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Human Rights First is currently building a campaign to Close Guantanamo Bay by the President's deadline of January 22, 2010.

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Human Rights First In
a major victory for our campaign to close Guantanamo the Senate
rejected this attempt to derail Guantanamo's closure and prevent the
United States from rebuilding our reputation.

LaNaya Ritson
8 minutes ago
Renetta A Hunter Land
Renetta A Hunter Land
I continue to pray for justice
3 minutes ago
Human Rights First

Human Rights First Legitimate refugees are being unfairly branded as terrorists. A new report released today by Human Rights First examines this troubling issue and offers a series of recommendations to fix this serious problem.

Source: bit.ly
Human Rights First is a human rights advocacy group working on issues related to: refugees, civil liberties after September 11, the prosecution of war crimes, labor rights, and the promotion of democracy.
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Human Rights First Now that the latest reports on Sudan violations of international law are released, action must be taken to bring stability and security to the country.

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
By Julia Fromholz Three weeks ago, the Obama administration announced its comprehensive policy toward Sudan, relying on both incentives and pressures to move that country toward peace.
Human Rights First

Human Rights First U.N. Panel report: more violations of arms embargo in Sudan, and human rights abuses in Darfur - ACT TODAY

Source: www.humanrightsfirst.org
An article in the Associated Press today hightlights the findings of the U.N. Panel of Experts report released last week, including violations of the arms embargo and mass human rights violations in Darfur:
Marta Huelsman Roberts
Marta Huelsman Roberts
I signed the petition.
Mon at 9:01pm
Human Rights First
On October 12, 2009, Ms. Illian Deta Arta Sari and Mr. Emerson Yuntho, two staff members of Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW), a nongovernmental organization (NGO) based in Jakarta, were named as suspects in a criminal defamation case...
Human Rights First

Human Rights First Huffington Post features an article on Gabriel Gonzalez, the winner of our Human Rights Award last month. Thanks to all of you who wrote the State Department to ensure he could be here for the award, meetings on the Hill, and this interview.

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
Last week Tom Brokaw presented a human rights award to Gabriel Gonzalez. The thoughtful young man then flew home to Colombia, where he is charged with being a terrorist and faces seven years in prison.
Human Rights First

Human Rights First Human Rights First's International Legal Director Gabor Rona discusses
the implication of the Italian court ruling on extraordinary rendition.
Check it out!

Source: www.humanrightsfirst.org
Watch the YouTube clip here
Human Rights First
We wanted to follow up on our Tuesday Guantanamo campaign conference call. We’re moving fast! On the call, we talked about pushing back on the Graham-Lieberman amendment that is currently before the Senate. It would keep 9/11 defendants from facing prosecution in federal courts. ...
Human Rights First

Human Rights First Thanks to all who were on the call yesterday. We are organizing a grassroots campaign to Close GITMO. Please join this group if you want to help, and share this with everyone you know who will stand with us.

We are calling for advocates to join our Gitmo Task Force – a campaign aimed to ensure Guantanamo is closed in a timely – and correct way. Guantanamo Bay is a stain in U.S. history – a symbol of inj...
Eric Griffin
Eric Griffin
GOOD JOB
November 5 at 9:42am
Charlie Snow
Charlie Snow
I love this idea of closing anything down that violates treating people like anything less than human. Enlighten me on this if inaccurate I was under the impression that the thing that made Gitmo so unique was the fact the detainees had no habeus corpus. They could be held without warrant or charge for an indefinite period. It is my understanding ... Read Morethat the treasonous document known as The Patriot Act gave the entire world those same attributes by attempting to supercede our constitutional liberties that many men and women have died for.
Yesterday at 2:25am
Human Rights First

Human Rights First Sharon Kelly of Human Rights First contributed a grade for President Obama's first 100 days report card. Join her in a call today to plan for the closure of Guantanamo: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=308655500612&index=1

Source: www.foreignpolicy.com
After U.S. President Barack Obama's first 100 days in office, Foreign Policy invited some of its favorite bloggers, pundits, and political experts to analyze his foreign policy and help us create a report card for the young administration. ...
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Human Rights First Reminder: Tomorrow is the Gitmo Task Force planning call. View the event for more details, or visit http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=166367830877

Join the call and become a member of the task force
Location:Call: 1-866-537-1631. Password: 8246739
Time:12:00PM Tuesday, November 3rd
Human Rights First

Human Rights First Human Rights First is launching a grassroots campaign to pressure
President Obama to honor his pledge to close GITMO by January 22nd.
Please join HRF Task Force to Close Guantanamo in a discussion of
strategy and tactics that will result in a campaign plan to close the
embodiment of American hypocrisy at Guantanamo Bay.

Join the call and become a member of the task force
Location:Call: 1-866-537-1631. Password: 8246739
Time:12:00PM Tuesday, November 3rd
Michael Bernt Rollo
Michael Bernt Rollo
The embodiment of hypocrisy is perpetuating the myth of an American gulag and that these stateless felons interned in Guantanamo are innocent. If they were innocent, they could go home. If they could not go home, many would welcome them. BOTH are false. These people were found on the ground in Afghanistan, armed and dangerous and attacking NATO forces. They were not innocent shepherds whose flocks wandered in from thousands of miles away.
November 1 at 4:54pm
Ed Mattos
Ed Mattos
Therefore, Mr. Rollo, there should absolutely be no problem prosecuting and convicting them in a court of law, given such overwhelming evidence as I am sure you have. Let the legal proceedings begin.
November 3 at 7:05pm
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Human Rights First Now that the hate crimes bill is passed, Human Rights First hopes it will be used to face issues around the world. Read more at the link.

Source: www.advocate.com
A human rights group is saying the newly passed Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crime Prevention Act should be used to assist in the battle to end bias crimes across the globe.
Jay A Gertzman
Jay A Gertzman
Before instituting such a landmark change in the nature of guilt and harm, advocates of Hate Crime must distinguish it from thought crime. One cannot punish based on what is assumed to be a motive. An act of harm is what determines criminality. And do we know if a Hate Crime law will deter? The burden of proof rests on the law makers.

The concept... Read More of Hate Crime may just as possibly incite more bitterness and violence. And of course it stifles debate, while demonizing both sides in the eyes of the other. It stinks of bushworld.
October 30 at 9:07am
Michael Bernt Rollo
Michael Bernt Rollo
I suppose that it will generate mirrored legislation in the most-developed world and will be trashed and reviled in regions where gays are structurally disciminated against.
October 30 at 5:25pm
Human Rights First

Human Rights First Today, President Obama signed the Hate Crime Prevention Act into law. This is an important step for human rights.

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
Ten years ago this month, Wyoming college student Matthew Shepard was brutally attacked and murdered because he was gay. A year before Matthew's murder, James Byrd.
George De Stefano
George De Stefano
Keith, why is that? Is the law not being enforced?
October 28 at 4:18pm
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