Senate OKs bill compensating Martial Law victims
MANILA - The Senate has ratified a bill granting compensation to victims of human rights abuses during Martial Law.
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Philippine Congress okays bill on payments to human rights victims
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine Congress has approved a bill awarding compensation to thousands of victims of human rights abuses under late President Ferdinand Marcos's 20-year iron rule. Under the final version of the bill approved by a bicameral committee late on Wednesday, payments amounting to more than 10 billion pesos ($246 million) to the victims will come from funds recovered by the ...
Former Chilean military officials held in singer's 1973 slaying
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - At least four former military officials were detained in Chile on Wednesday for their alleged role in the slaying of singer-songwriter Victor Jara during the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. Jara was killed days after the coup that ousted left-leaning President Salvador Allende, and his death became a symbol of the political violence and human rights abuses that ...
Senate Passes Russian Trade Bill, With Conditions
The bill, which eliminates cold-war-era restrictions on trade but also condemns Russia for human rights abuses, has now received overwhelming support in Congress.
Senate Passes Russian Trade Bill, With a Human Rights Caveat
The Senate voted to finally eliminate cold war-era trade restrictions on Russia, but at the same time it condemned Moscow for human rights abuses.
Why Obama Should Sign the Magnitsky Act
The U.S. House of Representatives approved the Magnitsky Act last week, legislation that would simultaneously sanction Russian officials implicated in human rights abuses and normalize U.S. trade relations with Russia. The dual nature of the bill may seem at cross purposes, but this is not the case.
Obama's historic visit to Cambodia highlights economic growth and struggles
According to officials present, President Obama took a firm line on Cambodia’s human rights abuses and corruption on his visit to Phnom Penh Monday in a meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen – the first-ever visit by a US president to the country bombed by the US air force during the Vietnam War.
Jackson-Vanik Repeal, Combined With Magnitsky Act, Passed by U.S. House
The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a landmark bill that would allow permanent normal trade relations with Russia and at the same time punish Russians suspected of human rights abuses, including those involved in the death of Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.
Supreme Court can defend human rights by upholding 1789 law
On Oct. 1, the U.S. Supreme Court heard a case regarding an American law that allows foreign plaintiffs to have claims for human rights abuses heard in U.S. courts. This law has been shown to be important for the protection of members of religious groups, including Catholics, throughout the world.
Supreme Court ponders U.S. lawsuits over corporate abuses committed abroad
The Supreme Court justices seemed ready Monday to limit the ability of U.S. courts to hear civil lawsuits alleging corporate complicity in human rights abuses overseas, but there was uncertainty about how tightly to shut the door. Read full article >>