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The Right to Peace
Earth Rights
The Case of Global Warming:
Human Rights in China
A Providential Coincidence of Modern Chinese History: The Falun Gong and CDP
Free Asia Alliance Declaration of Principles
Worldrights Blacklisted From China; Entry Visa Refused Worldrights’ Executive Director in July 2007, Due to “Bad Record”
The Case of Dr. Wang Bingzhang:
- Worldrights Appeals to Thailand's PM Abhisit Vejjajiva to Officially Release Royal Thai Police Report Exonerating Wang Bingzhang of Conspiring to Commit Terrorism Against China in Bangkok in 2001
DOCX format (45.5Kb)
- U.S. House of Representatives Passes 2nd Resolution calling for Wang Bingzhang's Release
PDF format (49Kb)
- AP REPORT: Wang Bingzhang Not Allowed Family Visits After Staging Hunger Strike
- Worldrights' C-Span Press Conference Link: April 18, 2006
- Wang Bingzhang Exonerated of Terrorism Charges by Royal Thai Police
AFP Press Story
- Taiwan's Legislative Yuan Unanimously Passes Resolution Calling on International Community to Express Serious Concern Over Wang Bingzhang's Detention in China -- Resolution had 40 Cosponsors
Taiwan Resolution
- Wang Bingzhang Released from Solitary Confinement
Richmond Review report
- 31 Taiwan
Legislators Introduce Wang Bingzhang Resolution for Consideration
in Legislative Yuan
- Press Conference Statement by Timothy Cooper, March 7, Taipei, Taiwan
- US State Department Criticizes China's treatment of Wang Bingzhang
- Canadian Foreign Minister Pierre S. Pettigrew Voices Concern About
Case of Dr. Wang Bingzhang
- AFP News Report
- Famous Movie Actress and Member of Parliament--
Glenda Jackson-- supports Early Day Motion (EDM) on Behalf
of Wang Bingzhang; 41 Members of U.K. House of Commons call "upon
the Government to work with the UN High Commissioner for Human
Rights, Ms. Louise Arbour... to put pressure on the Chinese
Government to release Dr. Wang from custody..."
EDM on behalf of Dr. Wang
- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Intervenes on Dr. Wang Bingzhang's Behalf; Leading Pro-Democracy Dissident Imprisoned for Life Suffers Stroke
China Support Network Article; AP Report; AFP Report; Richmond News Article; Richmond Review Article
- U.N. investigators to Visit China to Check on Detainees
AP Worldstream Report
- Amnesty International Issues Medical Alert for Dr. Wang
Complete Text of AI Medical Alert
- H. Con. Res. 326 passes 399 to 0 in US House of Representatives May 6th, 2004
Complete text H. Con. Res. 326
Representative Grace Napolitano's Press Release on vote
- US Dept. of State 2003 Annual Country Report
- Canadian Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International
Trade Calls for Release of Dr. Wang
Complete Text of Resolution
- Statement Presented to the Congressional-Executive Committee on China, by Timothy Cooper, Worldrights, September 08, 2003
- Other International Press Reports: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)
- China Found Violating International Human Rights Law in Case of
Dr. Wang Bingzhang
UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Decision 2003: Complete
Text
The Case of Falun Gong:
The Case of Peng Ming:
Human Rights in Singapore
The Case of Singapore:
Human Rights in the U.S.
The Case of US-Administered "Black Sites" in Europe:
DC Equal Congressional Voting Rights Campaign:
- DC Human Rights Time Line (1993-2010) PDF format (56Kb)
- Worldrights Announces Publication of THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA V. THE 50 STATES: A 21ST CENTURY LAWSUIT TO REMEDY AN 18TH CENTURY INJUSTICE, a University of District of Columbia Law Review Article by Timothy Cooper PDF format (279KB)
- Timothy Cooper discusses his proposed customary international lawsuit for DC equal rights on NewsTalk with Bruce Depuyt
- Worldrights expresses concern over DC Delegate's Voting Rights Strategy in Washington Post
- Timothy Cooper discusses New International Legal Strategy for DC Equal Rights on NewsTalk, July 13, 2010
- Statement by Timothy Coopers on DC Voting Rights Bill with Gun Amendment Attached, April 19, 2010DOC format (52Kb)
- Worldrights Files Report with U.N. Human Rights Council under Universal Periodic Review on Violations of Equal Political Participation by the United States in the Capital City, April 10, 2010 PDF format (158Kb)
- Timothy Cooper in Mark Plotkin Debate on Single House of Representatives Vote on NewsTalk Channel 8, March 7, 2009
- Worldrights Outlines New Legal Strategy at UDC Law School Law Review Symposium to Win Equal DC Rights Under Customary International Law, March 28, 2009
- 2010 OSCE Needs Assessment Report Cites Fact that an 'estimated 600,000 citizens in Washington DC alone... can only vote for delegates to the House of Representatives who do not have full voting rights.' PDF format (129Kb)
- Timothy Cooper Interview, NewsTalk Channel 8 on Single Vote in US House of Representatives, March 3, 2009
- A Partial History of the Struggle for Equal Rights in Washington, DC: The Last Colony--A Film in Progress by Rebecca Kingsley
- Timeline on 209 years of the District of Columbia's efforts to restore self-government
- Worldrights' Congressional Testimony on H.R. 157
- The Arc of History: A Response to the Washington Post that To Date It has Declined to Print
- Backers Of Voting Rights Face Split, Some in District Don't Want to Settle For Just House Seat, Washington Post, Nov. 10, 2008
- OSCE Recommends U.S. Grant 'full representation rights in Congress for all US citizens, including those of Washington DC and US territories' in 2009 Final Elections Report PDF format (308Kb)
- OSCE Presses U.S. on Full D.C. Voting Rights (OSCE/ODIHR Needs Assessement Mission Report for November 4th, 2008 U.S. General Elections)
- Joint Statement On US Voting Rights Before UN Committee On The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination
- Worldrights files major report with UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on DC Voting Rights
- Senator Voinovich bows to OSCE pressure on partial DC Voting Rights New Tork Times Editorial
- Reuters Washington Post/MSNBC Report on DC Voting Rights bill
- OSCE Calls on US Congress to Grant DC Residents Full Congressional Representation
- Bloomberg Article on DC House Vote
- Roll Call: "CRS Doubts Constitutionality of D.C. Bill"
- CRS Report Calls DC Voting Rights Act "Likely Unconstitutional" PDF format (153Kb)
- Report Questions Legality of D.C. Vote, Washington Post, February 13, 2007
- Op-ed News: George Orwell & DC Voting Rights
- Washington Times Article on Davis/Norton Bill for Single Vote in Congress
- Worldrights Statement in Washington Post on Davis/Norton Legislation to Grant D.C. A Single Vote in House of Representatives
- OSCE 2006 Congressional Election Monitoring Team in US Expresses Concern Over Lack of DC Equal DC Voting Rights (Again)
- Statement at OSCE on DC Voting Rights—October 9, 2006
- U.N. Human Rights Committee Calls for Full Representation in Congress for DC Residents PDF format (176Kb)
Reuters Report, AP Report, Washington Post, Boston Globe,
Wichita Falls Times Record News on DC Voting Rights (Scripps News Service)
- UN Human Rights Committee Hears Testimony on Equal DC Voting Rights
- DC's Voting Rights Status Violates ICCPR: Worldrights files brief with UN Human Rights Committee; Testimony before UN Committee Set for July 10th in Geneva, Switzerland PDF format (169Kb)
- Washington Post: Plan to Give D.C. a Vote in Congress Advances
- Fight DC's Stepping Stone to Retrocession by Timothy Cooper
Op-ed, Washington Afro-American, Newspaper March 18, 2006
- OSCE's Rapporteur on Democratic Institutions Highlights DC's Disenfranchisement in Final Report
- Dalai Lama Criticizes U.S. on Denial of Equal Voting Rights to D.C. Residents
- Worldrights Repeats Request for U.S. Helsinki Commission Hearing on rights
- Worldrights calls on US to Comply with OSCE Human Rights Standards at OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw, Poland
- Worldrights' Recommendation at OSCE Human Dimension Meeting
- OSCE Intervention II
- D.C. Vote: Consensus Would Help, by Timothy Cooper, Worldrights,Washington Post, July 30, 2010
- OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Unanimously Passes Resolution Calling on US Congress to Grant DC Residents Equal Voting Rights
Washington Post article, July 6th, 2005; AP Report; Roll Call article; Worldrights' Statement; Reuters Report in Bolston Globe; Washington Afro American PDF format (269Kb); Mark Plotkin's WTOP Politics Program; OSCE Segment (Requires RealOne Player)
- OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Statement on Washington, D.C. Declaration
- Washington Post Editorial Board Dennounces Denial of Democracy in Washington, D.C. as OSCE Parliamentarians Meet in Voteless Nation's Capital
Washington Post Editorial July 4th, 2005
- OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Human Rights Committee Overwhelmingly Supports Equal DC Voting Rights; Final Vote Set on DC Amendment for July 5, 2005
Washington Post Article, July 3, 2005;
Associated Press Report, July 3, 2005
- 200 DC Residents Call on Nearly 300 OSCE Parliamentarians to Support Equal DC Voting Rights in Washington, D.C.
Washington Post Article, July 2, 2005; Statement by Timothy Cooper. Executive Director, Worldrights on OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Meeting, July 1, 2005
- 3rd Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly to Consider DC Equal Voting Rights Amendment at Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, July 1-5th, 2005
Amendment Text; OSCE Parliamentary Assembly; Washington Post Article
- Largest Coalition of DC Voting Rights Groups Ever Assembled in DC to Welcome over 300 OSCE Parliamentarians on July 1-5, 2005; DC Citizens to Call on World Parliamentarians to Pass Resolution in Support of Equal Congressional Voting Rights for 572,000 Disenfranchised Washingtonians
July 1st Events
- Council of the District of Columbia Unanimously Passes Resolution Urging OSCE Parliamentary Assembly to Insist US Grant DC residents Equal Voting Rights in Congress at July 1-5 Washington, DC Meeting
Text of Resolution; Press Release; Op-ed: Taking DC's Case to the World
- OSCE US Election Observation Mission Report Calls on US to Grant DC Residents Equal Voting Rights in Congress
Copy of OSCE Report; Washington Post Report
- WORLDRIGHTS Opposes Bill To Grant DC Residents Unequal Voting Rights in Congress
New York Times Article
- Worldrights Calls on Helsinki Commission to Hold Hearings on U.S. Violations
of OSCE Commitments
- D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton Hails Second International Human
Rights Decision for D.C. Voting Rights
- Worldrights'
Statement on OSCE Report Calling for "Equal Voter
Rights" for D.C. Residents
- Hong Kong Vice-Mayor
Chides House Republican Leaders on
DC Voting Rights (1/25/05)
- Worldrights' Statement on Draft UN General Assembly Resolution Calling for Equal DC Voting Rights
- Press Release by the Permanent Mission of the Belarus to the United Nations on a Draft Resolution "Situation of Democracy and Human Rights in the United States of America" in the Third Committee of the 59th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
- Worldrights' Press Release on Draft UN General Assembly Resolution "Situation of Democracy and Human in the United States of America."
- OSCE Election Observation Mission for the November 2 US Presidential Elections to Address Denial of Voting Rights to the residents of Washington, DC in its Final Report.
- Republic of Belarus Challenges United States on Denial of Congressional Voting Rights to DC Residents at OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna
- US Mission to OSCE Suggests Disenfranchisement of DC residents is a "supposed disenfranchisement"
- Worldrights Holds Briefing for OSCE Election Observation Mission on Denial of Full Congressional Voting Rights to the People of Washington, DC
- D.C. Voting Rights Issue Raised at 2004 OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw, Poland:
- Worldrights releases historic OAS decision finding
US in violation of internationally recognized human
rights of 570,000 residents of Washington, DC:
- Summary of OAS decision
- The complete OAS decision
- New York Times Article
- Washington Post Article
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