human rights
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10th Circuit decides government erred in finding no persecution threat to trans woman
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The federal appeals court based in Denver has ordered immigration authorities to reconsider the asylum application of a transgender Honduran woman, deciding by 2-1 that it was clear she would face persecution if deported to her country of birth. An immigration judge previously found there to be no systemic or pervasive violence against transgender Hondurans,…
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Rep. Mike Coffman speaks up about Ethiopian crisis
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U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman represents an east-metro Denver congressional district with a high concentration of Ethiopian immigrants, so it was little surprise that he takes a keen interest in affairs in Africa. Wednesday he applauded the Ethiopian government’s pledge to release political prisoners and close a Maekelawi detention center where people were tortured. Coffman called…
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Colorado U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner talks security threats with Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte
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U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner met Wednesday with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte at an airbase in Manila, drawing strong criticism from a local progressive organization that demanded a “full accounting” of the senator’s powwow with “a murderous strongman.” But a spokesman said the Yuma Republican was simply doing his job by discussing security threats with an…
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May: Iran’s latest unfree and unfair election
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The Islamic Republic isn’t a democracy, but a theocratic dictatorship News must be new but it needn’t be surprising. The decidedly unsurprising news out of Iran last week: There was an election (of sorts) and the winner was Hassan Rouhani, the incumbent president. An apparently mild-mannered cleric with a beatific smile, he has presided over…
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May: Throwing Israel to the UN’s wolves
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Obama encourages Israel’s enemies, caliphate-builders among them Palestinian Islamic Jihad is, as its name suggests, an organization committed to jihad – against Israel most urgently, though not exclusively. So when the U.N. Security Council on Dec. 23 passed a resolution condemning Israel, PIJ spokesman Dawood Shihab was pleased. He called it a “victory.” He wasn’t wrong.…
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May: Tracking freedom’s enemies
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A new State Department report confirms most people are denied basic human rights If I were to ask an intelligent person like you what happened in the 20th century, or the 19th or the 18th, you could probably sum up the most significant developments. But if I asked you what is happening in the 21st…
