PRLDEF files human rights petition with Organization of American States against U.S.

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A Latino advocacy group in New York has filed an international petition against the United States of America, charging that the government has fostered an anti-immigrant climate and then stood idly by as the human rights of Hispanics are violated.

The allegations were brought by LatinoJustice PRLDEF -- a New York City group formerly known as the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund -- in a petition before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which is part of the Organization of American States...

Theirs is a purely symbolic gesture, and the most that could come out of it would be a sharply-worded rebuke from the OAS. However, it's worth noting that - even as he was running for U.S. president - Bill Richardson was shilling for the OAS.

Other tags: immigration international pressure

Fri, 12/19/2008 - 12:17 · · Importance: 1


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