Category Archives: Human Rights Campaign

Hundreds Rally Against Georgia’s Religious Freedom Bill

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(APN) ATLANTA — On Tuesday, March 17, 2015, hundreds came to Liberty Plaza, across from the State Capitol, to oppose, SB 129, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) bill.   People from as far away as Columbus and Macon joined with folks from the Atlanta area to express their concerns to legislators that SB 129 could be a license to discriminate […]

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(IPS) Iran Executes Hundreds in “War on Drugs”

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This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=56248. ATLANTA, Georgia, U.S., Jun 27, 2011 (IPS) – Iran is drawing international criticism for its continued mass executions of people convicted of violating its drug laws. The Islamic Republic’s judiciary reported that 300 people were on death row as of May 30. “For 300 drug-related convicts, including those who […]

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