Posts Tagged Human rights and civil liberties

Judge: Ariz. sheriff’s office profiles Latinos

This Jan. 9, 2013 file photo shows Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaking with the media in Phoenix. A federal judge ruled Friday, May 24, 2013, Arpaio's office systematically singled out Hispanics in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge ruled Friday that the office of America’s self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people.

Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Friday, May 24, 2013

UK braces for unrest after soldier’s slaying while also reviewing whether it missed warnings

Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Key figures in racial profiling lawsuit in Ariz

This Jan. 9, 2013 file photo shows Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaking with the media in Phoenix. A federal judge ruled Friday, May 24, 2013, Arpaio's office systematically singled out Hispanics in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

PHOENIX (AP) — Key figures in a lawsuit that alleges that an Arizona sheriff’s office has racially profiled Latinos in its immigration patrols. A judge ruled Friday that Arpaio’s office systematically racially profiles Latinos:

Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys

In this Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 photo provided by the family, Wes Comer holds the Boy Scout uniform of his son, Isaiah, outside their home in Knoxville, Tenn. Comer, whose family attends an Apostolic Pentecostal church which considers homosexuality sinful, had been wrestling with whether to pull his eldest son out of the Scouts if the no-gays policy was abandoned. "To be honest, I'm torn at this point," Comer said in an e-mail Friday, May 24, 2013. "I'm not sure exactly what our decision will be." "If I place this situation in the context of my religious beliefs, I'm forced to ask myself, 'Would I turn a homosexual child away from Sunday School? From a church function? Would I forbid my children to be friends with a gay child?' I can't imagine a situation where I would answer 'yes' to any of those questions. So how can I in this one?" he wrote. (AP Photo/Brooke Comer)

The Boy Scouts of America will get no reprieve from controversy after a contentious vote to accept openly gay boys as Scouts.

Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

AP source: FIFA task force seeks 5-game racism ban

In this May 12, 2013, file photo AC Milan players Mario Balotelli, left, Kevin Prince Boateng (10) stand on the pitch during a stoppage in play in a Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and AS Roma, at Milan's San Siro Stadium.  The game was stopped for almost two minutes because of racial abuse by Roma fans towards Balotelli and Boateng.  (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File)

LONDON (AP) — FIFA’s new anti-racism task force will ask soccer’s governing body next week to approve a mandatory five-match minimum ban for any player found guilty of racist abuse, a person with knowledge of the situation said Friday.

Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,