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Colombias forgotten humanitarian crisis
May 11, 2007Freddy Espitia was murdered in Monteria, Colombia, on Jan. 28. Yolanda Izquierdo was killed three days later. Both were internally displaced persons (IDPs) fighting for the rights of other displaced persons, particularly peasants. Paramilitaries from the...
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Police attack May Day marchers in Istanbul
May 11, 2007A vicious attack was launched against this year’s May Day demonstrators in Istanbul, Turkey, as they were gathering to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Taksim Square May Day massacre. Riot police arrested more than 1,000...
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Student mentor barred over metal detector
May 11, 2007NEW YORK — Mario Rodriguez received a call at work from his 17-year-old daughter who should have been in class at the Community School for Social Justice (CSSJ) in the Bronx. On March 21, New York...
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LGBT-inclusive hate crimes bill passed by House
May 11, 2007Civil rights organizations hailed the passage of a new bipartisan hate crime bill in the House last week. The bill, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007, would amend current legislation that lists...
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Freedom weekend unites NAACP and labor
May 11, 2007DETROIT — “The NAACP and labor have a marriage: health care, jobs, economic security. We cannot let this go,” said the Rev. Wendell Anthony, head of the Detroit branch of the NAACP, at a recent labor...
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