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Analysis Indicates Pressure from UN Human Rights System on Abortion
December 03, 2014
New analysis of the UN's Universal Periodic Review process finds that several countries are using these reviews of country commitments to UN human rights treaties to place pressure on governments to loosen restrictions on abortion.
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UN Official Calls for U.S. Review of "Institutionalized Discrimination"
November 26, 2014
Following a grand jury's decision not to indict a police officer who fatally shot a suspect in Ferguson, Missouri, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has called for a U.S. review of "institutionalized discrimination" against African-Americans across all levels of U.S. law enforcement.
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China Proposals Spotlight Danger in Global Internet Governance
November 26, 2014
Amnesty International warns that China, whose "internet model is one of extreme control and suppression," is proposing to use its own internet laws as the standard for global governance of the internet at the country's first World Internet Conference.
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Rhodes: Protect "Integrity" of Human Rights Concept
November 26, 2014
In a recent speech, Aaron Rhodes of the Freedom Rights Project has called for human rights groups to spotlight violations of civil and political rights around the world and to prevent attempts by oppressive regimes to "obfuscate" real human rights protection through the proliferation of economic and social rights.
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Experts: U.S. Congress Should Ensure Private Internet
November 26, 2014
Brett Schaefer, Paul Rosenzweig, and James Gattuso write that the U.S. Congress should work with the White House to ensure that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") maintains minimum standards that will keep it free from control by oppressive governments.
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