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		<title>International legal experts unveil index to measure how well nations follow rule of law.  Plus: Robert Jay Lifton comments on U.S. use of torture</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Legal experts from 95 countries have devised a way of measuring how well leaders, officials and judges are meeting the basic principles of law and human rights.  That means the USA no longer has to pretend that it is the standard by which all other countries should be judged. <br /><br /> Also: not coincidentally, Robert Jay Lifton comments on America's use of torture.
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		<title>Amnesty International faces ban in Northern Ireland&#8217;s Catholic schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Amnesty's policy that rape and incest victims should be entitled to abortions has led to calls from senior members of the Catholic church in Britain and Rome for a withdrawal of support from the organisation.]]></description>
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		<title>Amnesty to defy Catholic church over rape victims&#8217; abortion rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Amnesty International is set to defy the Vatican and risk the wrath of Catholics around the world over its decision to back abortion for rape victims.]]></description>
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		<title>Amnesty International faces Catholic church boycott over abortion policy</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18984/amnesty-international</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The debate over whether rape and incest victims should be entitled to abortions has led to calls from senior members of the Catholic church in Britain and Rome for a withdrawal of support from the organisation.]]></description>
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		<title>UN: Torturers must pay victims</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17846/un-torturers-must-pay-victims</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[States that commit acts of torture should be forced to pay for victims' rehabilitation, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak has said.]]></description>
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		<title>Accused Egyptian Blogger Stands Trial</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17211/accused-egyptian-blogger-stands-trial</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 07:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An Egyptian blogger went on trial Thursday on charges of insulting Islam and causing sectarian strife with his Internet writings. Egypt's first prosecution of a blogger came as Washington has backed away from pressuring its Mideast ally to improve its human rights record and bring democratic reform.]]></description>
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		<title>Human rights &#8216;as British as beer&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16424/human-rights-as-british-as-beer</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The lord chancellor is to defend the Human Rights Act and call such rights as British as a pint of bitter.]]></description>
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		<title>Religious Groups Outraged by Amnesty International Abortion Proposal</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/15377/religious-groups-outraged-by-amnesty-international-abortion-proposal</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ATHENS, Greece  — Famed for its human rights work, Amnesty International is under siege from religious groups outraged by a proposal that would expand Amnesty&#8217;s mandate to include supporting access to abortion in cases such as sexual violence.
A small but growing band of anti-abortion campaigners and Roman Catholic clerics — including some who have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warning on spread of state surveillance</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/11022/warning-on-spread-of-state-surveillance</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Governments are building a &#8220;global registration and surveillance infrastructure&#8221; in the US-led &#8220;war on terror&#8221;, civil liberty groups warned yesterday.
The aim is to monitor the movements and activities of entire populations in what campaigners call &#8220;an unprecedented project of social control&#8221;.
The warning came from the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group, including the American Civil Liberties [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN signs pact with International Criminal Court opposed by US</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8919/un-signs-pact-with-international-criminal-court-opposed-by-us</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2004 16:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations has signed a co-operation agreement with the new International Criminal Court, despite objections to the tribunal from the United States.
The pact that would encourage &#8220;greater co-operation and consultation&#8221; on administration and judicial matters was signed by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Judge Phillipe Kirsch of Canada, the court&#8217;s president.
The [...]]]></description>
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