human rights
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PublishedDecember 9, 2023
Opinion: Universal Declaration of Human Rights more important in its 75th year than ever
This global pledge offers a framework for fairness, justice and freedom – if we would only follow it.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2023
Agency to fork up nearly $200,000 for shielding public records related to Kennebec County jail
The Maine County Commissioners Association Risk Pool is the first government entity in Maine to be penalized for wrongly withholding documents since the Freedom of Access Act became law in 1959.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2022
Commentary: Making the case for a stronger U.S. commitment to human rights
Human rights are not central to the Biden administration’s foreign policy – despite assurances they would be.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2022
Book review: The scope of ‘A Future Without Walls’ – how to fix a divided world – is huge
Perhaps too big and complicated for a single 244-page volume to carry.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2021
Commentary: Washington should always be welcoming to dissidents
A Trump-era libel lawsuit could make it more risky for dissenters to come to the U.S. to tell their story.
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PublishedMarch 9, 2021
From Portland to Myanmar, former Maine congressman Tom Andrews has kept fighting for human rights
Andrews is now the UN’s high-profile human rights expert for the troubled nation in southeast Asia.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2020
Our View: Maine leads in LGBT protections
The political battles of years past have left us with more robust civil rights laws than any other state.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2020
UK suspends extradition treaty with Hong Kong amid outrage over human rights in China
the new national security law Beijing imposed on Hong Kong this month drew worries that the law could see those extradited from Britain facing draconian punishments.
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2020
Hannaford gets perfect score on index of corporate LGBTQ policies
The Scarborough-based supermarket was the only large employer based in Maine to score 100% on the Human Rights Campaign index.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2020
Former Google exec now running for Senate in Maine decries company’s ‘greed, corruption’
Democrat Ross LaJeunesse of Biddeford says the company didn't live up to its motto: Don't be evil.
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