Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Louisiana Justice Institute Joins Human Rights Groups in Expressing Concerns About Upcoming Haitian Elections

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Experts will be in Haiti for the elections, Sunday, November 28 . A delegation of U.S. and Haitian human rights organizations are in Haiti ...
Monday, November 22, 2010

Cholera Epidemic: President Jean-Bertrand Aristide Breaks the Silence

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Photo Courtesy of Wadner Pierre As the date for Haiti holding its General El...
Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Enough Is Enough: A Rally/Candlelight Vigil tribute for Messy Mya

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Media Alert: The family of Anthony Barre, along with Bounce Nation, a New Orleans-based nonprofit organization, bounce artists Sissy Nobby,...
Monday, November 15, 2010

Community Pressure Frees Immigrant Detainee Held in OPP

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The following is an update of an earlier story from the New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice : Sheriff threatens to bring imm...

Community Demands Immediate Release of Antonio Ocampo after 97 Days in Illegal Detention in OPP

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From our friends at the New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice : Federal Judge Hauls Sheriff Gusman To Court After Immigrant Det...

Haiti: Cholera Killed Over 900 People -Hundreds Deceased Names Remain in the Electoral Lists

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Haiti prepares to hold controversial elections, natural disasters and disease may force the Haitians authorities to reschedule the President...
Thursday, November 11, 2010

Coalition Concerned with Lack of Transparency on OPP Expansion Plan

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From our friends at the Orleans Parish Prison Reform Coalition : The Orleans Parish Prison Reform Coalition (OPPRC), a varied group of indi...
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

WHY RICHARDS AND METRO MEAN SO MUCH

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Rev. Torin T. Sanders, Ph.D. I once heard that the legendary Andrew Young, sometime after the assassination of Martin Luther King, said that...
Monday, November 8, 2010

Protests Disrupt New Orleans Conference Featuring Israeli War Leaders

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In two days of demonstrations, a coalition of New Orleans activists and allies from across the US protested both inside and outside the Gene...
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Friday, November 5, 2010

Sex Worker Advocates Highlight New Orleans Human Rights Violations at United Nations

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From our friends at Women With A Vision : United States Human Rights Record Examined in Geneva Geneva, Switzerland - Sex workers and their ...
Thursday, November 4, 2010

ACLU of LA Seeks Sheriff's Records Related To FEMA Funding Of Orleans Parish Prison Expansion

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From our friends at the ACLU of Louisiana : Following up on last week's post about a Freedom of Information Act request filed with FEMA...
Thursday, October 28, 2010

ACLU Seeks FEMA Records Related To Proposed Expansion Of Orleans Parish Prison

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From our friends at the ACLU of Louisiana : Increasing Already Excessive Capacity Of Prison Could Be Waste Of Taxpayer Money The American Ci...
Monday, October 25, 2010

Haiti’s Faithless Elections: Lack of Certainty of the Provisional Electoral Council Pushes National and International Leaders to Speak Out

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On November 28, Haitian voters are supposedly going to vote to choose a President, 10 Senators and 99 members of parliament. These general e...

Socialism? The Rich Are Winning the US Class War: Facts Show Rich Getting Richer, Everyone Else Poorer, By Bill Quigley

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The rich and their paid false prophets are doing a bang up job deceiving the poor and middle class. They have convinced many that an evil so...
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

DHH Promises ‘Community-Based Care’ but People with Mental Health Needs Imprisoned Instead

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The mental health care system in New Orleans and the greater metropolitan area is failing. Governor Jindal and the Louisiana Department of ...

Haiti’s Flawed Elections: A Set-Back for the Country’s Political Future-and the Post-Earthquake Rebuilding Process

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Photo courtesy of Wadner Pierre As Haiti prepares to hold Legislative an...