How, when, and why American have media exposed global human rights abuses? Some highlights: Human Rights and Journalism table of contents and summaries for a collection of studies by Frederic A. Moritz. Presents an overview of American human rights reporting beginning with "yellow journalism" in the 1890's, as well as case studies on coverage of human rights abuses. Selected essays may be downloaded in .pdf format for use with downloadable Adobe Reader. Primary Information Sources and Advocacy Groups Research links and search tools collected by this writer for spotlighting overseas human rights abuses. General human rights reports: official U.S. view: U.S. Department of State: Human Rights Report: human rights developments in the last year. The U.S. view of its own record: U.S. Department of State: Supporting Human Rights and Democracy, 2006. Advocacy reports: Amnesty International Report 2006 claims "war on terror" undermines human rights. Others: Amnesty International Report 2007, Human Rights Watch World Report 2007; United Nations: Human Rights Activities; International Committee for the Red Cross. On Iraq and human rights issues: Amnesty International on Iraq; Human Rights Watch on Iraq; Human Rights Watch on war in Iraq and international humanitarian law. On the conduct of Iraq war, see Human Rights Watch, Off Target: The Conduct of the War and Civilian Casualties in Iraq dealing dealing with cluster bombs (overall conclusions); The Wages of War: Iraqi Combatant and Noncombatant Fatalities in the 2003 Conflict, October, 2003, Project on Defense Alternatives. Check links on conflicting estimates of civilian deaths in Iraq. On charges of American abuse of Iraq prisoners, see Frederic A. Moritz on reporting in New Yorker Magazine by Seymour M. Hersh, May 2004. See also Major national and international human rights groups such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch join in May 2004 to urge changed American policies toward Iraq prisoners. This Journalist as Part of the Story: Surprise Attack, 9/11: the difficulties of predicting surprise attack and the role of journalism. Spanish Legacy Jaime GARCIA-RODRIGUEZ broadens the discussion of human rights reporting by comparing the tactics used by Spain in Cuba (1896-97) with those later used by the British Army during the Boer War (1899-1902) and by the French Army during the Algerian war (1954-61). Resources for the study of the war on terrorism and the laws of war. Resources for tracking terrorism. For access to hundreds of news and other publications around the world search American Journalism Review Newspapers and Yahoo! - News and Media: by Country. For powerful international news search, try Google News Search. Journalism.org, issues in journalism; Journalists' Tools from Reference Desk; and Journalist's Toolbox For examples of award winning American coverage see The Pulitzer Prize Web Site. See also Winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. For a useful handbook on human rights issues see HUMAN RIGHTS: THE ESSENTIAL REFERENCE. For reviews and purchase. For background on the history, contributions, and limitation of the "war correspondent," see the essay by historian Harold Evans. Email is welcome.
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