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• Idaho senators reject protections for gays

  February 11, 2012 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – Efforts to prohibit employment and housing discrimination against gay people in Idaho were rejected Friday by a state Senate committee as a shocked crowd of more than 250 … 17

• State Dept: Americans take refuge at Cairo embassy

  January 30, 2012 in Nation/World CAIRO — Three American democracy advocates barred by Egyptian authorities from leaving the country have sought refuge at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, officials said Monday, as tensions between the … 2

• Racism, here? Denial convenient, misguided

  June 3, 2011 in City on Page A5 Remember the KKK snowman? In December, a Hayden Lake doofus built a 10-foot, pointy-hooded snowman holding a noose in his front yard. Hilarious. Idaho made the news again. 3

• Significant statistics

  May 14, 2011 in City on Page A1 For white supremacists who have made North Idaho home over the years hoping the region would one day become a white homeland, Tony Stewart has this message: Sorry, but just … 33

• Race, religion figure in GU hate studies conference

  April 3, 2011 in City on Page B1 Several high-profile experts in combating hate will address racism, violence based on religion and similar topics at a Gonzaga University-sponsored conference this week. The Second International Conference on Hate Studies … 7

• Shawn Vestal: Taco can be the way to answer region’s racists

  February 4, 2011 in City on Page A1 Matt Anderson grew up not far from the old Aryan Nations compound. He’s seen all the haters have to offer, but he didn’t necessarily expect them to come out against … 40

• Downtown bomb linked to hate crimes

  January 20, 2011 in City on Page A1 The hunt for the person who left the bomb targeting marchers in Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. parade will focus on two aspects: forensics and the region’s violent history with … 92

• Longtime activist joins human rights panel

  January 16, 2011 in Idaho on Page B3 Marshall Mend has seen North Idaho make great strides with human rights, he says. But there’s always more to do.

• Immigrant mother makes one last plea to stay

    October 15, 2010 in City An immigrant mother of two young children faces deportation next week unless she can win an 11th-hour stay based on deteriorating human rights conditions in her native China. “If I … 3

• Artist exposes human rights violations through art

  September 2, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page S1 Through September there will be an art show at Second Space Gallery, 610 W. Second Ave., unique to our area. Commodity is at the bottom of the list of reasons …

• Stewart to receive education award

  July 1, 2010 in City on Page A7 The nation’s largest organization of educators will honor Coeur d’Alene human rights activist Tony Stewart on Friday in New Orleans at the annual Human and Civil Rights Awards Dinner. The …

• Lecturer calls for action

  October 7, 2009 in City on Page A6 A former California congressman who co-chaired the first Earth Day celebration in 1970 said Tuesday that today’s young people need to stand up more for what they believe in. “In …

• Co-chair of first Earth Day calls on youth to act

  October 6, 2009 in Idaho A former California congressman who co-chaired the first Earth Day celebration in 1970 said Tuesday that today’s young people need to stand up more for what they believe in. 1

• Alaskan activist recounts battle to protect land, native ways

  September 23, 2009 in City on Page A5 Dune Lankard was a commercial fisherman in Prince William Sound when the Exxon Valdez spilled millions of gallons of oil in March 1989. A native Athabaskan Eyak of the Eagle … 1

• Exhibit explores link between water, human rights

  July 1, 2009 in City on Page A5 An exhibit opening tonight at the Human Rights Education Institute in downtown Coeur d’Alene will ask visitors to consider what happens to human rights in a world of increasingly limited … 2

• Face Time: Tony Stewart

  June 29, 2009 in City on Page A5 White-supremacist fliers have been distributed in several Coeur d’Alene-area neighborhoods over the past three months. The Aryan Nations, which was bankrupted in 2000 by a $6.3 million court verdict, has …

• Exchange students veer off topic

  January 24, 2008 in Voices on Page PF2 Not everything went according to script at the 23rd annual Human Rights Celebration at North Idaho College last week. Three international exchange students from St. Maries High caused a few …

• China Arrests Prominent Dissident

  November 22, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 In a direct rebuke to the United States, China’s most prominent dissident, Wei Jingsheng, was arrested Tuesday on a charge of trying to overthrow the government, a crime that carries …

• ‘Mass Executions,’ Being Held, Official Says

  August 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 A senior U.S. diplomat said Tuesday he heard credible accounts of “mass executions” by Bosnian Serb rebels who overran the eastern Bosnian enclaves of Srebrenica and Zepa last month. John …

• Nobel Peace Prize Winner Released From House Arrest

  July 11, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Aung San Suu Kyi

• Argentine Military Admits To Atrocities

  April 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A20 The air force joined the army Saturday in acknowledging atrocities were committed during the “dirty war” of the 1970s, and a Roman Catholic bishop begged forgiveness for the church’s complicity. …

• Fearful Hutus Leave Camp Government Had Cut Off Food, Water And Prevented Aid

  April 30, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 A Hutu refugee sits in the Kibeho camp with tears streaming down his face on Saturday. Photo by Associated Press

• Tibetan Refugees Begin March On Dehli

  March 11, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A14 About 500 Tibetan refugees began walking from their northern India headquarters to New Delhi on Friday, hoping to step up pressure on China for Tibet’s independence. The planned 440-mile march …

• Leaders Gather In Denmark To Sign Poverty-Fighting Agreement Protesters Marching In Copenhagen Say Summit Is ‘Anti-Social’

  March 11, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 Hoping to add political weight to vague promises for the poor, leaders from 120 countries started pouring into Copenhagen on Friday to sign an agreement on fighting poverty. Bilateral talks …

• `Never Again’ Is More Than 50 Years

  February 2, 1995 in City on Page B6 Time to relax economic sanctions against Saddam Hussein’s regime? Both moralists and cynics are mounting fervent arguments for letting up on Iraq as the fourth anniversary of the Gulf war …