http://newsrack.in/rss/flenvcenter/Human-Rights-and-Indigenous-Rights_Regional/rss.xml This is a custom RSS feed generated by NewsRack for user flenvcenter for topic Human Rights and Indigenous Rights-Regional Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:42:01 GMT Human Rights and Indigenous Rights-Regional Human Rights and Indigenous Rights-Regional 2010-09-03T15:42:01Z http://www.telluridenews.com/articles/2010/09/03/opinion/doc4bac0d6048516710367653.txt thom carnevaleGandering German Chancellor Angela Merkel told the Bundestag that sex crimes by Catholic priests against children are despicable and the current allegations brought forth in Germany should be fully investigated. Merkel went on to say, “the damage suffered by the victims can never fully be repaired.” Youth and Children Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.telluridenews.com/articles/2010/09/03/opinion/doc4bac0d6048516710367653.txt 2010-03-25T18:30:00Z http://www.telluridenews.com/articles/2010/09/03/opinion/doc4bf33ed777d04927059705.txt Local VoicesMelanie Montoya During volunteer advocate trainings, we at the San Miguel Resource Center ask participants to pretend they are not as smart and savvy as they really are and tell us how a stereotypical sexual assault occurs. As you might imagine, the stereotype involves a young woman walking home in the dark by herself. She is wearing a provocative outfit and has had a couple of drinks. A man (usually of a dark skin tone) jumps out from an alley or from behind a bush and drags her away. She is horrified, injured and shocked. She calls the police immediately and they begin to tirelessly search for this dangerous villain. Gender Issues Tue, 18 May 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.telluridenews.com/articles/2010/09/03/opinion/doc4bf33ed777d04927059705.txt 2010-05-18T18:30:00Z http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/09/03/opinion/doc4bac0d6048516710367653.txt thom carnevaleGandering German Chancellor Angela Merkel told the Bundestag that sex crimes by Catholic priests against children are despicable and the current allegations brought forth in Germany should be fully investigated. Merkel went on to say, “the damage suffered by the victims can never fully be repaired.” Youth and Children Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/09/03/opinion/doc4bac0d6048516710367653.txt 2010-03-25T18:30:00Z http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/09/03/opinion/doc4bf33ed777d04927059705.txt Local VoicesMelanie Montoya During volunteer advocate trainings, we at the San Miguel Resource Center ask participants to pretend they are not as smart and savvy as they really are and tell us how a stereotypical sexual assault occurs. As you might imagine, the stereotype involves a young woman walking home in the dark by herself. She is wearing a provocative outfit and has had a couple of drinks. A man (usually of a dark skin tone) jumps out from an alley or from behind a bush and drags her away. She is horrified, injured and shocked. She calls the police immediately and they begin to tirelessly search for this dangerous villain. Gender Issues Tue, 18 May 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/09/03/opinion/doc4bf33ed777d04927059705.txt 2010-05-18T18:30:00Z http://www.telluridenews.com/articles/2010/09/03/news/doc4b2d804e07db0062623588.txt Crowds gathered downtown in Telluride for a candlelight vigil on Saturday night as part of an effort to raise awareness about immigration reform. Here, Elisa Marie Overall of One Telluride, a local immigrant integration advocacy organization, addresses the crowd in Spruce Street Park. [Photo by Merrick Chase] Immigration Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:30:00 GMT http://www.telluridenews.com/articles/2010/09/03/news/doc4b2d804e07db0062623588.txt 2009-12-21T18:30:00Z http://www.telluridenews.com/articles/2010/09/03/news/doc4b7ca7f2a6890748384033.txt Nearly a hundred people were in Elks Park Tuesday evening to support the reform of immigration laws, which they said were too tough, hurt the country’s economy and kept them from living out the American dream. Immigration Youth and Children Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.telluridenews.com/articles/2010/09/03/news/doc4b7ca7f2a6890748384033.txt 2010-02-18T18:30:00Z http://www.telluridenews.com/articles/2010/09/03/news/doc4c01b52a0a992264154406.txt I saw Sebastian Junger speak in New York this month, on stage with Brian Williams from NBC. Junger’s face looked worn and tired, but he wore a dark, tailored suit over a white shirt with an open collar, and a watch with more metal than a 747. He talked about war.  Warfare Sat, 29 May 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.telluridenews.com/articles/2010/09/03/news/doc4c01b52a0a992264154406.txt 2010-05-29T18:30:00Z http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_15980639 COMBAT OUTPOST SENJERAY, Afghanistan&#8212;U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he saw and heard evidence that the U. Warfare Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_15980639 By ANNE GEARAN AP National Security Writer 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_15977378 The Justice Department sued the nation's self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff" Thursday, calling Joe Arpaio's defiance of an investigation into his office's alleged discrimination against Latinos "unprecedented." Civil Liberties Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_15977378 <I>By The Associated Press</I> 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_15979001 NAACP leaders have a message for the Tea Party movement: We're watching you. Civil Liberties Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_15979001 Denver Post Wire Services 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/09/03/20100903arizona-man-sentenced-killed-glendale-brothers.html A Valley man was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences Thursday in Maricopa County Superior Court for the 2008 murder of two brothers in Glendale. Criminal Justice System Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/09/03/20100903arizona-man-sentenced-killed-glendale-brothers.html Michael Kiefer 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/09/03/20100903arizona-tribal-election.html Salt River voters will pick a president next week in an election that will gauge how tribal members feel about the development fostered by incumbent Diane Enos, including a casino resort and spring training baseball complex. Indigenous Rights Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/09/03/20100903arizona-tribal-election.html Peter Corbett 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/50212358-68/department-arpaio-arizona-sheriff.html.csp The associated presS Updated Sep 3, 2010 12:19AM MDT Phoenix • The Justice Department sued the nation’s self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff” on Thursday, calling Joe Arpaio’s defiance of an investigation into his office’s alleged discrimination against Latinos “unprecedented.” It’s the first time in decades a lawman has refused to cooperate in one of the agency’s probes, the department said. The Arizona sheriff had been given until Aug. 17 to hand over documents the federal government first asked for 15 months ago, when it started investigating alle... ... Civil Liberties Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/50212358-68/department-arpaio-arizona-sheriff.html.csp 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://durangoherald.com/sections/News/2010/09/03/Nation_Briefs/ Vets mark 65th anniversary of World War II's end Warfare Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://durangoherald.com/sections/News/2010/09/03/Nation_Briefs/ 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.vaildaily.com/ARTICLE/20100902/NEWS/100909960 GRANBY, Colorado - A moose ran into and injured a young child in the Grand Lake area around noon Thursday. The 2 1/2-year-old boy was knocked over when the moose ran into him from behind at the Pine Beach area of Shadow Mountain Reservoir, according emergency officials. The boy was playing with his brother on the beach at the time, they said. &quot;The moose kind of ran over him ... and kept going,&quot; said Randy Hampton, Colorado Division of Wildlife spokesman. Hampton said that reports so far indicate the animal did not stop and attack the toddler. The child, who suffered from what initially appeared to be a minor head injury, was flown from Granby Medical Center to Children&apos;s Hospital, Denver, said Emergency Medical Services Cpt. Nowell ... Youth and Children Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.vaildaily.com/ARTICLE/20100902/NEWS/100909960 Sky-Hi News Vail, CO Colorado 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/09/02/20100902arizona-border-agent-killed-in-crash.html TUCSON - A U.S. Border Patrol agent was killed in a car accident Thursday near Sells in southern Arizona. Immigration Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/09/02/20100902arizona-border-agent-killed-in-crash.html 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_15977411 N.M. man convicted in Four Corners jail assault Criminal Justice System Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_15977411 <i>By The Denver Post</i> 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_15976370 Teen arrested in attack on Greeley jogger Gender Issues Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_15976370 <i>By The Greeley Tribune</i> 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/50211857-68/court-california-appeal-state.html.csp The Associated Press Updated Sep 2, 2010 03:55PM MDT SACRAMENTO, Calif. • A California court has refused to order Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown to appeal a ruling that overturned the state’s gay marriage ban. The 3rd District Court of Appeal on Wednesday denied a conservative legal group’s request to force the officials to defend voter-approved Proposition 8. Presiding Justice Arthur Scotland did not explain why the appeals court turned down the request filed two days earlier by the Pacific Justice Institute. The inst... ... Civil Liberties Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/50211857-68/court-california-appeal-state.html.csp 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50204677-76/campos-serbeck-kouris-judge.html.csp By stephen hunt The Salt Lake Tribune Updated Sep 2, 2010 04:40PM MDT West Jordan • “Pure crap.” That’s what 3rd District Judge Mark Kouris called Reginald Campos’ insistence he fired in self-defense at a fellow neighborhood watch advocate during a confrontation on a Bluffdale street last year. His voice rising, Kouris also scolded Campos for expressing no sympathy for the plight of his victim, 37-year-old David Serbeck, who is paralyzed from the chest down because of the shooting. “I can’t wrap my head around it,” Kouris told Campos. “You have absolutely no con... ... Criminal Justice System Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50204677-76/campos-serbeck-kouris-judge.html.csp 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_15974401 Moose attacks, injures child near Grand Lake Youth and Children Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_15974401 By Kieran Nicholson <br><i>The Denver Post</i> 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/09/02/news/doc4aea40e1536bf764013653.txt With so much hype surrounding it, the H1N1 flu has received the usual dosage of skepticism. But for those in the area’s schools and medical centers, the symptoms couldn’t be more real. Youth and Children Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:30:00 GMT http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/09/02/news/doc4aea40e1536bf764013653.txt 2009-10-29T18:30:00Z http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/09/02/news/doc4af10a4818029237326014.txt Telluride’s first medicinal marijuana dispensary opened last Wednesday, but no medicine has gone out the door yet. Criminal Justice System Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:30:00 GMT http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/09/02/news/doc4af10a4818029237326014.txt 2009-11-03T18:30:00Z http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/09/02/news/doc4bbfe055cdef4164381043.txt When his family sees the new wardrobe he’s picked up, they only see a problem. He’s lost it, his kids say. How to explain this to the grandkids? He’s driving a stake through their hearts. But in his white miniskirt, or his pink and white dress, or his make-up and blush and rouge, Kit Collins, 66, sees all kinds of cures. Gender Issues Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/09/02/news/doc4bbfe055cdef4164381043.txt 2010-04-13T18:30:00Z http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/09/02/news/doc4b2d804e07db0062623588.txt Crowds gathered downtown in Telluride for a candlelight vigil on Saturday night as part of an effort to raise awareness about immigration reform. Here, Elisa Marie Overall of One Telluride, a local immigrant integration advocacy organization, addresses the crowd in Spruce Street Park. [Photo by Merrick Chase] Immigration Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:30:00 GMT http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/09/02/news/doc4b2d804e07db0062623588.txt 2009-12-21T18:30:00Z