President Barack Obama’s support for preventively detaining terrorism suspects undoubtedly surprised some of his longtime backers. Holding prisoners at Guantanamo, without the certainty of trial or release, was a defining feature of the previous administration’s counterterrorism policy – and some of its fiercest critics expected Obama to change the policies. But the possibility had been […]
Federal Court Denies American Rancher’s Civil Rights
In a February 18, 2009, article in the Washington Times was a report on a recent case heard in U.S. District Court in Tucson with respect to 16 illegal immigrants who had trespassed on a rancher’s property in their attempts to gain entry into the United States. The rancher, Mr. Roger Barrett’s, property has become […]
UK Muslims to root out forced marriages
British Muslim lawyers have come up with an action plan to root out forced marriage in their community, in a report published on Thursday. The Muslim Arbitration Tribunal believes British Muslims must take matters into their own hands to tackle the “crisis” of forced marriages between British citizens and spouses from South Asia, often used […]
Hunger Striker Hospitalized, Others Rally on Capitol Hill
by Mike Hall This morning, Christopher Glory, in the eighth day of a water-onlyhunger strike to demand the U.S. government put an end to the abuses in a visa program that workers’ rights advocates liken to human trafficking, was rushed to a Washington, D.C., hospital for strike-related health problems. A spokesman for the New Orleans Workers’ Center for […]
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