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Scott Johnson Power Line 5/3/2011 A knowledgeable source directs our attention to Rhode Island federal judicial nominee John J. McConnell, Jr. He writes: Harry Reid is expected to file cloture on Jack McConnell’s nomination to serve on the U.S. District Court for the district of Rhode Island, setting up an imminent cloture vote. In light […] May 4th, 2011 | Tags: "pay-to-play", Amnesty International, John J. McConnell Jr, lead paint litigation, Motley Rice, Ness Motley, Planned Parenthood, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, tobacco litigation | Category: ACORN, corruption, Ethics, Federal Judges, Rhode Island, TAKE ACTION! | Comments are closed
Jeremy Page The Wall Street Journal 12/9/2010 BEIJING—China blocked access to several foreign media outlets, intensified a crackdown on political activists, and fired a fresh salvo of criticism at the U.S. on the eve of a ceremony Friday marking the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo, a jailed Chinese dissident. …A handful […] December 12th, 2010 | Tags: Amnesty International, Liu Xia, Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace Prize, political dissidents, Velvet Revolution | Category: China, Communism | Comments are closed
An official at the human rights charity deplores its work with a ‘jihadist’ Richard Kerbaj The Sunday Times 7 February 2010 A SENIOR official at Amnesty International has accused the charity of putting the human rights of Al-Qaeda terror suspects above those of their victims. Gita Sahgal, head of the gender unit at Amnesty’s international […] February 9th, 2010 | Tags: al-Qaida, Amnesty International, Gita Sahgal, Guantanamo Bay detainees, Moazzam Begg, Taliban | Category: Europe, Great Britain, Human Rights, terrorism | Comments are closed
Golnaz Esfandiari RFE/RL January 29, 2010 Amnesty International, along with the U.S. and British governments, have condemned the executions in Iran of two men who were sentenced to death in trials after June’s disputed Iranian presidential election. Iranian reports said the men were hanged on charges of being “enemies of God,” members an armed […] January 29th, 2010 | Tags: Amnesty International | Category: Human Rights, Iran | Comments are closed
Amnesty International 23 October 2009 The Iranian authorities must immediately release dozens of people arrested on Thursday during a prayer service in support of activists detained following protests after June’s presidential election, Amnesty International has said. The prayer service was organized by the family of Shahaboddin Tabatabaei, a prominent supporter of presidential candidate Mir Hossein […] October 23rd, 2009 | Tags: Amnesty International | Category: Human Rights, Iran | Comments are closed
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