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    Mar 5, 2010 |Blog| Chicago Tribune

  1. 9/11 trial: White House urged to move

    The Swamp
    by Julian E. Barnes and Christi Parsons Key presidential advisors are pushing to move the trial of the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks to a military commission, abandoning plans to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed and others in federal......

    Tags: Human Rights, Illinois, Politics, The Washington Post, Unrest, Conflicts and War

    2. Feb 16, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. Seeking sports equality for women, Human Rights Watch should target Doha Olympic bid

    Human Rights Watch is beating the drum this week about Saudi Arabia's discrimination against women athletes, noting among other things it is one of three countries never to have sent a woman to the Olympics.
    Human Rights Watch is beating the drum this week about Saudi Arabia's discrimination against women athletes, noting among other things it is one of three countries never to have sent a woman to the Olympics. That effort should be taking aim at a...

    Tags: Human Rights, Politics, Labor Legislation, Feminism, International Olympic Committee

    3. Apr 4, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  3. Human Rights fest docs convey hard truths

    Sometimes a number is shocking enough to stop you cold.
    Sometimes a number is shocking enough to stop you cold. In filmmaker Dawn Porter's documentary "Gideon's Army," which takes an in-depth look at the professional grind experienced by public defenders (playing at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Siskel Film...

    Tags: Human Rights, John Goodman, Sundance Film Festival, Politics, Film Festivals

    4. Mar 27, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  4. McManus: Inching toward Syria

    Military intervention in the Muslim world seems to bring the United States nothing but grief. Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya: None looks much like a success story now.
    Military intervention in the Muslim world seems to bring the United States nothing but grief. Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya: None looks much like a success story now. Yet the Obama administration is edging reluctantly into a civil war in Syria, aiding rebels...

    Tags: Human Rights, Politics, Muammar Gaddafi, Turkey, Bashar Assad

    5. Feb 7, 2013 |Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  5. La venda de los que no quieren ver

    Por décadas las acusaciones hechas por exiliados cubanos sobre los abusos a los derechos humanos en la isla de los Castro han sido cuestionadas. Hace 37 años un periódico del sur de Florida dudaba de la veracidad de lo que decían los cubanos. Estos...

    Tags: Human Rights, Cuba, Politics, International Law, Justice and Rights

    6. Feb 7, 2013 |Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  6. Guillermo Martinez: No matter what is said, rights abuses abound in Cuba

    For decades, the accusations of Cuban exiles about human rights abuses in Cuba have been questioned. It was 37 years ago when a local South Florida newspaper questioned Cuban exiles when they said the Castro regime held thousands of political...

    Tags: Human Rights, Cuba, Politics, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice

    7. Sep 14, 2012 |Column| WXIN-LTV

  7. Remains of American ambassador, three others killed in Libya bombing arrive in U.S.

    The remains of U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans landed on U.S. soil Friday afternoon in flag-draped caskets.
    The remains of U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans landed on U.S. soil Friday afternoon in flag-draped caskets. The four men were killed in an attack this week on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Teams of seven Marines...

    Tags: Human Rights, Politics, Muammar Gaddafi, Movies, Brian Walker

    8. Aug 17, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  8. Putin's fear of Pussy Riot

    <span style="font-size: small;">Vladimir Putin&nbsp;is a famously tough guy -- a former KGB agent who knows karate, plays hockey&nbsp;and gets photographed shirtless on horseback. But the Russian strongman is not really so strong. Evidently he's scare to death of three women who play in a punk rock band with the unforgettable name of Pussy Riot.</span>
    Vladimir Putin is a famously tough guy -- a former KGB agent who knows karate, plays hockey and gets photographed shirtless on horseback. But the Russian strongman is not really so strong. Evidently he's scare to death of three women who play in a punk...

    Tags: Human Rights, Punk (genre), Politics, Vladimir Putin

    9. Dec 23, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. 2012: From Arab Spring to early winter

    Meteorologists know seasons are predictable. In the weather world, spring is always followed by summer. But the political world is different. Spring can proceed to summer, or it can lead to a sudden onset of winter.
    Meteorologists know seasons are predictable. In the weather world, spring is always followed by summer. But the political world is different. Spring can proceed to summer, or it can lead to a sudden onset of winter. That was the case this year in the...

    Tags: Human Rights, Politics, Liu Xiaobo, Muammar Gaddafi, Bashar Assad

    10. Jul 13, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  10. Olympic gender gap closing

    On the surface, it looks as if the past 48 hours has brought nothing but good news for women athletes.
    On the surface, it looks as if the past 48 hours has brought nothing but good news for women athletes. *Qatar, which never has had a female Olympian, announced its London Summer Games flag bearer will be a woman athlete, shooter Bahiya al-Ahmad.  She...

    Tags: Human Rights, Politics, Feminism, International Olympic Committee, Philip Hersh

    11. Apr 5, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. Saudis say no to women on their Olympic team

    Let's see if Jacques Rogge puts his spine where his mouth is.
    Let's see if Jacques Rogge puts his spine where his mouth is. At February's International Olympic Committee Women in Sport Conference in Los Angeles, the IOC president paid plenty of lip service to the ideas of gender equality.  He also spoke of the...

    Tags: Human Rights, Politics, Olympic Games, United Nations, Feminism

    12. Jan 10, 2012 |Column| Tribune Media Services
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    Tags: Human Rights, CBS Corp., Justice System, Lady Gaga, Politics

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