human rights
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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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PublishedDecember 23, 2019
Angus King says Saudis need ‘more transparent and complete justice’ for Khashoggi murder
Maine's junior senator is not content with Saudi Arabia's secret trial and conviction of eight unidentified men for the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi in a Saudi consulate.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2019
Red Sand Project fills Skowhegan sidewalk cracks as reminder of human trafficking
The downtown rotary became the palette for roving artists to spread their message about human trafficking and the need for people to be aware of its existence even in Somerset County.
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