Children's Rights

Young mother says Swiss diplomat kidnapped son

lancasteronline.com     3 hrs ago   1 related          

Maureen Nanyanzi Mawejje, with her lawyers, background, at a policestation in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday...(more) Police launched a criminal investigation Thursday against a Swiss diplomat and his Ugandan beauty queen wife over...                    

Family threatens suicide after daughter's rape

cnn.com     5 hrs ago   1 related          

The young Afghan girl sits in the center of the room, weeping. Using her hand and her blue scarf to hide her face, she recounts how she was brutally raped by five gunmen. Her family members threaten to commit suicide unless the...                    

China rejects Bush criticism of its affairs

nwsource.com     10 hrs ago   30 related          

BANGKOK, Thailand -- China rejected President Bush's criticism Thursday of its human rights record and restrictions on religion, diplomatically telling him to stay out of its affairs even as he flew to Beijing to attend the...                    

More Non-Hawaiians Sue Over Kamehameha Schools Admissions

khon2.com     4 hrs ago          

Kamehameha Schools faces another lawsuit over its Hawaiians-first admissions policy -- this time on behalf of 4 students of non-Hawaiian descent who were denied admission. The suit says the children were otherwise qualified for...                    

The Jungle, revisited

thegspot.typepad.com     yesterday          

By Kathy G. If you read only one thing today, please let it be Tom Frank's column on the recent immigration bust of AgriProcessors, an Iowa meat-packing plant. Working conditions at the plant were nothing less than hellish;...                    

Gov. Pawlenty and the Evangelicals: Where He Stands on Hot-Button Issues

rhrealitycheck.org     yesterday          

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's evangelicalism has become one of the planks in pundit-class conventional wisdom about his chances of winding up John McCain's running mate. Back home in Minnesota, ironically, Pawlenty's religion...                    

China Rolls Out Security Crackdown Ahead of Olympics

pbs.org     yesterday   1,198 related          

In preparation for the Olympics, China has mobilized thousands of police and military and enacted unusual security masures to protect Beijing during the Games. Analysts examine how Beijing has sought to hone its image and...                    

Truth and Consequences under Israeli Occupation

palestinechronicle.com     yesterday   19 related          

By Mohammed Omer – Gaza I am a Palestinian journalist from Gaza. At the age of 17, I armed myself with a camera and a pen, committed to report accurately on events in Gaza. I have filed reports as Israeli fighter jets bombed...                    

Restraining Orders Out of Control

freerepublic.com     Aug 5, 2008   1 related          

One day in December of 2005, Colleen Nestler came to Santa Fe County District Court in New Mexico with a bizarre seven-page typed statement and requested a domestic-abuse restraining order against late-night TV host David...                    

Tebbit's claims about gay parenting not backed by "credible evidence"

pinknews.co.uk     Aug 5, 2008   7 related          

A Tory peer who claimed that "adoption by homosexual couples is unsatisfactory for the child" is wrong, said Britain's leading gay equality organisation. Ben Summerskill, chief executive of Stonewall, welcomed Michael Gove's...                    

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