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Monday, November 16 at 10:30am - 20th Anniversary of the Jesuit...
Mission Street and 24th Street, San...
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The Women's Building
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It is a pleasure to address you on behalf of the US Delegation, which for the first time is attending a meeting of the Assembly of States Parties as an Observer. Although we have not joined previous meetings ...
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The Nation has just published an extensive article documenting the “secret war” Blackwater employees have been conducting in Pakistan. The opening grafs:
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Inside sources reveal that the firm works with the US military in Karachi to plan targeted assassinations and drone bombings, among other sensitive counterterrorism operations.
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The Philippine president declared a state of emergency in the southern region where gunmen on Monday kidnapped and killed at least 46 people.
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THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Two Congolese militia leaders commanded forces that raped, killed and looted civilians in an attack that killed 200 people during the Congo war, a war crimes prosecutor said on Tuesday.
Center for Justice and Accountability CJA is proud to present our new website! Come visit www.cja.org today!
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Yousuf v. Samantar - the first human rights case to address atrocities in Somalia under the brutal Siad Barre regime.Read more...
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For the first time in nearly eight years, the United States will participate in a conference with members of the International Criminal Court, a decision that signals growing U.S. support for a war crimes tribunal the Bush administration once shunned.
Center for Justice and Accountability
Dear Friends,
On Monday November 16, 2009, the University of San Francisco will host the Stand 4 Conference, a day-long event to commemorate the lives of the Jesuit Martyrs. CJA will host a workshop during the afternoon session.
On November 16, 1989, six Jesuit priests, their house keeper and her daughter were murdered... by the Salvadoran Military.
Conference Details
Date: Monday, November 16, 2009
Time: 10:30 AM - 6:30 PM
Place: St. Ignatius Church, USF Campus, San Francisco
To register or for more information on the USF conference, please email: lebazan@usfca.edu or click here
All the best,
Pamela Merchant
Executive Director
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CJA will present a workshop in the afternoon
Time:10:30AM Monday, November 16th
Location:St. Ignatius Church, USF Campus, San Francisco
Center for Justice and Accountability
The Center for Justice and Accountability is co-sponsoring two events to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Jesuits Massacre. On November 16, 1989, six Jesuit priests, their house keeper and her daughter were murdered by the Salvadorian Military.
Please join us for a candlelight vigil.
Date: Sunday,... November 15, 2009
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Place: Mission Street and 24th Street, San Francisco
This event is free, for more information contact Felix Kury: fkury@sfsu.edu
Participating Organizations Include: Clínica Martín-Baro collective, Mujeres Unidas y Activistas; CISPES (Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador); Instituto Familiar de la Raza; CARECEN(Central American Resource Center); FMLN-SF (Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional - San Francisco); School of the Americas Watch; Stop Impunity Project; and the SFSU Department of Raza Studies.
Time:4:00PM Monday, November 16th
Location:Mission Street and 24th Street, San Francisco
Center for Justice and Accountability Nov. 16: CJA legal fellow Lindsay Bourne to speak about Jesuits massacre case at 20th anniversary commemoration at St. Ignatius Church in San Francisco. Follow the link for details.
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A Nov. 16 conference and Mass at St. Ignatius Church in San Francisco will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the murders of six Jesuit priests and their cook and daughter during the civil war in El Salvador.
Center for Justice and Accountability NYTimes implicates Blackwater in a plan to quash investigations by bribing Iraqi officials.
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Former executives said it was unclear if the payoffs of about $1 million were made, but the goal was to hush criticism and buy support after 17 civilians were killed in 2007.
www.yesmagazine.org
As the negotiated political resolution falls through, there are still reasons to hope that democracy can be restored.
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Manuel Zelaya, deposed in a June coup, said through a spokesman that a power-sharing pact was dead and blamed the de facto government.
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The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said that he believed crimes against humanity had been committed during Kenya’s 2008 post-election violence.
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MILAN -- An Italian court on Wednesday convicted 22 CIA operatives and a U.S. Air Force colonel of orchestrating the kidnapping of a Muslim cleric in Milan in 2003 and flying him to Egypt, where he said he was later tortured.
