No doubt the American government operates with a double standard when dealing with autocratic regimes, tolerating Saudi abuses of human rights while condemning Cuban abuses, for example.
Known to Ethiopians as Alem Bekagn, or "farewell to the world," this plot of land has been a symbol of human rights abuses for three generations.
They accused the rancher of civil right abuses for stopping people at gunpoint as they crossed his land and then turning them over to the Border Patrol.
"The ruling kicks open the door for systematic abuses for future executives in cities throughout the state, but particularly in New York City".
The organizations argue that Shell understated its responsibility for spills to reduce its legal liability and that it ignored human rights abuses for the sake of profit.
Iran's enemies continue to misuse such human rights abuses for their own political purposes – just look at last week's rally in Paris.
To the delight of historians, it possessed clear-cut villains, a riveting story line and plenty of palpable abuses for reformers to correct.
