Human Rights

Gay Marriages Can Start As Soon As Late July In N.Y.

After days of contentious negotiations and last-minute reversals by two Republican senators, New York became the sixth and largest state in the country to legalize gay marriage, breathing life into the national gay rights movement that had stalled...

Michigan Man who Operated Residential Facility for Youth in Haiti Indicted for Sexual Abuse of Minors at the Facility

The operator of Morning Star Center, a residential facility located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, that provided food and shelter to minors, has been charged with offenses involving the sexual abuse of minors in Haiti, announced Assistant Attorney General...

Michigan Drunk Driving Attorneys & Lawyers Gain Practical, Meaningful Sentences For DUI/DWI Clients Through Halfway Homes & Sobriety Courts

A diabetic when involved in an auto accident due to a diabetic shock or coma is not charged with a criminal offense but instead rushed to a medical facility to receive appropriate treatment to stabilize his or hers blood sugar levels with insulin. So...

NEPAL: No clear route out of servitude for indentured girls

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Stronger rehabilitation support is needed

UN rights group asks China to report on missing monks and stop 'disappearances'

An independent United Nations human rights group today called on Chinese authorities to report on the fate of some 300 Tibetan monks who reportedly were arrested in April, and to investigate "the ongoing practice of enforced disappearances" in the...

International Monetary Fund Admits US Economic Growth Falls Short of Estimates; Charitable Non-Profit Expands Resources to Keep Philanthropy Thriving

On Friday the International Monetary Fund issued a report saying that it expects the US economy to grow at a slower pace than what many economists had predicted. Higher oil prices and lower factory output are partly to blame according to the report....

EGYPT: Bedouins begin to demand equal citizenship rights

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Livestock is important for the Bedouins (file photo)

Orlando Personal Injury Attorney Warns Florida Residents: Recall on Hip Replacements Continues to Affect Patients

Through no fault of their own, many patients that have undergone hip replacement surgery are experiencing unwanted side effects and even overall failure of the metal implant placed into their hip to stabilize this very important joint. Dissatisfied...

UN agencies urge renewed efforts to end practice of ‘son preference’

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When A Gay Judge Rules On Gay Rights

Opponents of gay marriage are challenging notions of judicial neutrality in a San Francisco courtroom on Monday. They're arguing that a federal judge who struck down California's ban on same sex marriage last year was biased because he's in a same-sex...