UN Human Rights Council Denounces Israeli War Crimes (tags)
Israel
Saudi Host UN Human Rights Conference (tags)
police state
Despotic Saudi Regime Lobbies to Chair Human Rights Council (tags)
police state
Israeli Gaza War Crimes Investigation (tags)
Israel
Investigating Gaza War Crimes (tags)
Gaza
Race Discrimination in Los Angeles County (tags)
A private, non profit civil rights organization files two race discrimination cases in Los Angeles against two large corporate landowners.
Israel Avoids Human Rights Scrutiny (tags)
Israel
Major Landlord Systematically Discriminates Against African-Americans (tags)
The Housing Rights Center (HRC), as part of its Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) Private Enforcement Initiative Project, filed a federal lawsuit against a Los Angeles landowner who consistently refused to rent to African-Americans.
One-Sided Anti-Syrian Human Rights Council Resolution (tags)
Syria
UN Human Rights Council: US Imperial Tool (tags)
imperialism
HRC Settles $19K Lawsuit Against Landlord Who Discriminates Against Children (tags)
The Housing Rights Center, the nation's largest nonprofit, civil-rights organization dedicated to fighting housing discrimination, won a $19,000 settlement on behalf of a family who was denied housing because they had children.
Pressure Builds for Full-Scale War on Syria (tags)
Syria
Syria's Divided Opposition (tags)
Syria
Duplicitous Human Rights Council Report on Syria (tags)
Syria
NGOs Promote Wars for Profit (tags)
anti-war
Israel's Lawless Settlement Project (tags)
Israel
Keeping the Syrian Pot Boiling (tags)
anti-war
Gaza Flotilla Massacre: Whitewash Absolves Israel (tags)
crimes whitewashed
trying to buy the findings
Palestinian Authority Recommends Whitewashing Gaza War Crimes (tags)
PA complicit with Israel
Guilty As Charged: UN Report on Gaza Flotilla Massacre (tags)
Israel rightfully condemned
From Goldstone to Uribe (tags)
The fix is in.
Human Rights Situation in Occupied Palestine (tags)
Israel's continued reign of terror against a civilian population
HRC Head Does Damage Control on Transgender Rights (tags)
Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign — America's largest Queer-rights organization — came to San Diego July 24 to organize support for his group's campaign against Proposition 8, which would reverse the California Supreme Court's decision allowing same-sex couples to marry. But most of his 10-minute speech was damage control to repair HRC's relations with the Transgender community, strained by the group's decision last October to support a federal Queer-rights bill that doesn't protect Transgender people.
Democrat VP John Kerry Hails Missouri Rejection of Gay Marriage (tags)
As the Democrats Cuddle up to antigay fascists in Missouri, can someone explain "lesser evil" again?
Unprecedented Week of Transgender Activism in Nation’s Capital (tags)
A bit of history occurred the end of April and early May. Three national transgender or gender-diverse civil rights organizations lobbied Capitol Hill simultaneously and, for the first time, all lobbied for the same issues. In addition, yet another rejuvenated national group conducted its first organized protest in years, and still another organization conducted a march to the Viet Nam Veterans’ Memorial, and conducted a historic wreath laying ceremony.
CITY OF FRESNO SETTLES LAWSUIT - GIVES FREE REPUBLIC $60,000 (tags)
A SHORT CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS: * Last year the Sheriff’s department infiltrated Peace Fresno, allegedly looking for terrorists * At the same time, a Fresno City Council member sent an email saying that if he had a dirty bomb he could eliminate all of the liberals in Fresno * An aide to a City Council member sent an email that suggested sending “over some officers to 'Cap' these guys” (HRC members) * Messages threatening violence against peace activists were posted on the Free Republic web site * A Press Release was sent out warning the community about that threat of violence * The Free Republic filed a million dollar lawsuit against the City of Fresno because of that Press Release * The mayor and conservatives on the City Council attacked the Human Relations Commission (HRC) because of the Press Release * And NOW the city settles that lawsuit by forcing the chair of the HRC to resign and giving the Freepers $60,000 What is wrong with this picture? Who are the real terrorists?
Bush's "Marriage Protection Week " = Attack on Gay Rights (tags)
Bush has declared the week of october 15th as "Marriage Protection Week".