In February the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a U.S. government-funded development institution, suspended an agreement with Malawi, focused on energy sector development, based in part on concerns over a…
Read morerepost from http://www.state.gov Fact Sheet Washington, DC March 30, 2011 This September will mark the two-year anniversary of U.S. membership on the United Nations Human Rights Council. U.S.…
Read morerepost from the LA Times ‘Human rights are the inalienable right of every person, no matter who they are or who they love,’ Ambassador Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe says.…
Read moreThe White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release March 22, 2011 President Obama believes that advancing the human rights of minorities and the marginalized is…
Read morePress Statement Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC March 22, 2011 Today, 85 countries from every region of the world joined together in a historic moment…
Read moreToday the United Nations’ Human Rights Council issued a joint statement titled, “Ending Acts of Violence and Related Human Rights Violations Based On Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity,”…
Read moreNTV, a Ugandan television station, reports that the Ugandan Parliament may again begin debates of the draconian Anti-Homosexuality bill during the parliaments lame duck session which is set…
Read morePress Release from the Office of Congressman Barney Frank For Immediate Release Contact: Harry Gural Tuesday, March 15, 2011 Phone: (202) 225-9400 Cell: (202) 281-0670 Frank Amendment on…
Read morerepost from The Advocate | by Michelle Garcia The House Financial Services Committee passed an amendment Tuesday that would discourage giving aid to countries that persecute their citizens…
Read morerepost from http://www.rferl.org | By Mircea Ticudean, Robert Coalson An antidiscrimination bill in Moldova has become a bone of contention between religious conservatives and gay-rights activists. And the…
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