Freedom House praises the European Parliament's announcement Thursday that it has awarded the prestigious Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to human rights activist Guillermo Fariñas Hernandez of Santa Clara, Cuba. Freedom House calls on the Cuban government to allow Mr. Fariñas to receive the award in person this December and to unconditionally liberate all political prisoners.
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Avery’s retirement leaves Indiana House seat up for grabs – Evansville Courier & Press
Avery's retirement leaves Indiana House seat up for grabs Evansville Courier & Press Republican Ron Bacon, 63, a respiratory therapist who runs Freedom Medical, which provides medical equipment for home care, and who is the Warrick County ... |
Lakeland Doctor Gets Nine Years Prison Time – The Ledger
Lakeland Doctor Gets Nine Years Prison Time The Ledger TAMPA | Jeffrey Friedlander lost his medical career and his freedom for turning a blind eye as his employees wrote illegal prescriptions for ... |
Legal Challenges for Freedom of Expression in Panama
Freedom House condemns attempts to re-criminalize defamation of high level public figures in Panama as well as the conviction of two journalists on libel charges, and strongly urges the government to adhere to international standards by decriminalizing all forms of libel and defamation.
Freedom House Congratulates Citizens of Kyrgyzstan on Peaceful Election
Freedom House congratulates the people of Kyrgyzstan on Sunday's peaceful election, which independent observers have described as free and fair.
For some, medical marijuana offers pain relief – Monroe Evening News
For some, medical marijuana offers pain relief Monroe Evening News The law, the men said, has meant freedom from man-made drugs. "It helps," JoeJoe said. "It doesn't get rid of the pain, it just relieves it. ... |
Battling PTSD and substance abuse – Charleston Post Courier
Battling PTSD and substance abuse Charleston Post Courier ... Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center will treat about 90 veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom who suffer both conditions. ... |
Universities dominate state’s list of top earners – Richmond Times Dispatch
Universities dominate state's list of top earners Richmond Times Dispatch ... on the state payroll, according to a list of state salaries obtained by the Richmond Times-Dispatch using Virginia's Freedom of Information laws. ... |
ObamaCare can and must be repealed – Chicago Tribune
ObamaCare can and must be repealed Chicago Tribune Many effective reforms would help make medical coverage more affordable without destroying Americans' personal choices and freedom to make their own ... |
Colorado Amendment 63: Freedom Is Too "Haphazard" for Bell Policy Center – Huffington Post (blog)
Colorado Amendment 63: Freedom Is Too "Haphazard" for Bell Policy Center Huffington Post (blog) What Bob Semro called "haphazard" is really personal freedom. The freedom to pay for medical care and insurance according to your best judgment, ... |
Medical Research Images Frequently Reveal Unrelated Abnormalities in Study … – Scientific American
 Scientific American | Medical Research Images Frequently Reveal Unrelated Abnormalities in Study ... Scientific American The ethics are still fuzzy about how much responsibility—and freedom—medical researchers should have in informing subjects or their doctors if something ... |
Vote to protect Asheville’s holistic healers – Asheville Citizen-Times
Vote to protect Asheville's holistic healers Asheville Citizen-Times ... to medical care that is allowed to include more holistic and natural alternatives. If you support integrative medicine, or simply freedom of choice in ... |
Army Africa medical personnel attend revamped Tropical Medicine Course – United States Army Africa
Army Africa medical personnel attend revamped Tropical Medicine Course United States Army Africa “This particular test allows medical professionals the freedom and convenience to test for the disease without requiring transporting the patient to a ... |
Can Pot Cure What Ails California? – SantaCruz.com
SantaCruz.com | Can Pot Cure What Ails California? SantaCruz.com This time around, it's not about hemp or personal freedom or medical use; it's about money. California lawmakers and voters could be more willing to expand ... |
Bal Seal to Present on Medical IPG Challenges, New SYGNUS System at MD&M – Kansas City Star
Bal Seal to Present on Medical IPG Challenges, New SYGNUS System at MD&M Kansas City Star Bal Seal Engineering, Inc. will host a presentation titled “Reducing IPG Development Time Through Connector System Integration” during the Medical Design ... |
NRA endorses Republican Ron Bacon – Evansville Courier & Press
NRA endorses Republican Ron Bacon Evansville Courier & Press Bacon heads Freedom Medical, a family-owned medical supply store. In a letter to Bacon, NRA Indiana State Liaison Ashley Varner praised the candidate as "a ... |
Repeal of Decree Law in Peru A Win for Human Rights
Freedom House welcomes the decision of the Peruvian Congress to repeal a legislative decree that threatened to consolidate impunity for human rights violations
Freedom House Condemns Sentencing of Iranian Activist
Freedom House strongly condemns the unjust sentencing of Iranian human rights defender Shiva Nazar Ahari
Freedom of Expression Groups Call on Uganda to Improve Press Freedoms
In the wake of the killing of two journalists and concerns over a proposed amendment to the press law, the International Joint Partnership Freedom of Expression mission to Uganda
Egyptian Security Forces Shut Down Freedom of Association Conference
The cancellation by Egyptian security of an international NGO conference in Cairo, just two days before it was to take place, is a brazen example