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Guillermo Martinez: No matter what is said, rights abuses abound in Cuba
For decades, the accusations of Cuban exiles about human rights abuses in Cuba have been questioned. It was 37 years ago when a local South Florida newspaper questioned Cuban exiles when they said the Castro regime held thousands of political...Tags: Cuba, Human Rights Watch, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Freedom of the Press
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You name it, Eric Garcetti has done it
In exactly one week, Los Angeles will wake up with a newly elected mayor. The lucky leader of 4 million restless campers with cracked sidewalks could be Wendy Greuel, the business-suited Valley kid who worked for Mayor Tom Bradley and President...
Tags: Students, Wendy Greuel, Music, London School of Economics, Eric Garcetti
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La paz y prosperidad de la industria armamentista
En su novela The Russia House, el británico John Le Carré desarrollaba una de las tramas más sofisticadas de la historia de las novelas de espionaje. Un disidente soviético hacía llegar a un agente británico un texto que demostraba que el arsenal...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Venezuela
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Iran will investigate blogger's death in custody 'if necessary'
World NowAn Iranian parliamentary panel will investigate the death in custody of a young Iranian blogger, Sattar Beheshti, "if necessary," according to a lawmaker quoted by an Iranian news agency.... -
Malawi minister reportedly denies move to suspend anti-gay law
World NowMalawi's minister of justice has reportedly denied saying that the country's law banning homosexual acts would be suspended pending a parliamentary vote on whether to decriminalize such acts. The minister, Atty. Gen. Ralph Kasambara, said this week that... -
Mystery surrounds arrested Iranian blogger's reported death
World NowHuman rights activists are calling on Iran to investigate the apparent death of a blogger who was in custody after being arrested for criticizing the government in online postings. Sattar Beheshti, 35, reportedly died this week while in detention after... -
Solitary-confinement inmates threaten new hunger strike
PolitiCalSelf-declared inmate leaders within California's toughest prison wing are threatening renewed protests over the state's inmate isolation policies.... -
California starts emptying solitary confinement cells
PolitiCalEven as inmate leaders held in isolation within California's toughest cell blocks threaten renewed hunger strikes, the state has begun reviewing and moving segregated prisoners into general housing. As of this week, corrections spokesman Bill Sessa said,... -
U.N. investigators report more abuses, 'jihadist militants' in Syria
World NowUnited Nations human rights investigators laid out a grim picture of a rapidly deteriorating Syria, saying atrocities were growing more frequent and numerous as the bloody conflict continued to rage, with foreign “jihadist militants”... -
Syria activists say scores killed, injured in gas station attack
World NowSyrian opposition activists say at least 110 people were injured or killed Thursday when government forces bombarded a gas station, setting off a deadly explosion in the northern village of Ain Issa.... -
Brown rejects expanding media access to prisons
PolitiCalThere is a parade of journalists these days passing through California's hard-core Pelican Bay State Prison, home to the state's most violent and dangerous inmates. But the wing that reporters most want to see -- and the inmates whom they...... -
Berman attacks Sherman over (legal) loans practice
PolitiCalRep. Howard Berman slammed fellow Democratic Rep. Brad Sherman for earning interest on loans he had made to his own campaign. The practice is legal and not uncommon but the Berman campaign believes it will turn off voters....
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