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Rare opportunityFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 12:15AMDoor creaks ajar for undocumented Haitians in the US

Debate on ‘The al-Qaeda 7’ — Our view: Yes, even accused terrorists should have access to lawyersThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 11:22PMOur view on ‘The al-Qaeda 7’: Yes, even accused terrorists should have access to lawyers Attack on Guantanamo attorneys insults proud U.S. legal tradition. One of America's proudest traditions is that everyone, no matter how reviled, has a right to...

BA strike breaker 'to suicide bomber'Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 10:33PMIT expert planned to carry out attack using strike by cabin crew as cover, a court heard

Fees, Deadlines Loom for Haitians in FloridaThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 10:25PMWhile welcomed by the Haitian-American community, the temporary protected status granted by the Obama administration to Haitians living in the United States is turning out to have its pitfalls, say attorneys and paralegals. Among the problems: The status is good for only 18 months. After that, they say, what are the thousands of Haitians to do? Experts say there is no way the devastated country ...

Press Releases: Briefing on the Release of the 2009 Country Reports on Human Rights PracticesThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 6:42PMBriefing on the Release of the 2009 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices Michael H. Posner Assistant Secretary , Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Washington, DC March 11, 2010 ASSISTANT SECRETARY POSNER: Thank you, Secretary Clinton, and welcome. I want to just, if I may, say a few introductory words about the report and something about the trends we see, and then open it up for ...

Asylum-seekers abused by security guards, says reportThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 6:13PMMinisters are to review the use of force against asylum-seekers by British security guards after a report found serious injuries suffered by detainees who had been handcuffed or physically restrained.

70 immigration detainees on hunger strikeThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 3:17PMOSAKA — At least 70 detainees at the West Japan Immigration Control Center, which has long been criticized by human rights groups and Diet members, have been on a hunger strike since Monday, center officials and volunteers helping them confirmed Thursday. "Around 70 foreigners began a hunger strike Monday night because they want to be released on a temporary basis," Norifumi Kishida, an official ...

Police turning immigrants with criminal backgrounds over to ICEThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 2:01PMBy Xie Tao, World Journal, 3 March 2010. Translated from Chinese by Austin Woerner.

'Gangsta' rap star Snoop Dogg wins 3-year human rights battle to visit Britain... and we pick up £100,000 billMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 5:38PMIn an embarrassing defeat for the Home Office, the American hip hop star successfully claimed the ban infringed his human right to freedom of expression.