Human Rights Watch: Good News: End in Sight for Infamous US Crack Cocaine Laws

Good News: End in Sight for Infamous US Crack Cocaine Laws 
Legislation approved by the House on July 28, 2010, will dramatically alter the historically more punitive approach to federal crack cocaine offenders that led to racial disparities in sentencing. The bill, which the Senate passed in March, is on its way to President Barack Obama for his signature.

Human Rights Watch: Deporting US Immigrants with Mental Disabilities | Our WikiLeaks Analysis

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here. July 29, 2010 Follow us on           Immigrants with Mental Disabilities Face Higher Risk of Unjust Deportation Some Detainees Don't Know Their Own Names, Can't Tell Time In the United States, immigrants with mental disabilities facing deportation have no right to a lawyer — even if they are incapable of representing themselves without assistance. Whether a detainee with a mental disability is able to receive a fair hearing is rarely considered. As a result, the person faces a higher risk of unjust deportation, or simply gets lost in the system. Some detainees have disabilities so severe that they don't know their own names or what a judge is, or can't tell time, said Human Rights Watch in a report issued jointly with the American Civil Liberties Union. We estimate that at least 57,000 detained immigrants facing deportation in 2008 — 15 percent of the total — had mental disabilities. People with valid claims to fight deportation — including US citizenship — have still been deported because they were unable to  present evidence to defend their claim. Judges receive little guidance in how to handle these cases. "I feel so impotent and so powerless," said one immigration judge. "I sit there thinking, is anybody looking at this the same way I am? Why is this person in my courtroom? Why have I been asked to do this?" Read more » Photo: © 2009 Michael Schennum HRW Analysis of WikiLeaks Documents Show US Under-Reported Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan The WikiLeaks disclosure of 90,000 documents shows that US and NATO officials in Afghanistan relied on initial or "spot" reports of civilian casualties in major incidents and have resisted revising figures upward when more reliable information was produced. Additionally, the United States should investigate previously undisclosed incidents where Afghan civilians were killed. The leaked documents highlight how initial field reporting on civilian casualties was sometimes treated as accurate by US and NATO officials, even when contradicted by later credible reports. While mistakes in battlefield casualty reports are inevitable, Human Rights Watch research suggests that in some instances of high civilian casualties — and perhaps in less-publicized cases — those inaccurate assessments are not corrected and become part of the official narrative. Though there have been some efforts by the US military to address problems in the internal reporting system, accountability mechanisms should be strengthened whenever there are civilian losses. US and NATO forces also claimed that revised operational guidelines have reduced civilian casualties like those revealed in the leaked documents. However, Human Rights Watch has investigated cases in recent months that still show a resistance to acknowledging civilian deaths and injury when they do occur. For instance, the US still says no civilians died during a nighttime attack in May in which there is credible evidence that nine civilians were killed. Human Rights Watch has urged the United States to investigate. Read our further analysis of the data » Photo: © 2008 AIHRC Most Popular Headlines Israel: Withdraw Legislation Punishing Human Rights Activists  Israel's Knesset should reject proposed legislation that would weaken the country's vibrant civil society, Human Rights Watch said today. Recent proposed bills would penalize human rights groups for critical reporting and advocacy, including publicizing information on war crimes, expressing support for boycotts, or helping refugees and asylum seekers. India: Press Burmese Leader on Human Rights   India's long democratic tradition should bolster leaders' ability to insist on a free and fair election in Burma. New Delhi should use Than Shwe's visit to send a message loud and clear that Burma's failure to respect human rights and establish genuine democracy retards Burma's development and creates political difficulties for India and other states in the region. The Netherlands: Do Not Deport Somalis  Mogadishu is one of the world's most dangerous places. Returning people there is not just risky; it's a potential death sentence. The Dutch authorities should quickly reconsider this plan, which is at odds with their obligation to protect those whose lives are at risk. Editor's Picks Arizona: US Court Blocks Immigration Law's Worst Aspects  The federal court ruling throws a monkey wrench, at least temporarily, into the worst parts of a discriminatory law. In truth, Arizona needs to repeal the whole thing, and similar bills under consideration in other states should be defeated. Singapore: Legal Charges Threat to Freedom of Expression  Singapore officials should cease using criminal defamation and contempt laws to silence government critics. The arrest of Alan Shadrake, the 75-year-old British author of Once A Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice in the Dock, a critical review of Singapore's death penalty law and its administration, further narrows the space for reporting and analysis of issues the government prefers to keep under tight control. Good News: End in Sight for Infamous US Crack Cocaine Laws  Legislation approved by the House on July 28, 2010, will dramatically alter the historically more punitive approach to federal crack cocaine offenders that led to racial disparities in sentencing. The bill, which the Senate passed in March, is on its way to President Barack Obama for his signature. Podcasts Luis has schizophrenia. When he was detained by US immigration officials, his greatest fear wasn't being deported. It was not having access to his medication. interactive feature Fighting for Justice in Chad: In Chad, it's often said that you can't find a family that doesn't have a victim from the Hissène Habré years. Publications World Report 2010 Purchase a bound copy of the edition Download PDF   Back to the Future India's 2008 Counterterrorism Laws Deportation by Default Mental Disability, Unfair Hearings, and Indefinite Detention in the US Immigration System Home | Take Action | Donate Privacy

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Signs & Writings--Exposicion in Barcelona

MANY TAHNKS TO SEAMAS CAIN FOR THIS POSTING!!--D-BC
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> http://fundaciosunol.org/exposicions/exposicions.php?lang=2
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> "All the works in this exhibition form part of the Josep Suñol
> Collection and were created between 1972 and the present day. The
> forty-two pieces chosen here reveal the recurring use of signs and
> writing in painting, collage and tapestry as a visual reading of the
> artists' need to communicate."
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> The artistic contributions document "multiple polysemy, which this
> exhibition aims to show with signs and writing as the backbone to the
> aesthetic language, whose iconography of composite material lines
> sketches out the artists' thoughts and is genetically contained in
> their signs, in the world of their ideas."
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> Creative regards,
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Sustainable Development – Earth Charter Initiative

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Guido Vermeulen has posted a new link.

Sustainable Development – Earth Charter Initiative Jul 29, '10 10:34 AM for everyone Link: http://www.earthcharterinaction.org/content/ Site of the EARTH CHARTER initiative which has his secretary in Costa Rico. I backed the earth charter with a mail art project exhibited at the alternative arts and music festival in St Niklaas Tags: politics

SUZLEE IBRAHIM--2 & 3--Mail Art Mayalaysia

Suzlee Ibrahim 2

Jul 29, '10 11:47 AM for everyone

Link: http://www.suzleefineart.paint.at/

Site of artist from Malaysia, also involved in mail art

Tags: malaysia, art, mail art

Suzlee Ibrahim 3

Jul 29, '10 11:49 AM for everyone

Link: http://imagmailart.tripod.com/

Site on mail art project from Malaysia

Tags: malaysia, mail art

THANK YOU AGAIN TO GUIDO VERMEULEN FOR POSTING THESE!

Suzlee Ibrahim--Mail Art Malayasia

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Suzlee Ibrahim Jul 29, '10 11:45 AM for everyone Link: http://www.artproject2006.cjb.net/ Site on mail art project in Malaysia Tags: malaysia, mail art

GREAT vISUAL pOETRY/mAIL aRT bLOG: Gianni Simone

tHANKS gUIDO!!

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Gianni Simone Jul 29, '10 10:30 AM for everyone Link: http://gloomy-sundays.blogspot.com/ Blog on zines Tags: italy, japan, magazines, mail art Add a Comment Copyright 2010 Multiply, 6001 Park of Commerce Blvd, Boca Raton, FL Stop e-mails, view our privacy policy, or report abuse: click here

Bulgarian Site: House of humor and satire--also involved with Mail Art

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House of humor and satire Jul 29, '10 10:14 AM for everyone Link: http://www.humorhouse.bg/ Bulgarian site, did a mail art project Tags: bulgaria, mail art Add a Comment Copyright 2010 Multiply, 6001 Park of Commerce Blvd, Boca Raton, FL Stop e-mails, view our privacy policy, or report abuse: click here

[It's LIQUID News] 2010 Digital Art L.A. International Call for Entries

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.art news	July 28, 2010
2010 Digital Art L.A. International Call for Entries
The L.A. Center for Digital Art announces an international call to artists. All styles of artwork and photography where digital processes of any kind were integral to their creation are acceptable: digital images of any kind, digital photogaphy, 3D and 2D digital animation video, short experimental time based video, video loops, mobile media, interactive media, and internet art (net.art). Selected winners will be exhibited as the central focus of the 'DigitalArt.LA' expo (http://DigitalArt.LA) in a large group exhibit at the LACDA gallery, September 9-October 2, 2010. Video winners will also be screened at the Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles. The show will be widely promoted and will include a reception for the artists. Juror: Peter Frank, Curator for Contemporary Art, Riverside Art Museum. Deadline: August 16, 2010. Online registration only: http://lacda.com/juried/juriedshow.html. DigitalArt.LA Participants Include: iotaCenter · UCR ARTSblock | California Museum of Photography · Dance Camera West · Downtown Film Festival - Los Angeles · Orange County Center for Contemporary Art · Vortex Immersion Media · Downtown Art Walk Los Angeles · L.A. Center Studios · Rosslyn Gallery · Rowan Gallery · Julie Rico Gallery · The Museum of Hyperreal Art (MOHA) · CB1 Gallery · Pop-Lock Gallery · El Nopal Press Gallery · Artillery Magazine · Coagula Art Journal · Fabrik Magazine · AbsoluteArts.com · Peter Frank, Riverside Art Museum Contact: Rex Bruce rexbruce@lacda.com Los Angeles Center For Digital Art 107 West Fifth Street Los Angeles, CA 90013 www.lacda.com http://DigitalArt.LA It's LIQUID News is an e-mail announcement service that provides information about exhibitions at some of the world's leading art galleries selected. It's LIQUID News reaches the combined audiences of International Art Fairs, galleries, museums, and is thus a powerful tool for getting directly to this influential audience with information about exhibition programs and other events.   International galleries, museums, institutions, private and public groups, artists, architects, designers, are invited to join It's LIQUID News service. Each advertisement takes the form of an e-mail announcement, and features a press release, an image, and a link to the announcer's website. Announcements are distributed directly to over 60,000 international collectors, consultants, advisers, critics, writers, curators, dealers and other visual arts professionals. Database demographics: 40% in North America, 45% in Europe, 15% in other locations (South America, Australia, Japan, etc.).   Additionally all announcements are permanently archived on It's LIQUID web site, creating a valuable research resource of some of the most important events world wide. It's LIQUID News offers an unprecedented opportunity for participating clients to reach the most dynamic members of the community of professionals worldwide. If you are interested in our services, or you want to open an It's LIQUID office in your city, please contact us at support@itsliquid.com.   Thanks for all, It's LIQUID Group more details. www.itsliquid.com

[It's LIQUID News] 2010 Digital Art L.A. International Call for Entries

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.art news	July 28, 2010
2010 Digital Art L.A. International Call for Entries
The L.A. Center for Digital Art announces an international call to artists. All styles of artwork and photography where digital processes of any kind were integral to their creation are acceptable: digital images of any kind, digital photogaphy, 3D and 2D digital animation video, short experimental time based video, video loops, mobile media, interactive media, and internet art (net.art). Selected winners will be exhibited as the central focus of the 'DigitalArt.LA' expo (http://DigitalArt.LA) in a large group exhibit at the LACDA gallery, September 9-October 2, 2010. Video winners will also be screened at the Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles. The show will be widely promoted and will include a reception for the artists. Juror: Peter Frank, Curator for Contemporary Art, Riverside Art Museum. Deadline: August 16, 2010. Online registration only: http://lacda.com/juried/juriedshow.html. DigitalArt.LA Participants Include: iotaCenter · UCR ARTSblock | California Museum of Photography · Dance Camera West · Downtown Film Festival - Los Angeles · Orange County Center for Contemporary Art · Vortex Immersion Media · Downtown Art Walk Los Angeles · L.A. Center Studios · Rosslyn Gallery · Rowan Gallery · Julie Rico Gallery · The Museum of Hyperreal Art (MOHA) · CB1 Gallery · Pop-Lock Gallery · El Nopal Press Gallery · Artillery Magazine · Coagula Art Journal · Fabrik Magazine · AbsoluteArts.com · Peter Frank, Riverside Art Museum Contact: Rex Bruce rexbruce@lacda.com Los Angeles Center For Digital Art 107 West Fifth Street Los Angeles, CA 90013 www.lacda.com http://DigitalArt.LA It's LIQUID News is an e-mail announcement service that provides information about exhibitions at some of the world's leading art galleries selected. It's LIQUID News reaches the combined audiences of International Art Fairs, galleries, museums, and is thus a powerful tool for getting directly to this influential audience with information about exhibition programs and other events.   International galleries, museums, institutions, private and public groups, artists, architects, designers, are invited to join It's LIQUID News service. Each advertisement takes the form of an e-mail announcement, and features a press release, an image, and a link to the announcer's website. Announcements are distributed directly to over 60,000 international collectors, consultants, advisers, critics, writers, curators, dealers and other visual arts professionals. Database demographics: 40% in North America, 45% in Europe, 15% in other locations (South America, Australia, Japan, etc.).   Additionally all announcements are permanently archived on It's LIQUID web site, creating a valuable research resource of some of the most important events world wide. It's LIQUID News offers an unprecedented opportunity for participating clients to reach the most dynamic members of the community of professionals worldwide. If you are interested in our services, or you want to open an It's LIQUID office in your city, please contact us at support@itsliquid.com.   Thanks for all, It's LIQUID Group more details. www.itsliquid.com

MUFI . Museo de Filatelia de Oaxaca//Postal & Mail Art Museum of Oaxaca

Thank you to Guido Vermeulen for posting this--

MUFI . Museo de Filatelia de Oaxaca Jul 29, '10 11:52 AM for everyone Link: http://www.mufi.org.mx/ This postal museum in Mexico is also involved in mail art Tags: mexico, mail art Add a Comment

El Noticiero Popular Panameño--August Edition

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Please find attached, a copy of the August Edition of El Noticiero Popular Panameño E-Zine.

 

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Museos de Mexico No. 314

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