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by DEAGLAN de BREADUN SERIOUS DOUBT has arisen over proposals to merge five human rights and equality bodies as a costsaving measure in the forthcoming budget. There are strong indications that the merger will either be abandoned or else implemented in a much-modified form. High-level…

by DIONNE WALKER and MIKE BAKER Undaunted by the heat, James Bailey spent his late-summer afternoons walking Virginia's bleakest neighborhoods on the hunt for ex-cons each a potential voter who might cast the decisive ballot in this hotly contested state. Finding them isn't the hard…

By Faiza Patel Like all anniversaries, this Sept. 11 prompts us to reflect on what has changed in the past decade. Certainly, the "war on terror" has brought fundamental changes to America's place in the world, our international priorities and our system of laws. But…

PRESS RELEASE The Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI) today announced that some4,500 people sought information and support from the organisation's Information Service in the 12 months to the end of July 2005. This represented a massive 72% increase on the numbers availing of the organisation's…

by HEATHER CLARK Two civil rights groups have filed separate lawsuits to stop members of the Republican Party from obtaining and making public private voter information and intimidating voters ahead of Election Day. The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, or MALDEF, filed a…

The Children’s Rights Alliance today published the sixth in their annual series of Report Cards. The Report Card grades Government’s performance on issues and policies affecting children against their own stated commitments in the Programme for Government 2011-2016. The Government receives an overall C grade this year, reflecting…

Original Source By Keith B. RichburgWashington Post Staff WriterThursday, May 7, 2009 NEW YORK, May 6 -- Gay rights advocates celebrated swift and unexpected twin victories in New England on Wednesday when Maine became the fifth state to legalize same-sex marriage and New Hampshire's legislature…

“I just kept fighting to be free. I knew I couldn’t give up because if I returned to Sierra Leone my life would be in danger.” That is how 25-year-old Badiatu Tunis, a Sierra Leone native residing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, describes being detained by the…

Children's Rights Alliance is an Atlantic grantee. On 2 April, over 100 delegates descended on Dublin Castle to attend the Children's Rights Alliance's first biennial symposium, where they pledged to make Ireland one of the best places in the world to be a child. Entitled…

Ireland's UPR was written and produced by award winning film maker Aoibheann O'Sullivan. The film documents the compilation and submission of Your Rights. Right Now-Ireland's UPR Stakeholder Report. On 21 March 2011 the Your Rights. Right Now campaign submitted its joint civil society stakeholder report to the 12th Session of the…