DN!: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour//Human Rights Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 11:16:46 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST September 7, 2007 = = = = = = = = = * DN! is hiring * Full-Time Senior TV Producer/Editor http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml Full-Time Broadcast Engineer http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour: The U.S. War on Terror is Constantly Being Used By Other Countries as Justification for Torture and Other Violations of International Human Rights Laws * "Torture, arbitrary arrest, prolonged detention in violation of right to counsel, incommunicado detention, any country that wants to equip itself either through legislation or just through its practices with these kind of tools uses the example of the United States," Louise Arbour tells Democracy Now! "If I try to call to account any government, privately or publicly, for their human rights records, the first response is: first go and talk to the Americans about their human rights violations." Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/07/1349246 * Live from the Carter Center: A Roundtable Discussion With Zainah Anwar of Malaysia, Kaari Betty Murungi of Kenya and Louise Arbour on the Role of Human Rights Defenders Around the Globe * Zainah Anwar is considered Malaysia's leading feminist. She is the executive Director of Sisters in Islam, which promotes the rights of Muslim women within the framework of Islam. Kaari Betty Murungi is a leading Kenyan activist and lawyer. She is the Executive Director of Urgent Action Fund-Africa and she serves on several boards including the Kenyan Human Rights Commission and the Women's Initiative for Gender Justice. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/07/1349251 * Headlines for September 7, 2007 * - Panel Recommends U.S. Troop Reduction in Iraq - U.S. Troop Level to Top 170,000 in Iraq - Democrats Give Up Efforts to Set Troop Withdrawal Deadline - Judge Strikes Down Part of Patriot Act - Families of Color Hit Hardest in Foreclosure Crisis - Justice Department Opposes Net Neutrality - Iraqi Gov't Freezes Bank Accounts of Iraqi Feminist Group - Sudan Names Wanted War Criminal to Probe Human Rights Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/07/1349237 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Friday, September 7, 2007: http://www.democracynow.org/ To subscribe to these "Titulares de Hoy" by email, send a blank message to: boletin-sub@list.democracynow.org = = = = = = = = = COMING UP ON DEMOCRACY NOW! 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