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Michael Posner (lawyer)

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Michael H. Posner (born November 19, 1950) is an American lawyer, the Founding Executive Director and later the President of Human Rights First (formerly the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights), the former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) of the United States, currently a Co-Director for the Center of Business and Human Rights at NYU Stern School of Business, as well as Professor of Business and Society at New York University Stern School of Business, and a Board member of the International Service for Human Rights. [1]

20 relations: Aftermath of the Bahraini uprising (September–December 2012), Arizona SB 1070, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Chagossians, David J. Kramer, Depopulation of Chagossians from the Chagos Archipelago, Hannah Rosenthal, Human Rights First, International Service for Human Rights, John Tye (whistleblower), List of people from Illinois, List of The Colbert Report episodes (2010), Michael Posner, Nabeel Rajab, NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights, Posner, Russian foreign agent law, Tom Malinowski, UC Berkeley School of Law, Witness (organization).

Aftermath of the Bahraini uprising (September–December 2012)

The following is an incomplete timeline of events that followed the Bahraini uprising of 2011 from September 2012 onward.

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Arizona SB 1070

The Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act (introduced as Arizona Senate Bill 1070 and thus often referred to simply as Arizona SB 1070) is a 2010 legislative Act in the U.S. state of Arizona that at the time of passage in 2010 was the broadest and strictest anti-illegal immigration measure passed in Arizona.

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Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

The Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor is the head of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor within the United States Department of State.

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Chagossians

The Chagossians (also Îlois or Chagos Islanders) are people of African, Indian and Malay ancestry who inhabited the Chagos Islands, specifically Diego Garcia, Peros Banhos, and the Salomon island chain, as well as other parts of the Chagos Archipelago, from the late 18th to the late 20th century.

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David J. Kramer

David J. Kramer was United States Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor from 2008 to 2009.

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Depopulation of Chagossians from the Chagos Archipelago

The depopulation of Chagossians from the Chagos Archipelago was the forced expulsion of the inhabitants of the island of Diego Garcia and the other islands of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) by the United Kingdom, at the request of the United States, beginning in 1968 and concluding on 27 April 1973 with the evacuation of Peros Banhos atoll.

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Hannah Rosenthal

Hannah Rosenthal (born 1951) served as a Special Envoy and as the head of the Office to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism in the Obama Administration for three years, since she was sworn into office on November 23, 2009 until October 5, 2012.

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Human Rights First

Human Rights First (formerly known as the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan human rights organization based in New York City and Washington, D.C.

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International Service for Human Rights

The International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) is an independent, non-profit organization with offices in Geneva and New York which promotes and protects human rights by supporting, strengthening human rights standards and systems, and leading and participating in coalitions for human rights change.

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John Tye (whistleblower)

John Napier Tye (born c. 1976) is a former official of the U.S. State Department who came forward in 2014 as a whistleblower seeking to publicize certain electronic surveillance practices of the U.S. government under Executive Order 12333.

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List of people from Illinois

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List of The Colbert Report episodes (2010)

This is a list of episodes for The Colbert Report in 2010.

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Michael Posner

Michael Posner may refer to.

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Nabeel Rajab

Nabeel Ahmed Abdulrasool Rajab (نبيل أحمد عبدالرسول رجب, born on 1 September 1964) is a Bahraini human rights activist and opposition leader.

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NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights

The NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights is an academic research and advocacy organization at the New York University Stern School of Business founded in March 2013.

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Posner

Posner is a surname of German origin, meaning "a person from the city of Posen", now Poznań in Poland.

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Russian foreign agent law

The Russian "foreign agent" law, officially "On Amendments to Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation regarding the Regulation of the Activities of Non-profit Organisations Performing the Functions of a Foreign Agent", is a law in Russia that requires non-profit organizations that receive foreign donations and engage in "political activity" to register and declare themselves as foreign agents.

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Tom Malinowski

Tom Malinowski (born September 23, 1965) is an American diplomat and politician who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor from 2014 to 2017.

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UC Berkeley School of Law

The University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, commonly called Berkeley Law and Boalt Hall, is one of 14 schools and colleges at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Witness (organization)

WITNESS is a human rights non-profit organization based out of Brooklyn, New York.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Posner_(lawyer)

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