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Victims denied any say in political pardons
Original Source by Hugo van der Merwe Political parties are helping to review applications for pardon from individuals who have committed politically motivated crimes. In this de facto re-enactment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) amnesty process, the president has created a “reference group”…
Author: The Sunday Independent (South Africa)
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Camps for displaced foreigners 'inhumane'
Original Source By Chelsea Laun Foreign nationals displaced by xenophobic violence two months ago are still enduring inhumane living conditions and basic human rights violations in Western Cape refugee camps, say two reports by the South African Human Rights Commission and the Joint Refugee Leadership…
Author: Cape Times (South Africa)
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Richard Boone and the Field Foundation: Beacons of Leadership for Social Justice Philanthropy
On a mellow California afternoon earlier this month, I drove a few hours up the coast from Los Angeles, where I’d been on a panel at the annual meeting of the Center for Effective Philanthropy, to spend some time with one of the most influential…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Law Centre for Children to Open in Ireland
By Noeline Blackwell (FLAC/PILA) Earlier this year a steering committee secured funding to establish a law centre for children in Ireland and to fund its operation for its first two years. There are similar law centres around the world – and as close to home as…
Author: Irish Times
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Hate Campaigns Can’t Block Overdue Steps Toward Fair Treatment of Immigrants
Barack Obama’s campaign gave hope to millions of immigrants and their leading advocates. Atlantic has been proud to support and stand with these groups in the long campaign for comprehensive immigration reform. But that hope has been strained of late, and it is time to…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Gay campaigners deserve huge praise as we step into the future
By Noel Whelan. Extraordinary patience has finally paid off and constitutional change will one day follow. The overwhelming parliamentary support witnessed again this week for the legalisation of same sex civil partnerships arises from the basic decency and generosity of the Irish people. Politicians across…
Author: The Irish Times
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ANC Meeting with LGBTI
A delegation of the African National Congress led by the Secretary General Comrade Gwede Mantashe, met representatives of the Lesbian, Gays, Transgender, Bisexual and Intersex (LGBTI) persons today (08 August 8, 2012) at the ANC Head Quarters in Johannesburg. The meeting was requested by the…
Author: African National Congress
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Panel releases final report on capital punishment
by BRIAN WITTE A Maryland commission on Friday formally recommended repealing capital punishment, issuing a report death penalty opponents hope will add momentum to legislative efforts to abolish executions. But a minority report signed by eight of the commission’s 23 members argued that the law…
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Stephen McConnell Appointed Country Director for the United States at The Atlantic Philanthropies
NEW YORK, NY, 21 August 2012 –The Atlantic Philanthropies have appointed Stephen McConnell to the newly created position of Country Director for the United States, effective immediately. In this position, McConnell will oversee all of Atlantic’s U.S. programmes — including work focused on Ageing, Children &…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Gara LaMarche '76's Job Is To Give Away $4 Billion
Original Source By Thomas F. Ferguson ’74 By the time most people are 50, they have learned to spend less than they earn. Gara LaMarche ’76 has had to unlearn that rule in his job as CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, a $4 billion global…
Author: Columbia College Today Alumni Magazine May/June 2008