on interrogators to use harsh methods on detainees in part to find evidence of cooperation between al Qaida and the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's regime, according to a former senior U.S. intelligence official and a former Army psychiatrist.

NEW YORK, Apr 7 (IPS) - Human rights advocates are expressing alarm about recent disclosures that medical professionals assisted the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in harsh interrogations at secret prisons overseas and at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. It has also been brought to light that judges have ignored the mental health problems of government witnesses in terror-related trials.

Established in 2005 to recognize the work librarians do to sustain, support and defend Human Rights. "Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world"...Universal Declaration of Human Rights--December 10, 1948.

Just four years ago, the defense establishment decided to carry out a seemingly elementary task: establish a comprehensive database on the settlements. Brigadier General (res.) Baruch Spiegel, aide to then defense minister Shaul Mofaz, was put in charge of the project. For over two years, Spiegel and his staff, who all signed a special confidentiality agreement, went about systematically collecting data, primarily from the Civil Administration.

The group was launching a campaign, Unsubscribe, to highlight human rights abuses in the war on terror and reach out to websites such as Bebo and Facebook, Amnesty officials said.

In response to interest in applying international standards to assess the human rights of Hurricane Katrina victims and make policy recommendations to address their needs, the U.S. Human Rights Network is coordinating a documentation project spearheaded b

via Prof B

"...to the end that human rights shall be regarded as more sacred than property interests."