A human rights statistician finds truth in numbers
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Whether gazing at a computer or into the eyes of a former dictator, numbers cruncher Patrick Ball is on the front lines of justice.
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MEXICO CITY  - Human rights groups and relativesof women murdered near the Mexico-U.S. border want aworld-renowned Argentine forensic team to study more than 300killings over the past decade, many of which are stillunsolved.
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Better data is needed to determine the magnitude of human trafficking so it can be targeted effectively, and some countries are not taking the problem as seriously as they should, the top U.N. anti-crime official said Tuesday.
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A U.N. human rights expert said Wednesday he found on a recent visit to Guantanamo Bay that the prison camp is not meeting international justice standards.
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In this new posting over on Chris Shiflett's weblog today, he mainly talks about the election just past, but he also shows how he abuses GD to display imagry of who/what the population voted on.
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Measuring the well-being of a nation isn&#39;t as simple as figuring out a country&#39;s gross domestic product. But a team of economists and psychologists has developed a new method
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LISBON, Dec 6  (IPS) - On the eve of the second Africa-European Union  summit, there is broad agreement on the need to defend human  rights, above all else. But academics, analysts and activists  from both continents harbour serious doubts that this noble aim  will find root in reality.
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Citing a &quot;state-by-state analysis,&quot; Amnesty International on Monday issued a report estimating that 121,033 Utahns have been victims of racial profiling.
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&#39;Climate of Fear&#39; Before Polls Open in Vote for Legislators Human rights conditions in Hong Kong have deteriorated in the run-up to the legislative elections, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
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MANILA -- A United Nations human rights expert criticized the Philippine military and government yesterday for not doing enough to solve a wave of political killings, many of which he said could be linked to government security forces.
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Excerpts from a report by a U.N. human rights team investigating crimes against humanity in Sudan's Darfur region.
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Authorities' targeting of people because of their racial background or religious affiliation is a deep-rooted problem in the United States, with nearly 32 million people reporting they've been racially profiled, a human rights group said Monday.
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The secretary general of the United Nations fights a war on many fronts in his crusade to bring human rights and peace to the world.
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In one of the most famous attempts to declare a mathematical truth by political fiat, the Indiana legislature comes this close to establishing an exact value for pi. Good thing a math professor happened to be wandering by.
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A delegation sent by the U.N.'s top human rights official began a mission Wednesday to look into reports of brutality and serious abuses in the weeks of deadly violence since the country's disputed presidential election.
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Human Rights Watch on the frontlines of the child labor battle.
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Â· Shootings in Nairobi slum bring death toll to 20 Â· Western countries express human rights concern