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Sri Lanka's Ghosts

HumanRightsWatch — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:57:31 -0700

The Sri Lankan government is responsible for widespread abductions and "disappearances" that have become a national crisis. Human Rights Watch has urged the government to reveal the whereabouts of the "disappeared," immediately end the practice, and hold the perpetrators accountable.

Three Queer Mice

globalactionproject — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:53:06 -0800

This short animation is a remake of the nursery rhyme Three Blind Mice. We find three very queer mice in a lot of trouble when their rights are being violated. Based on real stories.

When Silence is Golden--gold mining in Africa

alexlali — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:10:53 -0800

When Silence is Golden is a documentary film which follows its director in her quest to lift the silence on the gold mining activities of a Canadian mining company near a small town in Western Ghana. Through her journey, we meet the inhabitants of this town who, despite efforts by the government to silence them, cannot hide their anger and are eager to express their grievances.

Message from Executive Director

ushrnetwork — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:02:43 -0800

Today, the US Human Rights Network (USHRN), a nationwide human rights coalition comprised of over 250 groups, and Advocates for Environmental Human Rights (AEHR), a New Orleans based public interest law group, condemned the imminent destruction of 4,600 low-income housing units in New Orleans that people were ordered out of after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city. On Saturday, the federal housing authority plan to begin the process by demolishing 723 apartments in the CJ Peete projects. All the residents in the projects were poor and black.

US Human Rights Network

HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS CALL DESTRUCTION OF LOW INCOME HOUSING PROJECTS IN NEW ORLEANS ACT OF RACIAL CLEANSING

ushrnetwork — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:09:14 -0800

How to get more people to defend Human Rights

ourhumanrights — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:19:31 -0800

We believe that there should be many more people that take action against human rights abuses. There is a challange to motivate people in countries where information is freely available but citizens are desensitized.

How can we get more people to become non-violent activists, who support Human Rights?

Our Human Rights

Professor David Brotherton: Detention Trial

Breakthrough — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:08:16 -0700

Professor David Brotherton's work has allowed him to witness an immigration trial firsthand. He shares the overall feeling of disbelief in the courtroom when the judge finally says, "you're gonna be deported".

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Susan Davies fights to save her friend from deportation

Breakthrough — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:53:41 -0700

Ansar Mahmood couldn't believe his luck. He won a greencard lottery to live in United States.

He worked hard as a pizza delivery man to support his family and educate his sisters back home in Pakistan. But all this changed after he asked someone to take his picture in the Catskills. Before he knew it, he was facing detention and deportation all for signing a lease
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Susan Davies of the Chatham Peace Initiative was an ardent supporter and close friend of Ansar. Listen as she tells her uphill battle to keep him in the United States.

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Immigration Video Game ICED! I Can End Deportation on FOX

Breakthrough — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:56:25 -0700

Breakthrough's newest video game "ICED! I Can End Deportation" on Fox News. Listen as Breakthrough's Executive Director, Mallika Dutt says,"we want to show how the 1996 immigration laws have created this overly broad system of enforcement that needs to be fixed to be more fair."

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What's Wrong with Immigration?

Breakthrough — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:14:53 -0700

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