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  HRW World Report 1999: United States: Human Rights Developments
The United States has long regarded itself as a beacon of human rights, as evidenced by an enlightened constitution, judicial independence, and a civil society grounded in strong traditions of free speech and press freedom.
And the United States was one of only seven states voting against the statute creating the ICC at the Rome Diplomatic Conference in July; 120 states voted for the treaty.
In April 1998, the United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary executions released his report on the death penalty in the U.S. The special rapporteur found that the death penalty was applied in an unfair, arbitrary, and discriminatory manner.
www.hrw.org /worldreport99/usa/index.html   (5114 words)

  
  Jew - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Defeats in the Jewish-Roman Wars in the years 70 CE and 135 notably contributed to the numbers and geography of the diaspora, as significant numbers of the Jewish population of the Land of Israel were expelled and sold to slavery throughout the empire.
The waves of immigration to the United States at the turn of the 19th century, massacre of European Jewry during the Holocaust, and the foundation of the state of Israel (and subsequent Jewish exodus from Arab lands) all resulted in substantial shifts in the population centers of world Jewry during the 20th century.
The patriarch Abraham was a migrant to the land of Canaan from Ur of the Chaldees.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jew   (5979 words)

  
 Newsletter
Immigrant organizations, unions, student organizations, peace and justice groups, and other social groups of civil society declare our unity in the fight for human rights, civil rights, and labor rights for all immigrants, workers and other minorities or oppressed groups.
In general, we demand that the United States, as part of the international economic community, subscribe and comply with the terms laid out in the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, issued by the United Nations.
We propose holding a National Conference of Immigrants in Chicago, in July of 2006, to consolidate the discussion on legislation and on grassroots actions, and to consolidate the movement as an alternative to traditional agencies, which are created to provide services, not to struggle.
movimiento10demarzo.org /page5.html   (2083 words)

  
 Immigrant deaths along the United States Border.
Historically speaking, the subject of immigrant killings in the United States date back to at least the 1850s, the first such incident possibly being the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857, when 120 immigrants from Arkansas were shot down in Utah.
It is illegal to kill anyone in the United States as long as the victim is not threatening someone's life, even in a situation when a person is invading a private home.
Some United States/Mexico border scholars have claimed that these operations are just a public relations ploy used to convince U.S. citizens that the border is "secure", while the economy benefits from the continuing flow of cheap labor across the border.
www.visa2003.com /world-immigration/us-border.htm   (1020 words)

  
 Burkina Faso HISTORY
Through the centuries, the Mossi population was augmented by groups of immigrants, such as the Hausa and the Fulani, who settled in Mossi territory but retained their ethnic identity.
The restoration of Upper Volta as a territorial unit, long the aim of the traditional chiefs, was made a reality in 1947.
Though estimates placed the number of political killings since 1989 at 100 or more, 60 of these cases and compensation for widows and orphans were to be handled by these special units located in each of the districts.
www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Africa/Burkina-Faso-HISTORY.html   (1620 words)

  
 Newsvine - immigration
Now the immigrant from Kenya might be forced to leave the United States because he died before filing her residency application.
Immigrant rights activists marched through downtown Saturday in support of a deported illegal immigrant who spent nearly a year huddled inside a Chicago church to avoid being separated from her U.S.-born son.
The Bush administration sued the State of Illinois yesterday, hoping to block a new state law that bars employers from using a federal database to verify that immigrant job applicants are in the United States legally and are authorized to work.
www.newsvine.com /immigration   (2152 words)

  
 Syria - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Syria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-25)
The union came into being under the name of the United Arab Republic in February 1958, but growing discontent with Egyptian domination led to a military coup in September 1961, followed by the break-up of the union and the formation of the independent Syrian Arab Republic.
In November the Iraq–Syria border was re-opened and Iraq began pumping oil to Syria through a pipeline that had been closed for a decade.
Despite appeals from the US Congress – Syria was on the US State Department terror list for funding militant Islamic groups – the Bush administration did not publicly oppose the result, because as one of ten non-permanent members, Syria would not hold any veto power in the council.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Syria   (2666 words)

  
 President Tours Border, Discusses Immigration Reform in Texas
So step one of a border control strategy is increase the resources so the people standing behind me are able to do their job.
Listen, we've got people risking their lives to do their job here on the border, and there's nothing more dispiriting than to know the person that they have stopped coming into our country illegally is being released back into society.
Their stated objective is to use the one tool they've got - which is suicide bombers, beheadings and killings of innocent people - to drive us out of Iraq and the Middle East because they want to have safe haven, they want to spread their totalitarian ideology.
www.whitehouse.gov /news/releases/2005/11/20051129-2.html   (2260 words)

  
 CNN - Manhunt for 'railway killer' suspect likened to that for Jesse James - June 29, 1999
Rafael Resendez-Ramirez has been charged with two killings in Illinois and is wanted for questioning in six other slayings -- five in Texas and one in Kentucky, spurring the FBI, Texas Rangers, railroad police and other law enforcement agencies to launch a nationwide manhunt for him.
Police in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, just across the border from Texas, said Resendez-Ramirez is adept at crossing back and forth over the boundary because he used to make his living by smuggling groups of undocumented Mexican immigrants into the United States.
Unlike the massive manhunt for Resendez-Ramirez in the United States, there are no wanted posters of him in sight in Ciudad Juarez or the state of Chihuahua, where the police say they have assigned only two agents to the case.
www.cnn.com /US/9906/29/railway.killings/index.html   (664 words)

  
 Gulf Wars and the New World Order 1990-1991, Ted Thornton, NMH, Northfield Mount Hermon
On October 15, 1990, Israel, defying both the UN and the United States, announced its intent to settle Soviet Jews in East Jerusalem, breaking its pledge not to settle immigrants in the occupied territories.
On November 8, one Israeli soldier and one Arab commando were killed in a fire fight on the Israeli-Jordanian border as Arab guerrillas tried to sneak into Israel.
In particular, both the United States and the Soviet Union endorsed U.N. Resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973) as the basis for negotiations.
www.nmhschool.org /tthornton/mehistorydatabase/gulf_war_era.php   (3783 words)

  
 Illegal aliens involved in execution-style killings at school
NEWARK, N.J. - A third suspect was charged Friday in the execution-style killings of three college students, hours after a man pleaded not guilty in a crime that shocked this violence-weary city.
Victims' relatives questioned why the illegal immigrant from Peru had been granted bail this year on assault and child rape charges.
Those kids were executed by gang members whose only perpose was to kill any fl person they could get their hands on.
idexer.com /2007/08/11/illegal-aliens-involved-in-execution-style-killings-at-school.html   (488 words)

  
 Timeline 1855-1859
It was acquired by the state in 1962 for $300,000.
It became an orphan property of the state and in 1998 was offered to private benefactors on a 40-year lease.
The essence of the decision was that as a slave, Dred Scott was not a citizen and therefore could not sue in a federal court.
www.timelines.ws /1855_1859.HTML   (14124 words)

  
 CNN - Items seized could aid railway killings probe - June 30, 1999
Texas Ranger Sgt. Drew Carter said authorities were examining 100 pieces of jewelry, including rings, bracelets, earrings and watches, collected in Rodeo, Mexico, where Resendez- Ramirez has lived with his common-law wife, Julietta Dominguez, and their young daughter.
The 38-year-old is a native of Mexico, but has spent two decades hopping freight trains around the United States.
He was charged with the murders in southern Illinois on June 15, and is wanted for questioning in the remaining six.
www.cnn.com /US/9906/30/railway.killings.01/index.html   (756 words)

  
 Jamaica - Economic analysis of government's policies, investment climate and political risk.
Final appeals are made to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the United Kingdom and Primary education is compulsory.
It is however operated as a state within a county; 100% of the products are from the US and are building materials only used for assembling garments-none of the money gained from these business are spent in Jamaica.
It also sends United Nations peace-keeping forces to help reduce tensions in troubled areas, keep opposing forces apart and create conditions of calm in which peaceful settlements may be required.
www.mkeever.com /jamaica.html   (6801 words)

  
 United for A Sovereign America (USA)
On appeal, a three-judge panel said while it is illegal to enter the country without the proper documents and permissions, it is not necessarily illegal to be in the country.
Tom Tancredo called for the removal of the Border Patrol’s chief in Laredo, saying his recent comments about the role of the agency make him unfit for the job.
Seven weeks after the collapse of legislation in Congress, the outcry against illegal immigration is louder than ever, mounting exacerbation manifested by proposed clampdowns at the state and local level and an uproar over the arrest of an illegal immigrant in the execution-style slayings of three New Jersey college students.
www.immigrationbuzz.com   (2974 words)

  
 Unauthorized immigrants go to other states
California's unauthorized immigrant population has grown at a slower rate than those of a number of other states around the country in recent years, a government report showed today.
Across the United States, the number of unauthorized immigrants rose 37 percent, to 11.6 million, in the six years from 2000 to 2006, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
They have to move on to other American States to turn into the cesspool of their dreams.
idexer.com /2007/09/01/unauthorized-immigrants-go-to-other-states.html   (546 words)

  
 History News Network
Bibi looked helplessly on from the corner of the room as he then killed the three girls - Bano, 8, Sumaira, 7, and Humaira, 4 - pausing between the slayings to brandish the bloodstained knife at his wife, warning her not to intervene or raise alarm.
Appearing disheveled but composed, he said he killed Muqadas because she had committed adultery, and his daughters because he didn't want them to do the same when they grew up.
In what the United Nations Development Programme says "is believed to be the first donation from the Government of Israel to a UN agency for an economic development project in the Palestinian territories," the programme announced today that the Israeli government has provided US$25 million for a redevelopment project in Gaza.
www.historynewsnetwork.com /blogs/34.html   (9138 words)

  
 Family Security Matters
Preventing individuals with threatening backgrounds or a blatant disregard for our laws from entering the United States is an important step in preventing further attacks.
This is not a question of keeping out those who are different or reserving the wealth of the United States only for those who are native citizens.
A balance must be struck that respects the role of immigrants in our national culture and gives an opportunity at the American dream to as many people as possible, while preventing the entry or continued residence of those who would do us harm or disrupt our system of government.
www.familysecuritymatters.org /homeland.php   (550 words)

  
 Democratic Republic of Congo DRC on the Internet
He was also a 1998 recipient of the Reebok Human Rights Award for his work in protecting the basic rights of victims of war across ethnic lines and in documenting abuses by the national army and local militias." Sponsored by the Oak Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Colby College, Waterville, Maine.
The Congo Reform Movement in England and the United States.
The United States and the Transformation of African Security: The African Crisis Response Initiative and Beyond by Colonel Dan Henk and Dr. Steven Metz, Dec. 1997.
www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/zaire.html   (9553 words)

  
 FOXNews.com - Mexico Provides Guide to Illegal Immigration - U.S. & World
LOS ANGELES — Mexican immigrants hoping to cross the Mexico-U.S. border can use an illustrated guide to help them break U.S. immigration laws (search) and live in the United States illegally.
For example, it warns Mexicans that when crossing the border, "thick clothing increases your weight when wet and makes it difficult to swim or float" and "if you cross in the desert, try to walk when the heat is not as intense."
The guide also gives advice on how to live unobtrusively in the United States, advising illegals not to beat their wives or go to loud parties because either action may attract the attention of police.
www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,143433,00.html   (588 words)

  
 Human Rights First | Asylum & Refugee Protection
Under the process, immigration or border patrol officers are given the authority to order deportations, a power previously entrusted to immigration judges.
Refugees who come to the United States seeking asylum are often detained by immigration authorities for months, and even years, in jail like conditions.
Summary “expedited removal” procedures, “mandatory detention,” inconsistent parole practices, and lack of government-funded legal representation are among the many hurdles arriving asylum seekers must navigate in their efforts to secure refuge in the United States.
www.humanrightsfirst.org /asylum/asylum.htm   (2070 words)

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