Human rights.

  • Democracy Now! September 10, 1997

    Congo Human Rights; Mandatory Minimums; In the Time of the Butterflies |(14 Minutes) Congo Human Rights Congolese President Laurent Kabila sent a letter to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan confirming his commitment to the UN human rights mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo. GUEST: Reed Brody, human rights lawyer and one of three leaders…

  • Democracy Now! January 25, 1999

    Clinton’s Anti-Terrorism Proposal; Critical Day for Impeachment Trial; Mexico: Salinas Trial and Human Rights |*Clintons Anti-Terrorism Proposal In announcing new anti-terrorism initiatives, President Clinton last week warned that it was highly likely that a terrorist group will launch a biological, chemical or cybernetic attack on the continental US in the next few years. President Clinton…

  • Democracy Now! July 30, 1997

    Campaign Finance Abuses; Colombia; Landmines |(14 Minutes) Campaign Finance Abuse Report on yesterday’s Campaign Finance Hearings. TAPE OF: Hearings. FBI agent Jerry Campane, Dick Durbin (D-IL), Bob Smith (R-NH), Yue Chu and Xiping Wang. (19 Minutes) Colombia Right-wing paramilitary group forced a human rights commission, to leave a region of northwest Colombia under threat of…

  • Democracy Now! August 14, 1997

    Chemical Weapons Incineration; NY Torture; US Policy and Africa |(14 Minutes) Chemical Weapons Incineration The Pentagon is preparing to dispose of 60 million pounds of lethal chemical weapons. Army engineers want to burn the chemicals and have been testing incinerator tech. at a prototype facility at Johnston Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. GUEST: Graig Williams,…

  • Democracy Now! January 6, 1999

    U.S. Military Spending; What did Mobil Know? The Killing Fields of Aceh; Y2K and the Progressive Community. Does it Matter? |(14 Minutes) U. S. Military Spending Analysis of President Clinton’s proposal which is the largest peace-time military spending increase since the Reagan era for fiscal year 2000 budget. $110 billion increase has been proposed. Also…

  • Democracy Now! January 11, 1999

    Essay on Impeachment , the Sentate and the Supreme Court; The Klan Rallies on Martin Luther King Day; Cruelty and Neglect in Russian Orphanages |(6 Minutes) Essay on Impeachment, the Senate and the Supreme Court, Amy Goodman (8 Minutes)The Klan Rallies on Martin Luther King Day A federal judge ruled that the Ku Klux Klan…

  • Democracy Now! January 5, 1999

    Police Shooting in California; Bloodbath in the Niger Delta |(14 Minutes) Police Shooting in California In Riverside, CA the black community wants answers in the police shooting death of a nineteen-year-old woman, Tyisha Miller. GUEST: Don Bardo, President and CEO of Urban League of Riverside and San Bernadino counties. GUEST: Reverend Bernel Butler, cousin of…

  • This Way Out: The International Lesbian And Gay Radio Magazine: No. 493

    (9:25 Minutes) Newswrap: International and local stories including updates on Senator David Norris; Mexico City regulates sex workers of both genders; “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”; Dutch Supreme Court; Australia’s Uniting Church (3:50 Minutes) Gay and Lesbian Pride Event in Reno, Nevada. A city that has never hosted a Gay and Lesbian Pride event. (4:00 Minutes)…

  • This Way Out: The International Gay & Lesbian Radio Magazine: No. 494

    (9:55 Minutes) Newswrap: International and local stories including updates on Angela Eagle; Hohann von Goethe; Paris; South Africa’s first public gay wedding (3:55 Minutes) 49th Annual Emmy Awards. Ellen Degeneres wins emmy for Best Writing /Comedy Series for the coming out “Puppy” episode. (5:35 Minutes) Australian rugby star Ian Roberts talks about his life as…

  • This Way Out: The International Lesbian & Gay Radio Magazine: No. 495

    (10:45 Minutes) Newswrap; International and local stories including updates on Japanese judges issue country’s first-ever ruling condemning sexual orientation discrimination; Maine’s anti-discrimination law; Norway’s elections results; Gianni Versace; Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind”; U.S. AIDS statistics; Johan von Goethe; Tel Aviv. (9:45 Minutes) First of three-part conversation with Edmund White. (4:50 Minutes) Discussion of…