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Take Action NOW: Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill Commission Hearing THURSDAY JAN 21st

By Sarah Kalloch on January 20, 2010

On Thursday January 21, 2010, the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (TLHRC)  is holding a hearing to discuss the proposed Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill. The hearing will be from 2-3:30pm in Rayburn House Office Building and is open to the media and public. The TLHRC was established in 2008 “to promote and advocate in a non-partisan [...]

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Alaei Day Opens with Editorials in New York Times, Boston Globe and LA Times

By Sarah Kalloch on May 12, 2009

The Global Day of Action for the Doctors Alaei has launched with a coast to coast media blitz. The New York Times, Boston Globe and LA Times all called for the release of the Alaeis in Editorials today. The New York Times pointed out the treacherous working condition for professionals in Iran and called the [...]

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Zimbabwe Denies Citizens Right to Health

By Gurukarm Khalsa on January 14, 2009

The new PHR report on the collapse of health systems in Zimbabwe has brought media attention to the crisis there.
The Washington Post today reports:
The cholera outbreak gripping the country is just one sign of the disintegration of a once-admired health-care structure that essentially ceased to function in late 2008, denying Zimbabweans their human right to [...]

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