Proposed detention center divides Crete
January 23, 2012 - The Chicago Tribune
Native Americans Applaud President Obama’s decision rejecting the Keystone XL Pipeline
January 18, 2012 - Indigenous Environmental Network
Guantanamo, Ten Years On
January 6, 2012 - Human Rights Watch
Petition demonstrates concern about working conditions in meatpacking plants
December, 2011 - Midwest Coalition for Human Rights
(Minneapolis and Lincoln) Meatpacking remains one of the most dangerous jobs in America with one of the highest rates of injury in manufacturing. These injuries are directly related to the fast pace of work that is required by companies as they seek to maximize profits.
Life sentences for children are unconscionable
December 16, 2011 - Chicago Sun-Times Op-ed by Debra Erenberg, member of the Midwest Coalition for Human Rights Steering Committee and Midwest Regional Director for Amnesty International, USA
Center for Victims of Torture Profoundly Disappointed in New Legal Authorization for Indefinite Detention
December 16, 2011 - Center for Victims of Torture
St. Paul, MN – The Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) is profoundly disappointed that Congress has approved, and President Obama has agreed to sign into law, new legal authorization for indefinite detention of captured terrorism suspects under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (NDAA). This action marks the first time the United States has statutorily authorized cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of detainees.
New Report: MCHR and National Immigrant Justice Center Call on Obama to Reform Immigration Detention and Stop Expansion of Failed System
December 12, 2011 - Midwest Coalition for Human Rights
CHICAGO – A report by two Midwest human rights groups details ongoing abuses at county jails holding immigrants in the Midwest and calls on the Obama administration to end the expansion and privatization of the abusive immigration detention system.
Human Rights Day 2011: Advocacy organizations team with University of Minnesota students to "Write for Rights"
December 9, 2011
Today the Midwest Coalition for Human Rights and Amnesty International USA teamed with student organizations at the University of Minnesota to host a "Write for Rights" event in honor of Human Rights Day 2011. Over the course of the day-long event the groups educated hundreds of individuals about human rights abuses in the United States and internationally and gathered signatures on letters, postcards, and petitions calling for the end to specific abuses.
Obama, Clinton push int’l LGBT rights
December 6, 2011 - Washington Blade
The Obama administration on Tuesday made public a sweeping plan to confront anti-LGBT abuses overseas as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered a high-profile speech on protecting human rights that made extensive references to LGBT rights abuses.
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