NYMHM: Philippine activists disappear, Pa. militia raid, Life-support lawsuit

Wed Jun 18 14:41:05 PDT 2008

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QUOTED:

    "They're a hate group. We're trying to drum up charges against
    them, but, unfortunately, we'll probably have to let them go."

    -- A Philadelphia police spokesman on four people who were detained
    without charges after criticizing security cameras in their
    neighborhood (see "Law & Justice," below).

CONTENTS:

    *Top Stories*
      Philippines: Activist deaths persist
      Pa. militia allegedly threatens blacks, candidates
      Doctors resign as life-support lawsuit drags on

    *Africa*
      Africa's double dip of global warming

    *Law & Justice*
      Philly police raid raises hackles

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  TOP STORIES
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  * Philippines: Activist Deaths Persist

    A human rights activist warned that the extrajudicial killing
    and disappearance of activists in the Philippines could spike
    again in 2008, following steep declines last year.

    Aurora Parong of Amnesty International said that poor witness
    protections, inadequate forensics and slow prosecution may
    threaten gains made against the killings, which claimed 33
    lives last year, down from as many as 96 in 2006.

    Parong also said that extrajudicial killings should be a
    separate class of crime from ...

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  * Penn. Militia Allegedly Threatens Blacks, Candidates

    A self-professed militia member in Pennsylvania has allegedly
    threatened to shoot African Americans and public officials, and
    said that if Hillary Rodham Clinton or Barack Obama were elected
    a revolution would ensue.

    However, a federal judge declined to jail Bradley Kahle, 60, of
    Clearfield County, citing lack of evidence that he was going
    to carry out those threats.

    The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that Kahle was one of
    several people ...

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  * Doctors Resign as Life-Support Lawsuit Drags On

    A Canadian hospital is facing a shortage of doctors, who are
    resigning rather than continue to care for an elderly man on
    life support.

    Samuel Golubchuck, 84, has been on life support since last
    fall; physicians say his brain functions are minimal and his
    chances of recovery are slim.

    This, along with destructive surgery to remove infected ulcers
    that one doctor likened to "torture" ...

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  AFRICA
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  * Africa's Double Dip of Global Warming

    Africa is already the continent hardest hit by the worldwide
    food crisis, but according to a new report it's also the one
    most threatened by global warming.

    "The Atlas for Changing Environment in Africa," published last
    week by the United Nations Environment Program, is a 400-page
    publication detailing how climate change is expected to affect
    the continent -- and the outlook is chilling.

    According to the Atlas, food production is expected to be cut
    in half by 2020, and a quarter of the continent's ...

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  LAW & JUSTICE
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  * Philly Police Raid Raises Hackles

    After four residents of a North Philadelphia home passed out
    petitions criticizing surveillance cameras in the neighborhood,
    police raided their house and detained them without charges for
    12 hours, the Philadelphia Daily News reported.

    After the police search last week, the house was reportedly
    inspected by several government agencies -- including the
    Department of Homeland Security -- and finally sealed off by
    the city's Department of Licenses and Inspections.

    "This leaves me homeless," Daniel Moffat, a co-owner of ...

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