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2009-07-04: Headlines

Bay Area Indymedia: Taking a Pledge in Support of the Homeless Community in Santa Cruz 2009-07-04

We support Human Rights for the homeless community, including the right to sleep at night--not anywhere and everywhere--but somewhere.

 

Turk.Net: Turkey-Press Scan (2) 2009-07-04

Riza Turmen, a former judge of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), said that what the ECHR was caring about was whether the principle of a fair ...

 

ZNet: New Book Surveys Oaxaca Uprising to Teach Rebellion 2009-07-04

... but, Teaching Rebellion reports that the struggle is not over: "While a Supreme Court Commission has been named to investigate the human rights abuse ...

 

guardian.co.uk: Migrants in Calais need our help 2009-07-04

... these people have come from: Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Eritrea, all countries where conflict and human rights abuses are rife, and that produce refugees.

 

Daily Kos: Broken: Honduras. Quits the OAS 2009-07-04

By the way, Nobel Prize laureate Rigoberta Menchu also arrived in Honduras today to lend support (and probably some good press cover) to human rights group ...

 

IdahoStatesman.com: Delmar Stone: Let's heal America with 'liberty and justice for all' 2009-07-04

I pray he is compelled by the Creator to uphold our Bill of Rights and use our nation's influence to expand human rights everywhere. This Fourth of July ...

 

OpEdNews: REPORTING FROM HONDURAS: No Press Freedom in Post-Coup Honduras 2009-07-04

Founding Director of the human rights group Global Exchange, has struggled for social justice and human rights in Asia, the Americas, and Africa for over 25 ...

 

Journal of Turkish Weekly: G8 Countries To Give Chance To Iran For Talks Experts 2009-07-04

At the summit, G8 countries will take a tough position on Iran with regards to human rights and lack of democracy," Yari said by telephone on July 3.

 

Journal of Turkish Weekly: US Conservatives Support Ouster Of Honduran President 2009-07-04

President Obama, along with other world leaders, the Organization ofAmerican States and some human rights groups, have condemned themilitary's removal ...

 

Institute for Middle East Understanding: Building and weeping 2009-07-04

Barak's stand was expressed in a statement he made in response to a High Court petition filed by Palestinians, aided by the Israeli human-right ...

 

Turk.Net: TURKEY-PRESS SCAN (3) 2009-07-04

Responding to opposition claims about a "secret agenda", Erdogan said government's sensitivity to democracy and human rights was a clear indicator ...

 

Asianjournal.com: US embassy probes Fil-Am's torture claims 2009-07-04

Reports said that in 2005, Roxas took part in an international fact-finding mission investigating human rights violations throughout the Philippines under ...

 

Manila Bulletin: UK hails RP for strong stance on Myanmar 2009-07-04

He also expressed the British government's openness to help the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in its human rights initiatives in the regi ...

 

Winnipeg Free Press: Peace advocates caught off guard by arms transfer 2009-07-04

According to a 2006 report on Canada's arms exports, Ottawa "closely controls" the export of weapons to countries with terrible human rights record ...

 

Daily Guide: Teen Dies For Love 2009-07-04

In another development, the Yendi Divisional Police Command, in collaboration with the Municipal Director of Commission on Human Rights and Administrative ...

 

Huddersfield Examiner: Speeding fine couple face £20k in legal costs 2009-07-04

... the case “exceedingly and unnecessarily complex” the couple say they will consider their next step – which would be the European Court of Human Rights.

 

Lompoc Record: Traders of the lost ARCO? 2009-07-04

The first is that she laid aside her indignation over China's violation of human rights, which once prompted her to censure President Bush for attending ...

 

The Daily News of Newburyport: David M. Shribman: Declaration of July 1848 pronounced woman equal ... 2009-07-04

Martha Wright, a human rights activist who was Mott's sister and who attended the convention pregnant with her seventh child. Jane Hunt, whose tea party ...

 

Kingston Daily Freeman: Strike that 2009-07-04

... Baseball” promotion Tuesday, saying the event is in poor taste and a possible violation of state Human Rights Law and the Fourteenth Amendment.

 

Telegraph.co.uk: Police chase in which motorcyclist died to be investigated 2009-07-04

"The IPCC independent investigation will include any potential failings by the force under Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights and ...

 

Bernama: SIAP, PKFZ Scandal, Karpal Mobbing Case Heat Up Dewan Rakyat Sitting 2009-07-04

... Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Amendment) Bill 2009, and Small and Medium Industries Development Corporation (Amendment) Bill 2009.

 

Tulsa World: Freedom remains tenuous 2009-07-04

It was a sweeping statement of human rights that would echo around the world and through the ages. It would take a long, difficult war for the new Americ ...

 

News24: US wants more reforms in Zim 2009-07-04

McGee cited one recent case reported by human rights groups of an activist of Tsvangirai's party who was assaulted with an axe, almost severing his arm ...

 

DAWN.com: Israeli seizure of aid ship a crime, says UN expert 2009-07-04

–AP Photo/Adel Hana GENEVA: A UN human rights investigator on Thursday called Israel's seizure of a ship carrying relief aid for the Gaza Strip 'unlawful'

 

Cnet Asia: Land grab in East Malaysia 2009-07-04

Recently, a United Nations human rights expert reported that international investors have been buying up or leasing large amounts of farmland in developing ...

 

Menassat: Jack Shaheen: Obama delivers a message of peace to the Muslim world 2009-07-04

"I see him as a fearless man and a champion of human rights. I see in Obama a young Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., only in many ways, he's more universal.

 

News: Zenawi's Ethiopia: Oromo, Afars, Anuak, Somalis Are Most Under Threat - Gadaa.com Oduu 2009-07-04

... prevailing impunity for human rights violations, official tolerance or encouragement of hate speech against particular groups, and in extreme case ...

 

Mail & Guardian Online: UN's Ban to urge reforms in high-risk Burma visit 2009-07-04

Human rights groups are watching Ban's moves closely. According to several UN diplomats, one influential group, New York-based Human Rights Watch ...

 

Telegraph.co.uk: Return from 'internal exile' for terror susepct at risk of absconding 2009-07-04

It is the first case following a House of Lords ruling last month under the Human Rights Act that anyone subject to a control order "must be given ...

 

Jakarta Post: Media allowed to publish election news in quiet period 2009-07-04

... review are Tempo magazine, Tempo daily, The Jakarta Post, Jurnal Nasional, 68H radio station, Vivanews.com and the Voice of Human Rights radio network.

 

SANA: Government to seek aid without debt 2009-07-04

The UN Human Rights Council is organising a colloquium or conference in Maldives for lawyers and judges in South Asian countries.

 

Melbourne Herald Sun: Two convicted murderers hanged in Iran 2009-07-04

Human rights group Amnesty International has calculated that Iran applied the death penalty to 346 people last year, carrying out more executions than any ...

 

Deseret News: America the beautiful, indeed 2009-07-04

In Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States has labored to help both countries establish free governments that recognize human rights.

 

PRESS TV: Japan parliament speaker: Judge Iran on facts 2009-07-04

... of Eight countries condemned post-election violence in Iran and urged the government in Tehran to respect the fundamental human rights of its citizens.

 

Webnewswire.com: The Great Debate – Does Australia need a Charter of Rights? 2009-07-04

President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Cathy Branson QC, will argue for the protection of the most vulnerable Australians to be a paramount ...

 

PR-Inside.com News: Internationally Known Scientology Sign Gets Makeover 2009-07-04

Hundreds visit every day to participate in courses or pastoral counseling, as well as volunteer programs ranging from drug prevention to human right ...

 

The Tennessean: Americans will have to speak up for clean energy 2009-07-04

US dependence on oil has long tied the hands of our leaders and often left us in bed with dictators, human-rights abusers and others whose interests ...

 

Ventura County Star: Democracy in Honduras 2009-07-04

This would be especially true if Honduras were a larger country such as Brazil or Pakistan and the court, Congress, the attorney general, the human right ...

 

Allentown Morning Call: Religion, culture can teach each other 2009-07-04

... there is a sense in which the Declaration of Independence is a theological document that claims that God is the author of human life and human right ...

 

Seattle Times: Iran: Top reformist leaders admit to plotting revolution 2009-07-04

Human-rights groups estimated hundreds of people have been detained. They said they fear the confessions are part of a concerted effort to lay ...

2009-07-03: Headlines

Australia.TO: The archaeology of Iran's regime 2009-07-03

Carter rode to power in 1976 partly by emphasising a commitment to the defence of human rights in order to redeem America's image after the Vietnam war ...

 

ReliefWeb (press release): War against Islamic extremists putting lives of civilians in Asi ... 2009-07-03

The de-escalation in fighting in Sri Lanka now reduces the immediate threat of mass civilian casualties but MRG remains concerned about the human right ...

 

BBC News: UN leader meets Burma junta head 2009-07-03

Human Rights Watch said Mr Ban should not accept the return of Ms Suu Kyi to house arrest as a sign of a successful visit. "Time and again, the UN h ...

 

PR-Inside.com News: Foreign journalists accused of insulting Thai king 2009-07-03

The Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights said it was deeply concerned about «the abusive use of the law...in particular the filing ...

 

4ni.co.uk: Cost Of Policing Parades In Focus 2009-07-03

Members of the NI Policing Board's Human Rights and Professional Standards Committee have met separately with representatives of the Parades Commission ...

 

Press and Journal: MSP calls for ban on jail votes 2009-07-03

However, the law is set to change in the UK following a court ruling in Strasbourg which decided the ban was a violation of their human rights.

 

Third Sector: Oxfam objects now include promotion of human rights 2009-07-03

Oxfam has widened its charitable objects to take in the promotion of human rights as well as ...

 

Jakarta Post: American community celebrates Fourth of July in style 2009-07-03

Since then, Americans celebrate the Fourth of July as a victory for liberty and human rights. No photos from the event were available, as Thursday' ...

 

Independent Online: Cash crunch hits Parliament 2009-07-03

... and functioning of Chapter Nine institutions, such as the Human Rights Commission, and a section to advise MPs on exercising proper oversight.

 

Vancouver Sun: Lawyer's complaint abuses the human rights process 2009-07-03

D. Laurence Armstrong launched this make-work project back in 2005 complaining to the BC Human Rights Tribunal that the province unfairly charged men ...

 

Malay Mail: MANOHARA ISSUE: Manohara defies husband's notice 2009-07-03

Daisy pleads with the Indonesian government and Indonesian Commission of Human Rights for help to get her abducted daughter back.

 

Baltic Review: Unitarians elect golden pastor to presidency 2009-07-03

... peace, and human rights” and “together, we can grow our faith and help heal the world” and his concern about “greed and acquisitiveness”.

 

Human Rights Tribune: Israel takes over UNHCR activities 2009-07-03

In November 2008, Human Rights Watch (HRW) alleged 33 deaths of asylum-seekers at the hands of Egyptian soldiers. Interviewers from the NGO Hotline ...

 

Kingston Daily Freeman: EDITORIAL: Around the world 2009-07-03

... of its own citizens — denying them the ability to select their leaders in a democratic process and consistently violating their basic human rights.

 

Human Rights Tribune: UN expert denounces Israeli boat seizure 2009-07-03

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Richard Falk, denounced ...

 

Lankaweb: Return of the Colombians 2009-07-03

Those who alleged human rights violations before the end of the war speak of the gallantry of the Forces after the war. Many who searched for NGO types ...

 

Hamburg: Founder of ex-Nazi Chilean commune hospitalised - The Local 2009-07-03

Schäfer was also charged with collaborating in human rights abuses during the regime of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet's 1973-1990 ...

 

Antara: Vp considers dpt problem grave human right violation 2009-07-03

So if their basic rights is denied, it`sa grave human rights violation," Vice President Kalla said when receiving members of the `Dewan Harian Nasional ...

 

Tulsa World: Iran: Don't take the media's word for it 2009-07-03

Indeed: Human Rights Watch indicates that in 2004 parliamentary elections "3600 reformist and independent candidates" were disqualified.

 

MiamiHerald.com: End coup drama 2009-07-03

In a letter to the OAS, Human Rights Watch complained of ''excessive use of force, arbitrary detention, and acts of censhorship'' by the Hondur ...

 

MiamiHerald.com: A coming storm will sink this regime 2009-07-03

Human Rights Watch says Basijis lurk in the night, storming into private homes in the dark, trashing streets and neighborhoods as they aim to silence ...

 

The Tennessean: Hamas, not Israel, is oppressing Palestinian rights 2009-07-03

It is inappropriate to cloak a concern for human rights behind the veil of the Holocaust. The Palestinians in Gaza live under the rule of Ham ...

 

Zimgreats.com: Zim army accused of rights violations in Marange diamond fields 2009-07-03

Similarly, human rights violations are also continuing." While Zimbabwe's financially-crippled government was lobbying for donor aid, HRW said millions ...

 

Jakarta Post: Does terrorism still matter? 2009-07-03

The provision of legal instruments to conduct effective counter-terrorism efforts which also complies with democratic principles and human rights.

 

Associated Press of Pakistan: Muslim Aid sets up education, skills development centres for IDPs 2009-07-03

UNITED NATIONS, July 3 (APP): An independent UN human rights expert has denounced what he described as the unlawful naval seizure by an Israeli gunboat of ...

 

ISRIA: UN - Secretary-General, in Message to Caribbean Community Summ ... 2009-07-03

I look forward to continuing our cooperation on these and other issues, including strengthening human rights institutions and pursuing the implementation ...

 

The Daily Star: Law on Nat'l HR Commission on cards 2009-07-03

The proposed law on National Human Rights Commission is expected to be passed at the ongoing session of the parliament with provisions for non-resident ...

 

News On Sunday: Violence by teachers 2009-07-03

... the Commissioner of Police for quick action, and the Human Rights Commission so that such incidents do not recur in any school against any student.

 

The Times: Leaders agree to Libya-led changes 2009-07-03

Reed Brody, a spokesman for Human Rights Watch, said the draft decision "basically orders them to flout their legal obligations.

 

Monitor: Brownsville judge orders medical intervention for detainee ... 2009-07-03

"Immigrants can be detained for months or years without any meaningful judicial review despite international human rights standards requiring such review," ...

 

Namibia Economist: COTA granted money by the French 2009-07-03

... the sectors of income-generating, culture, Human Rights and fight against violence against women and children, education, rural development and health.

 

Barre Montpelier Times Argus: Vermont Guard will face tough mission in Afghanistan 2009-07-03

The soldiers, he said, are eager to improve conditions for Afghan people who have suffered human-rights abuses for decades. "The key to this mission ...

 

Dallas Morning News: World briefs 2009-07-03

The human-rights group singled out what it called the "unprecedented" scale and intensity of the Israeli onslaught and the "unlawful" Palestinian use ...

 

Business Day: Indian court revokes 150-year-old gay sex laws 2009-07-03

“We declare that section 377 of the Indian penal code, in so far as it criminalises consensual acts of others in private,” was counter to basic human right ...

 

Malta Independent Online: Is Europe on the right track? Hardly! 2009-07-03

Readers will still remember that only last week we were told that, when the PM of Sweden, a country considered as the paragon of neutrality and human right ...

2009-07-02: Headlines

Reuters AlertNet: SCENARIOS-What next for Ethiopia's leadership? 2009-07-02

... analysts say he will leave a legacy of economic progress and improved relations with the West, marred by accusations of human rights abuses.

 

Reuters India: Delhi High Court overturns ban on gay sex 2009-07-02

... adults is not a crime is expected to boost an increasingly vocal pro-gay lobby in India that says the British-era law was a violation of human rights.

 

Windsor Star: World Report 2009-07-02

LONDON - Somalia remains the world's most dangerous country for minority groups, followed by Iraq, Sudan, Afghanistan and Myanmar, a leading human right ...

 

Kuensel, Buhutan's National Newspaper: Bhutan – Not bad but could be better 2009-07-02

In his address, Lyonpo Ugyen Tshering said that, in Bhutan, human rights gained importance during the 1990s. “So, the government decided that we should ...

 

Mindanao Examiner: Mindanao refugee shelters infiltrated by rebels: Military 2009-07-02

... a humanitarian tragedy with tens of thousands of Muslims being forced out of their villages by indiscriminate army shelling and human rights violations.

 

News24: 'Guinea gvt must fund polls' 2009-07-02

An international contact group last month denounced a deteriorating security situation and human rights abuses. It urged the junta to respect plans ...

 

AlterNet: While the US Dilly Dallies on Honduras, We Continue to Support ... 2009-07-02

"I commended President Uribe on the progress that has been made in human rights in Colombia and dealing with the killings of labor leaders there," Obam ...

 

Ethical Corporation Magazine: Dynamic management – When rigidity becomes rigor mortis 2009-07-02

More or less, if you went to work at Henry's, you lost your basic human rights. The company has been wound up. Prosecutions are taking place.

 

The Jewish Journal of greater L.A: The Sounds of Silence on Iran 2009-07-02

It did not matter what they did to their own people — the human rights violations, the mass graves, the stifling of the media and most forms of expression.

 

Lusaka Times: Expectant mother left to die,while 100 hearses await 2009-07-02

Ordinary Zambians have been for a long time deprived of the Fundamental Human Rights, especially with access to good and basic health services.

 

AFP: Israel rejects 'unbalanced' Amnesty report on Gaza war 2009-07-02

JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel rejected an Amnesty International report that accused it of committing war crimes in the Gaza Strip, and said the human right ...

 

Pakistani Newspaper: Good-for-nothing ministries at the cost of public money 2009-07-02

Details show that the ministries/divisions such as Culture, Youth Affairs, Human Rights, Inter-Provincial Coordination, Livestock and Dairy Development ...

 

Afrik.com: Congo-Brazzaville: Fear of civil unrest ahead of elections 2009-07-02

Maixent Hanimbat, chairman of the Forum for Governance and Human Rights (FGDH) has said that discontent could lead to civil war when the election result ...

 

Webnewswire.com: Burma: Make Ban's Visit Meaningful 2009-07-02

“Ban Ki-moon has offered Burma's generals a roadmap to ending their international isolation,” said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch.

 

Globe and Mail: A 'devastating' border shutdown, a chaotic commute 2009-07-02

Mohawks say they have filed several human-rights complaints over guard mistreatment. One involves a young man subjected to a body-cavity search.

 

Webnewswire.com: Sexual orientation and gender identity: national poll ... 2009-07-02

Human Rights Commissioner, Graeme Innes, today welcomed the results of a new national poll that found Australians support the introduction of laws th ...

 

Mindanao Times: Army officer: No whitewash in probe of soldiers 2009-07-02

... where he will be confined to barracks as he insisted that he wasn't remiss in instilling discipline and reminding his men to respect human rights.

 

Expatica Switzerland: 02/07/2009Swiss will not extradite genocide suspect 2009-07-02

"An extradition to Rwanda is impossible because of the situation in the state regarding human rights and because the suspicions put forward to support ...

 

Press and Journal: Killer leads fight by sex criminals for the vote 2009-07-02

... in 2005 that ruled the ban was “incompatible” with Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which guarantees “the right to free elections”.

 

Globe and Mail: Tim Hudak: Drop the Harris bit 2009-07-02

Instead, the front-runner chose to fan the culture wars by lustily attacking Ontario's Human Rights Commission. The small-town base applauded.

 

Reuters UK: UN's Ban to urge reforms in high-risk Myanmar visit 2009-07-02

Human rights groups are watching Ban's moves closely. According to several UN diplomats, one influential group, New York-based Human Rights Watch ...

 

Times Online: Hardliners underestimated Mir Hossein Mousavi, the softly spoken rebel 2009-07-02

Those who control this Junta have proven by their behavior that elections and human rights mean nothing to them. Nothing like massacring your own voters ...

 

Cross Rhythms: Obama Ups Pressure On Israel 2009-07-02

He also called for enhanced human rights for Muslim women, and urged Islamic states to modernize their financial systems in order to better participate ...

 

National Post: A new orthodoxy 2009-07-02

Our human rights commissions have already indicated that the law may not force you to march with the LGBTTIQQ2S community, but that you might not ...

 

Aberdeen Press and Journal: Demanding the right to vote 2009-07-02

SOME of Scotland's most reviled and dangerous sex offenders, held in Peterhead Prison, are campaigning to be allowed to vote, as part of their human right ...

 

The News International: First Palestinian animated film released 2009-07-02

... Palestinian doctors and indifferent Israeli soldiers, documented in a report by the Israeli branch of Physicians for Human Rights after she died in 2004.

 

Little About: Andhra parliamentarian Jagannath apologises for slapgate 2009-07-02

The Andhra Pradesh Bank Association has said that it will approach the state human rights commission to inquire into the matter. - ANI.

 

AlterNet: Foie Gras: How a 5000-Year-Old Delicacy Inspired the World' ... 2009-07-02

But the fact that you condemn one practice as horribly abusive should not give a pass to another one (imagine if we applied this standard to human right ...

 

UN Observer: We are NOT the “Story”, It's Not Just Our 21 Kidnapped Passengers 2009-07-02

On June 30th 2009 Israeli Occupation Forces forcibly boarded the Free Gaza boat, SPIRIT OF HUMANITY, and kidnapped 21 human rights workers and journalist ...

 

Times of India: HC judgment on gay sex 'progressive': Gay activists 2009-07-02

It also shows very positively that our judiciary values and human rights are not swayed by miopic public reaction and the tyranny of the majority," Ar ...

 

Reuters: Amnesty says Israel "wantonly" destroyed Gaza 2009-07-02

... a figure broadly in line with those from the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza and the independent Palestinian Center for Human Rights.

 

Local Government Chronicle: Local variation makes a healthy democracy 2009-07-02

... that they comply with the local government statute, in the same way they must already show compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights.

 

Girodivite: Council of the European Union: EU-Turkmenistan human rights dialogue 2009-07-02

On 30 June 2009, the European Union and Turkmenistan held the second round of human rights dialogue in Brussels. The human rights dialogue between the EU ...

 

Xinhua: S Korea to raise issue of worker detained in DPRK at ASE ... 2009-07-02

"As it is a grave issue related to human rights, I think I will have to make reference to it," Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan said at his monthly pre ...

 

Turks and Caicos Sun: Governor expected to announce he is in control 2009-07-02

Dr. Michael Misick has filed a court case charging that the suspension of the House of Assembly is unconstitutional and violates human rights.

 

AFP: UN chief Ban warned over risky Myanmar visit 2009-07-02

Human Rights Watch said Ban should not accept the return of Aung San Suu Kyi to house arrest, instead of imprisonment, as a sign of a successful visit.

 

Informante: Can police fight crime without torture? 2009-07-02

The international community that believes in the salient principles of Human Rights have demonstrated its legal abhorrence of torture by adopting ...

 

Radio France Internationale: Court decriminalises gay sex 2009-07-02

The Naz Foundation, which works to raise awareness of issues surrounding HIV and Aids, had argued that the law restricted human rights.

 

HeraldNet: County ordinance deserves support 2009-07-02

Kinuko Noborikawa's comments in her Sunday guest commentary, "'Human rights' include more than just civil rights," are well-taken, and in a perfect world ...

 

Monsters and Critics.com: Iraq starts looking for soldiers missing in action in Kuwait, Iran 2009-07-02

'The file of prisoners and missing is one of the important issues adopted by the ministry,' Hussein al-Zuheiry, deputy in the Human Rights Ministry w ...

 

Sacramento News & Review: Faith and GLBTQ equality go hand in hand at California Faith ... 2009-07-02

Harry Knox, a Methodist minister, is the director of the religion and faith program of the Human Rights Campaign and was recently appointed ...

 

New America Media: Six Reasons Why Iran Cannot be Explained in a Twitter Feed 2009-07-02

... decision making in Iran is not exclusive to these two men,” said human rights activist Ghanim Jawad on the London-based (ANB-TV) Arab News Broadcast.

 

Expatica Spain: 02/07/2009Rights court ruling on Spain's Batasuna ban 'bad news' 2009-07-02

San Sebastian – A ruling by the European Court of Human Rights upholding Spain's decision to ban the Basque separatist organisation Batasuna is "very bad ...

 

Ethical Corporation Magazine: Wages – Working for a living 2009-07-02

... task for a brand,” says Doug Cahn, founder of the Fair Factories Clearinghouse and former director of human rights programme at Reebok International.

 

Bloomberg: Indian Court Rules Gay Sex Legal, Strikes Down Colonial-Era Law 2009-07-02

... in so far as it criminalizes consensual acts of others in private,” runs counter to basic human rights guaranteed by articles of the Indian constituti ...

 

Capitalism Magazine: Why a Bill of Rights? 2009-07-02

To mollify Alexander Hamilton's and James Madison's fears about how a Bill of Rights might be used as a pretext to infringe on human rights, the Ninth ...

 

Reuters AlertNet: ISRAEL: Refugees, asylum-seekers and protection - analysis 2009-07-02

In November 2008, Human Rights Watch (HRW) alleged 33 deaths of asylum-seekers at the hands of Egyptian soldiers. Interviewers from the NGO Hotline ...

 

Kyiv Post: Russian president hopeful for Obama summit 2009-07-02

He says "we are united by the values of our civilization, the values of respect for human life and human rights and freedoms." Obama arrives Monday ...

 

Asian Centre for Human Rights: NHRC not complying with Delhi High Court orders 2009-07-02

New Delhi: Releasing the report, “achr's Action Against Torture and Other Forms of Human Rights Violations in India”, New Delhi based Asian Centre for Hum ...

 

Santa Barbara Independent: For Their Own Good 2009-07-02

Let us also pray that the exposing of this man's human rights abuses results in the total disgrace he deserves, and freedom at last for his victims.

2009-07-01: Headlines

Radio Australia: Sri Lanka accuses IMF of politicising financial aid 2009-07-01

Speakers: Dr. Saman Kelegama, Executive Director of Sri Lanka's Institute of Policy Studies, Kanae Doi, Director of Human Rights Watch Japan, Deputy Chief ...

 

AFP: U2 world tour debuts with Jackson tribute 2009-07-01

In a reflection of lead singer Bono's work as a human rights activist, masks of detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi were also distributed ...

 

ReliefWeb (press release): Rule without law: Human rights violations in the North Caucasus 2009-07-01

(1) Yet serious human rights violations continue to be committed in a climate of impunity in Chechnya and other parts of the North Caucasus, in particular ...

 

Linex Legal (subscription): UN-Led Commission Sees Needs In Internet Governance, Science ... 2009-07-01

Categories: Access to Knowledge, Copyright Policy, Development, Education/ R&D/ Innovation, English, Features, Human Rights, Information and Communicati ...

 

Human Rights Tribune: Nigerian oil a human rights disaster 2009-07-01

The oil industry in the Niger Delta of Nigeria has brought impoverishment, conflict, human rights abuses and despair to the majority of the people in ...

 

AsiaNews.it: Indonesian bishops urge voters to look at presidential candidate ... 2009-07-01

For the KWI the litmus test is the pursuit of the “common good”, respect for human rights, the fight against corruption, the separation of state ...

 

Toronto Star: 7 countries you wouldn't want to live in 2009-07-01

Detention and torture of dissidents and banning of religious parties go hand in hand with persecution of human rights advocates and journalists.

 

Montsame (subscription): NEXT CONTINGENT OF PEACKEEPERS TO LEAVE FOR SIERRA LEONE 2009-07-01

... to ensure humanitarian and human rights operations, to help in reconstruction of building national security and to train Army forces and policemen.

 

Monsters and Critics.com: Protests rage in Indian-administered Kashmir town 2009-07-01

... seen a separatist militancy since the 1980s. Local residents and human rights groups have often accused the police and troops of human rights violations.

 

eTaiwan News: Taiwan editorial abstracts 2009-07-01

... to hold the power to impose travel restrictions on suspects. Ma should promote related reforms to realize his campaign promise of upholding human rights.

 

Stabroek News: Amerindian leaders say must not be pressured on low carbon 2009-07-01

... accordance with international norms, including the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and related human rights instruments.

 

Telegraph.co.uk: British Army faces 20 new Iraq torture claims 2009-07-01

New claims of torture and abuse of Iraqi civilians by British soldiers will be made in 20 fresh cases being prepared by human rights lawyers in Lond ...

 

Linex Legal (subscription): Council Of Europe: Access To Internet Is A Fundamental Right 2009-07-01

Member states could be held to account for these rights involved before the European Court of Human Rights, ministers wrote. “Article 10 of the Europe ...

 

AllAfrica.com: Nigeria: For CDHR, It's 20 Years of Rights Defence 2009-07-01

Lagos — The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) emerged a platform for the struggle for freedom in April 1989 in response to ordeals Nigeri ...

 

Tacy: KP REVIEW MISSION IN ZIMBABWE 2009-07-01

The KP officials are also meeting with human rights activists and mine representatives, adds Voice of America, as well as visiting the Marange diamond ...

 

Politicsweb: We'll continue to expose da's racist practices - COSATU NW 2009-07-01

... carried out by white farmers and bring some solution to these animals, who are led by him, who is opposed to democracy, revolution and human rights.

 

Sunderland Echo: Schoolgirl's killer in human rights battle ... funded by us 2009-07-01

Murderer and rapist David Lawson has spent thousands of pounds of taxpayers' cash after claiming his human rights have been violated.

 

Times Online: Sharia courts: are their rulings breaching British law? 2009-07-01

Some “advise illegal actions” and others “transgress human rights standards as they are applied by British courts”. Examples include: a Muslim woman should ...

 

Ma'an News Agency: Israel demolishes Palestinian house on Jerusalem's Mount of Olives 2009-07-01

Ran Yaron, OPT project manager at Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), a US-based NGO, told IRIN: ''The report corroborates PHR claims during and after ...

 

National Business Review: Private prison companies dispute criticisms 2009-07-01

The State should be responsible for prisoners not private companies, the Human Rights Commission said today. Chief Human Rights Commissioner Rosslyn No ...

 

CNSNews.com: Islamic Group Backs Tehran, Slams Foreign 'Interference' 2009-07-01

“These are not just American ideas; they are human rights,” Obama said. “And that is why we will support them everywhere.” President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ...

 

Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck: Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment ... 2009-07-01

(AP) Abortion opponents in Colorado and Montana want to try again to pass an amendment giving human rights to embryos. Colorado and Montana Right to Life ...

 

SYS-CON Media (press release): Shareholders to Vote on Union Resolution at Tesco AGM 2009-07-01

As an indication of the seriousness of Unite's claims, the powerful Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is conducting its first statutory inquiry ...

 

guardian.co.uk: Samaragate forces Russian football to ask if it has a problem 2009-07-01

Terek's chairman is Ramzan Kadyrov, the president of Chechnya, who has been widely accused of human rights abuses. He was in the VIP box for the game ...

 

Democratic Voice of Burma: Burmese wary of UN chief's visit 2009-07-01

Senior members of the National League for Democracy (NLD), as well as a number of human rights groups, have said however that the trip will be meaningle ...

 

World Vision UK: Illegal adoptions contribute to child trafficking 2009-07-01

“Child trafficking is a violation of the most basic human rights and every step should be taken to reduce its occurrence and impact on children all over ...

 

Zee News: Obama urged to "assume leadership" on Lankan issue 2009-07-01

Washington, July 01: Six leading human rights groups have asked US President Barack Obama to seek setting up of an international commission of inquiry ...

 

The Independent: Get up to speed on...the upcoming Congo-Brazzaville elections 2009-07-01

Yesterday, IRIN quoted Maixent Hanimbat, chairman of the Forum for Governance and Human Rights (FGDH): "Simmering discontent" was noticeable in the city ...

 

guardian.co.uk: Lords asked to alter law to protect children forced into prostitution 2009-07-01

The coalition claims it has the support of the parliamentary joint committee on human rights, the Liberal Democrats and some Conservative peer ...

 

Leinster Leader: Prosperous man involved in new film about the Magdalenes 2009-07-01

The documentary focuses on human rights and shows how State and Church colluded to imprison these women. The film is intended to challenge the audience ...

 

Linex Legal (subscription): French Revolution Meets Information Revolution In Setback ... 2009-07-01

Categories: Access to Knowledge, Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, European Policy, Human Rights, Information and Communicati ...

 

Belfast Telegraph: Two Irish activists among 21 detained by Israel 2009-07-01

Two Irish people are among a group of 21 human rights activists being held by the Israeli authorities for trying to bring humanitarian supplies to the Gaz ...

 

TheChronicleHerald.ca: Older workers have more to celebrate this Canada Day 2009-07-01

The decision to change the rules so that mandatory retirement is no longer exempt under the Nova Scotia Human Rights Act came about earlier this year ...

 

WXIA-TV: Cynthia McKinney, 20 Others, Held by Israel 2009-07-01

"Our boat was not in Israeli waters, and we were on a human rights mission to the Gaza Strip. President Obama just told Israel to let in humanitarian ...

 

Inter Press Service: AUSTRIA: Racism on a Sharp Rise 2009-07-01

... problems with racism and integration. The better job a government does of protecting human rights, the fewer problems there are with them." (END/2009)

 

TheChronicleHerald.ca: ACROSS NOVA SCOTIA 2009-07-01

The changes bring Nova Scotia in line with other provinces and international jurisdictions, said a news release from the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commissi ...

 

Linex Legal (subscription): French Minister Says HADOPI Law A 21st Century Reality 2009-07-01

Categories: Access to Knowledge, Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, European Policy, Human Rights, Information and Communicati ...

 

ComputerWeekly.com: ID databases go ahead, despite u-turn on ID cards 2009-07-01

Data privacy and security concerns around these databases are among the chief reasons for opposition to the ID card by the Conservative Party, human right ...

 

guardian.co.uk: New Shell CEO has toughest task in European business 2009-07-01

A lawsuit filed in New York accusing the oil giant of complicity in the execution of human rights activists in Nigeria in the 1990s, which Shell settled ...

 

AfricaNews: China gives $950m to Zimbabwe 2009-07-01

... saying that other promises of aid to the southern African country would be fulfilled only when Zimbabwe created a democracy and improved human rights.

 

IndianCatholic: Building of kids' home stops after Muslim protests 2009-07-01

According to a report from the National Commission for Human Rights, there were 108 cases of forced closures of churches, and attacks on churches ...

 

CASMII: Iran's Do-It-Yourself Revolution 2009-07-01

Indeed, more than two dozen Iranian-American and human rights groups formally protested the program, arguing that “Iranian reformers believe democracy ...

 

BBC News: Fury at Rwanda sterilisation bill 2009-07-01

US-based campaign group Human Rights Watch said the proposed law was deeply flawed and violated the government's obligation to uphold human rights.

 

Human Rights Tribune: New Charges Threaten Congo Trial 2009-07-01

“I think there are a couple of different reasons why they keep focusing on it,” said Param-Preet Singh, a lawyer with Human Rights Watch.

 

The Associated Press: Iran shuts newspaper challenging Ahmadinejad 2009-07-01

... riots and protests, but at least one group, the Paris-based International Federation of Human Rights, claimed at least 2000 arrests have been made.

 

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty: US Human Rights Activists Urge Action Against Tehran 2009-07-01

The human rights groups urged governments and international organizations to put pressure on Iran to respect its legal obligations.

 

TIME: War's End Hasn't Stilled the World's Young Tamil Voices 2009-07-01

"A lot of us have never been to Sri Lanka or seen the circumstances there, but we know the fundamental laws of human rights.

 

Yorkshire Post: Bernard Ingham: Britain is bankrupt financially and morally 2009-07-01

Social discipline has broken down and our chief constables, assuming they have the will (which I seriously doubt), are terrified by the Human Rights Act ...

 

The Times: U2 worldtour debuts with Jackson tribute 2009-07-01

In a reflection of lead singer Bono's work as a human rights activist, masks of detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi were also distributed ...

 

Islam Online: Russia “Abuses with Impunity” in Chechnya 2009-07-01

“Serious human rights violations continue to be committed in a climate of impunity,” Amnesty International said in its “Rule without law: Human right ...

2009-06-30: Headlines

Seattle Times: Close-up Honduran troops crack down on protests 2009-06-30

Bertha Oliva, a prominent human-rights activist in Honduras, said her group had reports of 60 injuries treated at a hospital. "These people causing th ...

 

Examiner.com: In between the future and the past 2009-06-30

We can do this by joining local organizations such as the Stonewall Democrats, Human Rights Campaign, Lambda Legal, or EQUALITY.

 

Inquirer.net: Toothless rights body would hurt ASEAN group 2009-06-29

BANGKOK—As the target date for launching the ASEAN human rights body (AHRB) nears, civil society groups have warned depriving it ...

 

Emerging Markets: Human rights situation still precarious, AI says. - ISI 2009-06-29

The human rights situation in Zimbabwe is still precarious and socio-economic conditions are desperate, Amnesty International secretary general, Irene Kahn ...

 

SecureIDNews (press release): Secure IDs and Human Rights: The Case for Secure Foreign Resident ... 2009-06-29

From the start, the government of Costa Rica was unambiguous in its commitment to link such measures to a full consideration of Human Rights.

 

Pocket-lint.com: Pirate Bay vows to take fight to European Court Of Human Rights 2009-06-29

"The Pirate Bay will now file charges against Sweden for violation for Human Rights", defiantly stated Pirate Bay defendant Peter Sunde on Twitter over ...

 

Journal Gazette and Times-Courier: LETTER: US now part of flawed UN Human Rights panel 2009-06-29

This UN agency's attitude toward human rights, however, is that each is granted by the UN itself and must in no way contravene the dogmas of the UN.

 

Jakarta Post: The human rights agenda 2009-06-29

The release of two separate human rights reports in the past weeks could not be timelier given the fact that Indonesians will vote for their next president ...

 

Human Rights Watch (Communiqué de presse): US: California Execution Procedure Violates Rights 2009-06-29

(Washington) - The state of California's new procedure for carrying out executions by lethal injection violates international human rights law, Human Right ...

 

WCSH-TV: Human Rights Commission: School Department Discriminated Against ... 2009-06-29

AUGUSTA (NEWS CENTER) -- The Maine Human Rights Commission took up two cases of discrimination filed on behalf of former students at Asa Adams Elementary ...

 

MorungExpress: MASS mourns demise of human rights activist 2009-06-29

Dimapur, June 29 (MExN): The demise of human rights activist and researcher, Ram Narayan Kumar is mourned by Manab Adhikar Sangram Samiti.

 

WA today: UN rights mission hears of Gaza child suffering 2009-06-29

A UN human rights mission has held a second day of public hearings on the Gaza war after listening to emotional testimony from residents who were trapped ...

 

Troy Media Corporation: Canadian human rights commissioner has free expression wrong 2009-06-29

It is perfectly understandable that people disagree on how human rights statutes should be amended to best protect free expression.

 

JURIST: International community must support pro-democracy demonstrati ... 2009-06-29

Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam [Spokesperson, Iran Human Rights]: "More than two weeks have passed since Iranians came on the street protesting against what they ...

 

Yemen Observer: HRITC organizing first human rights training course for youth 2009-06-29

YEMEN - The Human Rights Information & Training Center (HRITC) is organizing the first training course for youth in the human rights field on the 29th ...

 

Stillwater Gazette: McDonald: Should the US intervene wherever rights are violated? 2009-06-29

There is much to be said for this view, but human rights are important, too, and we often feel that it is difficult and perhaps immoral for us to stand ...

2009-06-29: Headlines

Radio Australia: New UN rapporteur concerned about land rights in Cambodia 2009-06-29

The new UN special envoy for human rights to Cambodia says a corrupt judiciary, forced evictions and land grabs are the country's most pressing issues.

 

Jakarta Post: The human rights agenda 2009-06-29

The release of two separate human rights reports in the past weeks could not be timelier given the fact that Indonesians will vote for their next president ...

 

Examiner.com: Dissent the highest form of patriotism 2009-06-29

Most sought refuge in the city of angels due to their experiencing human rights violations in their homelands. A little recognized history of the wave ...

 

Financial Times: Rights group hits at Zimbabwe 2009-06-29

A leading human rights group has criticised Zimbabwe over killings, forced labour and torture in a recently discovered diamond field.

 

Africasia: 2000 still detained, hundreds missing in Iran: rights group 2009-06-28

... more are missing in Iran since a government crackdown on protests over a disputed presidential election, the FIDH human rights group said Sunday.

 

NASDAQ: Colombia's Uribe To Meet Obama Monday 2009-06-28

On Friday, US human-rights group Human Rights Watch called on Obama to use his meeting with Uribe "to demand that he respect human rights and remind him ...

 

ABS CBN News: Saudi working on child marriage curbs: rights chief 2009-06-28

... on new regulations to impose a minimum age for marrying to prevent child weddings, the head of the official Human Rights Commission said on Sunday.

 

Ethiopian Review: Ethiopian human rights lawyer Abebe Worke went into exile 2009-06-28

A prominent Ethiopian attorney and Chairman of Ethiopia's independent Human Rights Council (EHRCO), Abebe Worke, went into exile to flee persecuti ...

 

Jamaica Observer: Human rights & the environment 2009-06-28

The Convention links environmental rights and human rights, acknowledges that we owe an obligation to future generations, establishes that sustainable ...

 

Washington Post: Do Not Forget Burma 2009-06-28

Harvard's panel of international law experts has carefully catalogued what it deems as the junta's "widespread and systemic" human rights violations.

 

Times Online: Iran 'has arrested 2000' in violent crackdown on dissent 2009-06-28

“A climate of terror and of fear reigns in Iran today,” the International Federation for Human Rights , an umbrella body for 155 human rights organisati ...

 

Cambodia News: Zimbabwe diamond mine under human rights watch 2009-06-28

Zimbabwe's Marange diamond field is being closely watched by human rights groups for alleged abuses taking place at the mine. Human Rights Watch has called ...

 

?????: [Letters] China's lagging human rights 2009-06-28

These attempts by Beijing to filter out information on the Web are definitely in violation of human rights. Nevertheless, we are no longer surprised ...

 

Boston Globe: Beth Murphy, Plymouth filmmaker, documents on human rights issues 2009-06-28

... is a former TV reporter who started Principle Pictures nine years ago because she wanted to tell compelling stories about global human rights issues.

 

Independent Catholic News: China: CSW protests at China's rejection of UN human right ... 2009-06-28

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has voiced concerns over China's rejection of the UN Human Rights Council's recommendations to improve human rights.

 

OCRegister: Hundreds attend teach-in focusing on human rights 2009-06-28

GreeNeda, a human rights organization focused on the recent political events in Iran, held a “Teach-In” Saturday at UC Irvine's Aldrich Park.

 

Ethiopian Review: New Ethiopia bill violates international human rights treaties 2009-06-28

Law scholars say the move would violate international human rights treaties the nation ratified and made part of its constitution. Prepared by the National ...

 

New Haven Register (subscription): Human rights center in city tracks abuses by Iranian forces 2009-06-28

Lasala, 33, is one of 10 young employees and interns at the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center who are collecting videos, photos and news reports ...

 

Jerusalem Post: IDF used attack drones in Gaza, rights group alleges 2009-06-28

The International Human Rights Watch is expected to publish a report this week on the topic of the IDF's alleged use of attack drones.

 

SunJournal.com: In tense Iran, human rights must be saved 2009-06-28

While politics has its pitfalls, standing tall for protection of human rights and ceasing unjust persecutions are positions that are uncompromising.

 

Christian Today -- Australia: National Human Rights Consultation to follow a British ... 2009-06-28

According to Frank Brenan, chairman of National Human Rights Consultation, they want to recommend a British style parliamentary committee that would be able ...

 

Jewish Telegraphic Agency: UN panel opens Gaza hearings 2009-06-28

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- A United Nations panel investigating alleged human rights violations during Israel's military operation in Gaza opened public hearings.

 

IBLS INTERNET LAW (subscription): UNITED KINGDOM: The European Court of Human Rights Rules that ... 2009-06-28

A Grand Chamber of 17 judges of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg on 5 December unanimously ruled that the UK violated privacy rights in ...

2009-06-28: Headlines

Ethiopian Review: New Ethiopia bill violates international human rights treaties 2009-06-28

Law scholars say the move would violate international human rights treaties the nation ratified and made part of its constitution. Prepared by the National ...

 

OCRegister: Hundreds attend teach-in focusing on human rights 2009-06-28

Its an effort to educate with a focus on Iran and also to demonstration of solidarity with those fighting for democracy and human rights in Ir ...

 

Jamaica Observer: Human rights & the environment 2009-06-28

The Convention links environmental rights and human rights, acknowledges that we owe an obligation to future generations, establishes that sustainable ...

 

NEWS JUNKIE POST: UN Hold Gaza 'War Crimes' Hearings 2009-06-28

It is part of the UN investigations into human rights violation committed during the conflict in the Gaza strip. It will allow those affected to tell their ...

 

guardian.co.uk: Quiet crackdown drains force from Iran dissidents 2009-06-28

Since then, at least 230 more students, professors, journalists and reformists have been arrested, according to the International Campaign for Human Right ...

 

Boston Globe: Beth Murphy, Plymouth filmmaker, documents on human rights issues 2009-06-28

... is a former TV reporter who started Principle Pictures nine years ago because she wanted to tell compelling stories about global human rights issues.

 

Jerusalem Post: IDF used attack drones in Gaza, rights group alleges 2009-06-28

The International Human Rights Watch is expected to publish a report this week on the topic of the IDF's alleged use of attack drones.

 

CNN: Report: Hospitalized Iranians seized 2009-06-28

"The Basijis are waiting for them," said Banafsheh Akhlaghi, western regional director of the human rights group, referring to the government's paramilitary ...

 

New Haven Register (subscription): Human rights center in city tracks abuses by Iranian forces 2009-06-28

Lasala, 33, is one of 10 young employees and interns at the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center who are collecting videos, photos and news reports ...

 

Gulf Times: Concern over rights abuses 2009-06-28

The NHRC, which was established in 2003 to promote human rights in Qatar, received 1031 complaints last year: 263 of them were sponsorship transfer and 51 ...

 

The Statesman: No let-up in custodial deaths despite NHRC intervention 2009-06-28

NEW DELHI, 28 JUNE: Notwithstanding the rule of law, democracy and pro-active role of the National Human Rights Commission, there is no let-up in custodial ...

 

New Europe: Vietnam rejects EU demands on arrested human rights 2009-06-28

The EU statement followed similar protests by the US government and international human rights organisations including Human Rights Watch, Reporters Without ...

 

BBSNews: Obama Should Press Colombian President Uribe on Human Rights Concerns 2009-06-28

BBSNews 2009-06-28 -- Washington, DC, (HRW) – President Barack Obama should raise human rights concerns on June 29, 2009, during his first official meeting ...

 

?????: [Letters] China's lagging human rights 2009-06-28

These attempts by Beijing to filter out information on the Web are definitely in violation of human rights. Nevertheless, we are no longer surprised ...

 

Washington Post: Do Not Forget Burma 2009-06-28

Harvard's panel of international law experts has carefully catalogued what it deems as the junta's "widespread and systemic" human rights violations.

 

SunJournal.com: In tense Iran, human rights must be saved 2009-06-28

While politics has its pitfalls, standing tall for protection of human rights and ceasing unjust persecutions are positions that are uncompromising.

 

Inter Press Service: SOUTHEAST ASIA: Regional Rights Body Dismissed as "Toothless" 2009-06-27

BANGKOK, Jun 27 (IPS) - Southeast Asia is weeks away from getting its own regional human rights body, but not everyone is cheering ...

 

Catholic News Agency: Amnesty International attacks Poland abortion policy 2009-06-27

Amnesty International has continued its promotion of abortion with a report on the state of human rights which criticizes Poland for denying Polish women ...

 

Voice of America: Activists Rally in Support of Iranian Opposition in New York 2009-06-27

Human rights activists rallied in New York City Friday night in support of election protesters in Iran, saying they would keep up ...

 

New York Times: Shift Possible on Terror Suspects' Detention 2009-06-27

Several human rights advocates met with Mr. Obama and his top advisers before his National Archives speech and warned him that indefinite detention had many ...

 

Times of India: 'Gay rights? It's basic human rights' 2009-06-27

As far as I'm concerned, I was standing for basic human rights. It was that simple. But the response was overwhelming. Seeing the number of people ...

 

New York Times: On Religion For Bahais, a Crackdown Is Old News 2009-06-27

Their persecution, as documented over nearly 30 years in numerous human rights reports, has contradicted all the näively hopeful predictions that ...

 

Huffington Post: When Barack Obama Meets President Uribe 2009-06-27

There are still plenty of concerns that need to be addressed regarding human rights and the rule of law in Colombia. The Government has been involved ...

 

Le Mali en ligne: Human Rights groups demand commencement of Habré's trial 2009-06-27

According to a press release issued by Human Rights Watch, the groups are asking African heads of state, who will come together in Sirte, Li ...

 

Boston Globe: Standing up for human rights in Colombia 2009-06-27

While a pending free trade agreement will probably claim the media attention, Obama has the opportunity to address Uribe's troubling human rights record ...

 

Ethiopian Review: Human Rights Watch Executive Director Visits Ethiopia 2009-06-27

The Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, Mr. Kennett Roth, and his colleague Ms. Leslie Lefkow, Special Initiatives Researcher of the African Divisi ...

 

National Post: Robert Fulford: Lies the President told us 2009-06-27

In 1948 the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which insists (among other things) that everyone has the right to expre ...