California witnesses largest repatriation of Native American artifacts
Cat.: Beltway Outsider, Human Rights, Smithsonian InstitutionBy Marc Albert | 13. August 2010
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Third article in our series “The Face of America Abroad” By Mitchell Polman Washington, June 3 -- Two former employees of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) recently sent to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder a petition alleging unfair labor practices at the U.S.-supported radio and information service. The petition is the latest salvo in an ongoing labor dispute that is causing international embarrassment for a venerable institution of America's public diplomacy. It is also causing some headaches for the Obama Administration and especially for Secretary of State Clinton, whom the plaintiffs at one point petitioned to appear before the court in her capacity as a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), RFE/RL's parent agency. The former employees of RFE/RL, Snježana Pelivan of the Croatian service, and Anna Karapetian of the Armenian service, are suing RFE/RL and the BBG in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg over the radios' employment practices. The Croatian and Armenian governments are supporting their lawsuits.
Edward Cody of the Washington Post sheds harsh light on what America did to at least one person in the "war on terror." Describing this man's life before, during, and after incarceration at Guantanamo, Cody's report makes it clear that America cannot deny responsibility for any prisoners there -- ...