Rebecca Sargent's Blog – February 2012 Archive (25)

The University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies is running its 4^thAnnual Summer Institute for Faculty in Peace Studies Program Development from June 10-15, 2012.
Twitter defended its recently announced…

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Added by Rebecca Sargent on February 6, 2012 at 6:31pm — No Comments

The Council of Europe Commission for Human Rights warned this week of rising racism and xenophobia in Europe amid the current economic crisis, with austerity budgets undermining social rights and putting vulnerable groups at greater risk. On Wednesday, British PM Cameron…

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Added by Rebecca Sargent on February 5, 2012 at 2:32pm — No Comments

The Guardian ran a special report on the mistreatment of Palestinian children locked in Israel’s military justice system; allegations that many vehemently denied. Last Wednesday, an Israeli military court ordered Hamas MP Aziz Dweik, the speaker of…

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Added by Rebecca Sargent on February 4, 2012 at 2:46pm — No Comments

The Organization of American States (OAS) Permanent Council adopted proposals to strengthen the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on Wednesday. Included in the non-binding proposals were three recommendations that threaten the reach and independence of the Special Rapporteurship.
Last Monday, security forces in Mexico…

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Added by Rebecca Sargent on February 2, 2012 at 10:28pm — No Comments

Human Rights Watch released a report accusing Myanmar/Burma and its army of continuing a “systematic repression” of citizens, including the use of anti-personnel landmines, child soldiers, forced labour, extrajudicial killings, sexual violence and the use of human shields, despite the government’s promise of reform and ceasefire agreements with some ethnic armed…

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Added by Rebecca Sargent on February 1, 2012 at 9:54pm — No Comments