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guardian.co.uk: HSBC to ask shareholders for £12bn 2009-03-01

HSBC, the British global banking giant, was last night putting the finishing touches to a $17bn (£12bn) rights issue to bolster its balance sheet in the wake of the credit crunch, which has forced it to make massive writedowns at its US mortgage ...

guardian.co.uk: Liberty groups unite to defend UK rights 2009-03-01

He told the Observer that he believed the danger of a police state was a very real one and that justice secretary Jack Straw was leading a "piecemeal and casual erosion" of freedom in this country. "There has been a tide of government actions ...

guardian.co.uk: Under-12s will not face prosecution 2009-03-01

There is no good reason for Scotland to continue to have the lowest age of criminal responsibility in Europe," said Kenny MacAskill, justice secretary. "The evidence shows that prosecution at an early age increases the chance of re-offending.

guardian.co.uk: Israel PM's family link to Hamas peace bid 2009-03-01

On the Hamas side, his contact was a senior figure whom he met in Europe, who was close to the organisation's leaderships both in the Syrian capital Damascus and the local leadership in Gaza. His liaison with the Hamas official focused on two issue ...

guardian.co.uk: Yesterday saw the birth of a great movement for liberty 2009-03-01

Before David Cameron's son died he reacted to the convention report on the loss of rights by the University College London Student Human Rights Programme. "When academics look back on Labour's time in power," he said, "the erosion of our historic ...

guardian.co.uk: There's still profit on the page 2009-03-01

But then, apart from the wonders of privacy legislation under the Human Rights Act, the media solicitors and barristers discovered the wonders of no-win, no-fee, where conditional fees suitably arranged meant that, in victory, your firm could charge up ...

Independent: Rates of self-harm soar among young offenders 2009-03-01

The number of children and young people self-harming in prisons has more than doubled in the past decade, figures released by the Ministry of Justice show. The records, which include suicide attempts, paint an alarming picture of the mental toll ...

Independent: HSBC set to launch £12bn rights issue 2009-03-01

Profits in Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific are expected to be up, but falling earnings from Hong Kong, the bank's biggest market, and losses at its ailing American business are set to take a toll on earnings. At the end of September ...

BBC News: Scots criminal age to go up to 12 2009-03-01

It will bring Scotland into line with most of Europe, but the Scottish Government said the rise would not mean "letting off" younger offenders. Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill said it was more appropriate to deal with them in the children's hearing ...

Reuters: SNAPSHOT - Financial Crisis - 0055 GMT 2009-03-01

Could become country's biggest-ever rights issue - China Premier Wen Jiabao says financial crisis still spreading and has not bottomed out, but stimulus starting to work MARKETS - US stocks fall, S&P 500 closes at 12-year low after govt announces Citi ...

Scotsman: HSBC poised for a £12bn rights issue 2009-03-01

Due to China's large migrant worker population, economists estimate the Chinese economy will have to grow at a minimum rate of 8% a year to maintain employment and avoid large-scale civil unrest. Mike Trippet, banking analyst at Oriel Securitie ...

Sunday's Zaman: [Event of the week] DTP leader Türk sparks controversy ... 2009-03-01

The Association of Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed Peoples (MAZLUM-DER) drew attention to human rights violations in Turkey in a report it made public on this day, noting that more than 340 murders that took place in the country in 2008 ...

Los Angeles Times: Serbian spy's trial lifts cloak on his CIA alliance 2009-03-01

The agency was all but blind after Yugoslavia shattered into civil war. Fighting had broken out in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Milosevic was seen as a menace to European security, and the CIA was desperate to get intelligence from inside the turmoil.

History News Network: Thomas Fleming: Was George W. Bush the Worst President? 2009-03-01

Before the war ended, we had 2000000 troops in Europe and in three months of fighting, lost a staggering 144000 men. Wilson then persuaded the Germans to negotiate a treaty based on his idealistic 14 points, which might have achieved a lasting peace ...

Malaysia Star: Neither alien nor a threat 2009-03-01

It has lost its value, and it will not stop Muslim women and men from claiming their fundamental rights in Islam. It is a love for Islam, a belief that equality and justice are Islamic values and a burning desire to make our faith meaningful to ...

Today's Zaman: Rethinking the Kurdish problem 2009-03-01

Introverted nationalism is more troubling than "European nationalism" because it is inimical to the transnational and supranational rights and liberties that make the EU borderless. A negative scenario is that introverted nationalism will halt Turkey' ...

Today's Zaman: Turkish identity awareness lies beneath the nation-state 2009-03-01

Therefore, all Turkish citizens of Kurdish, Armenian, Bosnian, Arab, Circassian, Greek and other origins are Turks according to that constitutional definition, and they all have the same rights and duties and are all equal before the law.

Financial Times: European telecoms 2009-03-01

The resulting carnage nearly sank France Telecom, which, like BT, was forced to launch a giant rights issue to rebuild a frayed balance sheet. So far this downturn, Europe's big telecom incumbents have proved more resilient.

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty: Former Putin Adviser Warns Of 'New Munich Agreement' 2009-02-28

Those who would aspire to peace will end up with a war -- maybe even more than one. RFE/RL: Your presentation was given some coverage in the Russian press, and you have said your message was not interpreted correctly. Do you think this was intentional ...

MWC News: Obama's Failure on War, Economy & Climate Genocide 2009-02-28

Obama has already clearly squibbed on peace, justice and independence for 4 million falsely and abusively imprisoned Occupied Palestinians (post-invasion non-violent excess deaths 0.3 million; post-invasion violent deaths about 10000; post-invasi ...

MWC News: Avnery On Ten Ways to Kill Fatah 2009-02-28

After deciding that our national interest demanded a partnership with Arafat, it would have been logical for him to reinforce Arafat's authority in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and sign a peace agreement with him as soon as possible ...

Fly to let: Speedy construction work leads to soggy problems for investors ... 2009-02-28

A ruling by the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg could mean Britons who bought Fly to Let holiday homes in Northern Cyprus paying thousands of pounds worth of damages to the original Greek Cypriot owners of the land. The Times newspaper reported ...

WalesOnline: The man behind a feminist success 2009-02-28

Flowers went on to secure the rights to The Vagina Monologues, which celebrates female genitalia through stories which Ensler collected from women all over the world. Ensler performed in front of an invited audience, including London arts critic ...

Gulf Times: Europe seeks data on human trafficking 2009-02-28

The group of 13 independent human rights and human trafficking experts, discussed how to evaluate each member state that signed the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings. While the International Labour Organisati ...

Turkish Press: Certain Countries Do Not Realize How Modern & Contemporary Turkey ... 2009-02-28

I believe Turkey will continue to contribute to the peace process in the Middle East, Baird said. Touching on incorrect information that exists on Turkey, Baird said that there are concerns and reservations related to Turkey's membership in Europe.

Rocklin and Roseville Today: Internet-Powered Postal Mail Helps Businesses Survive a Tough Economy 2009-02-28

And you'll have the peace of mind that your important mail is in the care of a service that's trusted by customers in more than 170 countries and will soon be rolled out in Europe by the venerated national post office of Switzerland, Swiss Post.

guardian.co.uk: Promise of riches threatens rural idyll as a new Vegas is planned ... 2009-02-26

Some, however, are already mourning the loss of rural peace. "I came here for a life of quiet relaxation," said retired bus driver Mariano Aranda. "I feel cheated." Villagers who do not want to sell are lying low, overwhelmed by social pressure ...

Foreign Policy: Why Hillary Clinton got it right on China 2009-02-26

By William F. Schulz US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's recent comments about human rights in China have dismayed many human rights activists. Might they be overreacting? "Successive [US] administrations and Chinese governments have been ...

People's Weekly World: Nuclear Doomsday Clock may finally stop ticking 2009-02-26

"I think he [Obama] is sincere about what he is saying," said David Krieger, president of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, an advocacy group that works closely with the UN "I think he is willing to stand up against the vested interests.

The Epoch Times: Syria Key to Achieving Mideast Peace 2009-02-26

... of the process and make it less unattainable than it is now. Cesar Chélala, a writer on human rights issues, is a co-winner of an Overseas Press Club of America award. He is the foreign correspondent for the Middle East Times International (Australia).

VUE Weekly: Good Cause: Could Kit DesLauriers be your Big Sister? 2009-02-26

Grandiose expeditions like climbing Europe's tallest peak are often aligned with inspiring humanitarian actions for needy charities, especially for children. In Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time ...

Scotsman: Rebels guilty of crimes against humanity 2009-02-26

"It sends a message that may deter such attacks against the men and women who are protecting individuals, restoring security and keeping the peace across the globe." Sesay, Kallon and Gbao had all pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Spiegel Online: Former Peace Negotiators Call for End to Hamas Boycott 2009-02-26

Fourteen elder statesmen from Europe, Australia, South America, Africa and Asia are calling in an open letter for the Mideast Quartet, comprised of the European Union, United Nations, Russia and the United States, to end their diplomatic boycott ...

Sovereign Society: All The News That Fits, They Print 2009-02-26

Under duress from the US Dept. of Justice that amounted to international blackmail, (the DoJ threatened to put UBS out of business in the United States), a nervous Swiss government ignored its own bank secrecy law and gave up the names based on another ...

New York Times: China Fails to Halt the Sale of Looted Relics at a Paris Auction 2009-02-26

On Monday night, Mr. Bergé said he would give the heads to China if Beijing would "observe human rights and give liberty to the Tibetan people and welcome the Dalai Lama." On Tuesday, a Foreign Ministry spokesman, Ma Zhaoxu, ridiculed Mr. Bergé' ...

Arizona State University: Kosovo president receives leadership award at ASU 2009-02-26

"It was an important year for proving ourselves as a place of modern democracy, a place and homeland for all of its citizens irrespective of ethnicity or belief," Sejdiu said, "and a place that pays special attention and respect for human rights ...

Sudan Vision: High Sudanese official: 'ICC findings against President Al Bashir ... 2009-02-26

"Having failed in its all attempts to mount pressure on Khartoum through economic embargos, and politically motivated condemnations at human rights forum, now the international community has referred to the ICC which is using double-standard measures," ...

Tri-Town News: Terms of Use 2009-02-26

Naomi Tutu, human rights activist and daughter of Archbishop Desmond and Nomalizo Leah Tutu, will speak at Georgian Court University, Lakewood, at 6:30 pm March 10 in the Casino Building, 900 Lakewood Road. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the ...

Today's Zaman: European court affirms lawfulness of KKTC courts 2009-02-26

The top European human rights court has acknowledged the lawfulness of courts in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC), in a ruling concerning a complaint by a Greek Cypriot citizen against Turkey suggesting she had been deprived of her ...

Malaysia Star: The overlooked Lankan genocide 2009-02-26

In a 44-page report issued recently after a fact-finding mission, the Human Rights Watch squarely accused the Sri Lankan army of war crimes ê bombing hospitals and other supposedly safe zones and blatantly killing civilians. It also didn't mince word ...

ABN Newswire (press release): Automotive Technology Group (ASX:ATJ) Signs Distribution Agreement ... 2009-02-26

The agreement will give IAP the rights to import, distribute and sell ATG's patented low emissions, high fuel efficiency Sprintex(R) branded supercharger products throughout Europe. Under the terms of the agreement ATG and IAP have agreed to a sale ...

Action 3 News: Massive Credit Card Security Breach Will Impact Many Here 2009-02-26

Investigators believe a hacker in Eastern Europe may have committed the crime. On behalf of Heartland Payment Systems, I sincerely regret any inconvenience caused by the data breach that occurred within our processing system during 2008.

Bellingham Herald: CIA begins briefing Obama on global economic crisis 2009-02-26

"It's beginning to have impacts not only in China and . . . countries throughout Europe," but also increasingly in Latin America, where there are fresh signs of economic instability, Panetta said. He specifically cited Argentina, Ecuador and Venezuela.

Vanguard: Bank workers petition Senate over unethical practices 2009-02-26

This was against the background that we understood that whenever there are mergers and acquisitions, workers' rights are generally, always trampled upon. "Precisely on 2nd March, 2004, the then Minister of Labour, Dr. Hassan Lawal saw reason in ...

Seeking Alpha: Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. Q4 2008 Earnings Call ... 2009-02-26

We have secured major football rights and concluded volume deals with key distributors. Thank you, Adrian. I want to draw your attention to some items of key interests in our financial statement and these are set out on slide eight.

PharmaLive.com (press release): Medarex Announces 2008 Fourth Quarter and Year End Financial Results 2009-02-26

Copies of Medarex's public disclosure filings are available from its investor relations department. Medarex(R), the Medarex logo and UltiMAb(R) are registered trademarks of Medarex, Inc. All rights are reserved.

WebWire (press release): Mark & Associates, PC Announces the Launch of Website Offering ... 2009-02-26

Current and former Raptiva patients can request a free legal evaluation by visiting this site, or by calling 1-866-50-RIGHTS (1-866-507-4448). Raptiva, which is also known as efalizumab, is an immunosuppressant drug used to treat and prevent psori ...

Inter Press Service: DEVELOPMENT: Food Is Not Another Commodity 2009-02-25

In a report to be presented to the UN Human Rights Council next month, the Belgian academic and political activist contends that while only 15 percent of all food produced is traded between different countries, prices fixed on international market ...

Huffington Post: The United States and Bolivia: A New Beginning? 2009-02-25

This is the political origin of the constitutional provisions establishing these essentials as human rights that cannot be infringed upon by private interests: many poor Bolivians had found themselves unable to afford water after it was privatized ...

Upside Down World: Colombia: Struggling For Autonomy and Justice in the Face of State ... 2009-02-25

They were joined by representatives of student unions, women's groups, human rights defenders CREDHOS and ASORVIM and local oil workers unions SINALTRAINAL and the USO. The case has also generated international attention; dozens of UK trade union ...

New York Times Blogs: The Crying of Lots 677 and 678 2009-02-25

All they have to do is to declare they are going to apply human rights, give the Tibetans back their freedom and agree to accept the Dalai Lama on their territory." According to Reuters, the bronzes will remain together, having been sold for "15745000 ...

Canada NewsWire (press release): Above Security announces its approval as a qualified security ... 2009-02-25

Its strategic consulting capabilities and its unique 24/7 Managed Security Services allow their customers to concentrate on their business, knowing they can count on Above Security for their peace of mind. For further information: Ms Marisol Litalien ...

Hürriyet: EU called to act in line with visa decision 2009-02-25

... European Court of Justice that eased visa regulations for Turkish businessmen, during a speech at the EMLYON Business School in Lyon late Tuesday. "The decision displayed the rule of law. The visa issue is actually a violation of human rights ...

Hürriyet: 'Turkey is ready to assist US withdrawal' 2009-02-25

Babacan was also asked to comment on the recent decision of the European Court of Justice, which ruled against the need of visas for those Turkish citizens providing services to Europe. "Without the completion of the legal process and without seeing ...

BusinessWeek: Tween Brands posts 4Q loss, will cut more jobs 2009-02-25

The reductions are in addition to a previous announcement in August that the company would cut 150 positions as it converted Limited Too stores into its Justice concept. The company expects the additional job reductions to provide about $7 million ...

AlaskaReport: Congressmen Still Refuse to Play Straight on Corporatocracy 2009-02-25

Obama needs to issue the orders for the Justice Department to put Rangel (and his friends) under full federal criminal prosecution (believe me, the evidence exists) and sanction House leaders for their failures to act, not simply push Charlie behind ...

Triumph: Two unique Africans made history in US/Canada Summit 2009-02-25

Their children wonder if these are the children their parents were hoping would reap the benefit of their struggle for justice. No doubt, those Africans after Columbus in high heavens, must have watched the legacy of their hard work.

Forward: Amnesty Report Adds to Calls for Arms Embargo of Israel and Hamas 2009-02-25

By Nathan Jeffay Tel Aviv, Israel — In a report lambasting Israel's conduct during its recent military offensive in Gaza, Amnesty International, one of the world's most widely recognized human rights groups, has called on the United Nations Security ...

Blackanthem.com: CODEL finishes recess work-week at Marshall Center 2009-02-25

"What is taking place here at the Marshall Center is exactly what we want to further in terms of democracy, human rights, rule of law," Tanner said. "The Marshall Center is bringing people together here - maybe from countries who cannot or are ...

The Moscow Times: Strasbourg Court Will Rule on Moscow Judge 2009-02-25

26 February 2009By Nikolaus von Twickel / Staff WriterThe European Court of Human Rights on Thursday will issue a ruling on a Moscow judge who was dismissed after publicly complaining about constant political pressure on the city's judiciary ...

Forward: MacMillan and Strife: A New "St. John Passion' 2009-02-25

His "Búsqueda"("Search," 1988), set to texts from the Latin Mass and to poems by the human rights group Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, paid tribute to a group of Argentine women whose children vanished during the 1970s military dictatorship.

Express Buzz: The disaster of "me, me' 2009-02-25

It quickly equated pubgoing with individual rights, and held Muthalik as an offender against human rights. Evidently, the mad act of a freak Hindu in a distant corner of India is sufficient to turn the whole of secular India into lunatics.

MSNBC: State report takes tough tone on China 2009-02-25

The State Department today strongly criticized China in its annual human rights report, putting Hillary Clinton on the spot for not confronting the Chinese more aggressively during her visit to Beijing last week. Clinton came under harsh fire ...

University of Delaware: Obama election subject of BAMS seminar Feb. 27 2009-02-25

The final panel from 3:15-4:30 pm will explore Obama's election and rise to power from a global perspective of Pan African, East Asian, Latin American and European perspectives. Speakers will include Julio Carrion, professor of political science ...

The Times: Shrill voices initiating hypocrisy 2009-02-25

This necessarily physical rite of passage declares the incomer a fully fledged member of the house, entitled to all its rights and privileges. The new member is protected against outside threat, gains access to shared contraband, is entitled to wear ...

Forward: A New Debate on Where Antisemitism Comes From 2009-02-25

By JJ Goldberg Responding to mounting signs of a resurgence of aggressive antisemitism in Europe and elsewhere, the British government recently hosted an unusual gathering to discuss ways of fighting the threat. Known as the London Conference ...

guardian.co.uk: Freedom is one thing, but we need to respect the cultural ... 2009-02-18

I do not support nations who ban these basic and equally crucial human rights but I do understand that each country has its own tradition.

Institute for War and Peace Reporting: International Justice/ICTY: Jan "09 2009-02-18

The station was established in 2003 by the Serbian news agency BETA in order to promote minority and human rights, tolerance and good relations between ...

IRINnews.org: TOGO: Can a second green revolution work? 2009-02-18

Political violence led to donors cutting back or pulling out in protest of widespread human rights abuses, including security crackdowns during the 2005 ...

CSRwire.com (press release): Progressive Asset Management Aligns Corporate Mission to United ... 2009-02-18

... "Progressive Asset Management supports the ten principles of the Global Compact with respect to human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption.

Schönen-Dunk: Growing protest against anti-doping rules 2009-02-18

Bozkurt strongly supports an effective anti-doping policy but feels this should respect the privacy and civil rights of athletes. The rights of athlete ...

ComputerWeekly.com: EU gives US SWIFT searches the thumbs-up 2009-02-18

... it outraged bank customers and civil rights agencies because of the invasion of privacy it entailed. In March 2008, the European Commission set up ...

Anahuac Progress: Honoring Our Nation's Presidents 2009-02-18

Lyndon Johnson, from Stonewall, championed civil rights legislation and education reform. George HW Bush represented the seventh district of Texas in the U ...

International Herald Tribune: British court rules Muslim cleric can be deported 2009-02-18

The cleric's lawyers said that they would appeal the decision to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, a step likely to halt any move to deport ...

The Moscow Times: Russia Seeks To 'Reboot' Security Ties 2009-02-18

Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Groushko, addressing Europe's biggest security and human rights group, expanded on President Dmitry Medvedev's proposal ...

The Moscow Times: Strasbourg Court Accepts Yukos Case 2009-02-18

"We welcome this decision and hope that the government will live up to its obligations under the European Human Rights Convention," said Tatyana Lokshina ...

Transitions Online: High Hopes 2009-02-18

Human rights groups say the government has detained dozens of political prisoners. And state-controlled TV channels have either ignored these incidents ...

GlobalPost: Talks offer glimmer of hope for Darfur 2009-02-18

Sudan's government has pursued the violent campaign in open defiance of criticism from human rights groups, western governments and the UN.

Rundtownnews.co.uk: TIME IS RUNNING OUT 2009-02-18

This has given impetus to the European Courts of Justice and Human Rights to commence legal actions designed to ensure compliance with EU law and full ...

Journal of Turkish Weekly: Turkey's New Middle Eastern Approach 2009-02-18

When the US talks about the Greater Middle East Project, it argues the need for more human rights, democracy, liberalism, women rights, and economical ...

Journal of Turkish Weekly: European Values and Turks in Germany 2009-02-18

... is widely accepted: "Europe" is about values as the EU itself was founded based on "the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights ...

Earthtimes (press release): EXTRA: Jordan pledges fair trial for Abu Qatada if deported 2009-02-18

"However, Abu Qatada can appeal the verdict before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, a move that could defer the extradition of Abu Qatad ...

The Epoch Times: "Things Fall Apart' for Chinese Regime 2009-02-18

In fact, the CCP may be preparing themselves for the worst; its latest report to UN on human rights deliberately skipped over several incidents ...

National Post: 'A pernicious evil that must be repudiated': Jason Kenney at ... 2009-02-18

The 2007 audit of anti-Semitic incidents by B'nai Brith, Canada's league for human rights, recorded over 1000 reported anti-Semitic incident ...

TeleText: Qatada can be deported 2009-02-18

The court ruled in favour of the Home Office, which said he poses a threat to security. Qatada will now appeal the European Court of Human Rights.

Adnkronos International Italia: Serbia: Italian group probes depleted uranium use in NATO bombings 2009-02-18

NATO's airstrikes in 1999 drove out Serbian troops from Kosovo amid ethnic fighting and gross human rights abuses during a two-year war with guerrillas.

Reuters: Russia wants to "reboot" Europe-Atlantic security 2009-02-18

A senior Russian diplomat, addressing Europe's biggest security and human rights group, expanded on President Dimitry Medvedev's proposal for a new ...

The Herald: Family lose damages case over killer neighbour 2009-02-18

... shown negligence and acted in a way that was incompatible with Mr Mitchell's right to life under article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Caribbean PressReleases.com (press release): Bahamas and The Netherlands Strengthen Ties 2009-02-18

"We note, especially, that human rights are a high priority of your Government and we were pleased to support your candidacy for a seat on the United ...

Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest: EU, Andean Nations Struggle Forward in Trade Talks 2009-02-18

Intellectual property, a potential regional customs union, human rights, and bananas triggered heated debate last week in Bogota during the first round ...

RTT News: Britain's Highest Court Backs Deportation Of Radical Islamic ... 2009-02-18

But, Qatada's lawyer Gareth Peirce said that she had lodged an application to the European Court of Human Rights against Qatada's deportation to Jord ...

Kashmir Watch: :. MEP calls for Urgent Aid to Gaza 2009-02-18

Liz, who is a member of the European Parliament Sub- Committee on Human Rights, has been a vocal critic of the Israel blockade, saying that it amounts ...

Payvand: Iran's Foreign Policy and the Iran-Pakistan-India Gas Pipeline 2009-02-18

In addition, this project could help to shape an environment in which Iran might be able to perpetuate its poor human rights record.

New York Times: British Court Opens Way for Cleric's Deportation 2009-02-18

But the cleric's lawyers said they would appeal the Law Lords' decision to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, a step likely to halt any move ...

Kyiv Post: Poland reiterates support for Georgia's territorial integrity 2009-02-18

According to the rules, a candidate state's institutions need to preserve democratic governance and human rights, to have a functioning market economy ...

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal: MORNING BRIEFING 2009-02-18

WASHINGTON (AP) — While human rights groups and European officials criticize Pakistan's truce with Taliban fighters, the United States has had little to say ...

RIA Novosti: EU foreign policy chief to visit Belarus Feb. 19 2009-02-18

... "Europe's last dictator" by Washington, has moved to improve ties with the EU, which had long criticized his records on human rights and democracy.

Associated Press of Pakistan: Britain to deport radical cleric - 2009-02-18

However, Abu Qatada, 48, is expected to remain in the UK for upto two years as he is likely to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in a last ...

UNIAN News Agency: Non-rhetorical questions to the Minister of Internal Affairs 2009-02-18

If that is, human rights groups and the public in general do not clearly indicate zero tolerance for attempts to play on people`s fears and their wish ...

Sydney Morning Herald: Radical Muslim cleric can be deported to Jordan: ruling 2009-02-18

... House of Lords -- is Britain's highest appeal court, the ruling could in theory be appealed to the European Court of Human Rights, officials suggested.

Trend News Agency: Azerbaijan President signs decree approving plan of measures ... 2009-02-18

... strengthening of enlightenment work regarding the UN Convention on human rights, arrangement of various events directed towards intellectual development ...

Kyiv Post: Council of Europe lawmakers visit Belarus 2009-02-18

Belarus was evicted from the top European human rights body in 1997 over a referendum that stripped the national parliament of most of its powers.

Seeking Alpha: Auxilium Pharmaceuticals Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript 2009-02-18

We have the exclusive worldwide rights to the fentanyl TMF and additional TMF product candidates. As our focus continues to be on XIAFLEX and Testim ...

European Parliament (press release): Gaza: increased humanitarian aid, end of the blockade and damage ... 2009-02-18

Israeli leaders were acting inhumanely undermining basic human values and rights. "We have to say enough is enough to Israel", he said.

Inter Press Service: BOOKS: Was Bush Doctrine Just a Little Bit of History Repeating? 2009-02-16

The war was initially argued for in terms of threats rather than ideals, WMDs rather than human rights, and most of the war's architects appear to have been ...

PinkNews.co.uk: Activists say registration of new LGBT group in Russia is "historic" 2009-02-16

In 2008, the case of the Rainbow House reached the European Court of Human Rights. The issue of the observance of rights of LGBT people's freedom ...

Interactive Investor: DIARY - Germany - to March 13 2009-02-16

News conference 1345 GMT- THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26 WASHINGTON- Human Rights Watch Report - Germany: State Bans on Teachers' Headscarves - released.

Lower Hudson Journal news: Irving Wolfe, a peace activist and founder of Skyview Acres, mourned 2009-02-16

"He was this person that exuded enthusiasm about putting his politics into action, about putting his work in civil rights into action," Walker told ...

Charter 97: Freedom to Political Prisoners! 2009-02-16

In December 2008, activist of the civil campaign "European Belarus" was sentenced to 1 year of restraint of liberty for the same rally.

New Yorker: Partisanship, by the Bye 2009-02-16

The post-civil-rights, post-Vietnam realignment, along with the gerrymandered creation of safe districts, has given us—on Capitol Hill, at least—an almost ...

London Student: Sex-tax is bleeding women dry 2009-02-16

Considering the progress in women's rights since then, why are we still forced to pay a "sex-tax" on a wholly necessary item? Under HM Revenue and Custom ...

EUobserver.com: EU mediation needed to solve border dispute, Slovenia says 2009-02-16

Following this stalemate, the European Commission in January suggested forming a special mediation group to help solve the lengthy dispute.

Caribbean Net News: Guyana to host ACP/EU conference this month 2009-02-16

The 60 delegates will also discuss climate change and its impact in the region, security, human rights, the global financial crisis and narcotic ...

Business Day: Chad is the first step to achieving peace in Darfur 2009-02-16

Corruption and tribal nepotism, fuelled by recent oil money, as well as electoral fraud and human rights abuses, have inspired countrywide revolt.

ScienceBlogs: England Denies Entry to Wilders 2009-02-16

Radical Islam is repulsive for the same reason that racism and xenophobia are repulsive, because it denies the notion of universal human rights ...

A1plus: IS BID SUBMITTED BY RUBEN HAIRAPETYAN? 2009-02-16

"We are ready to appeal to all instances including the European Court of Human Rights to achieve our goal and recognise the auction null and void," says ...

Girodivite: Integration and Minority Information Service: newsletter of 14 ... 2009-02-16

Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) will announce its judgement in a case of a Latvian non-citizen Natalja Andrejeva vs.

Ethiopian Review: Ana Gomes calls for the release Birtukan Midekssa 2009-02-16

In 2006 Birtukan Midekssa was charged with treason, alongside other CUD leaders, parliamentarians, journalists and human rights defender ...

Spiegel Online: 'No Day This Year without a Terror Trial' 2009-02-16

And even worse, that it undermines our values, our democracy and human rights and that, finally, it makes it particularly difficult for us to maintain our ...

ePolitix: The limits of the state 2009-02-16

... a threshold on human rights, and a discipline on governments in Eastern Europe. I think a lot of European foreign ministers feel that there's certainly ...

Irish Times: Martin begins historic visit to Mexico, Cuba 2009-02-16

I wish to avail of this new context to discuss a wide range of political, economic and social issues, including human rights, all of which are included ...

Messenger.ge: Press Scanner 2009-02-16

... reports that the Young Lawyers' Association will send 45 cases of people damaged in the August war to the Strasbourg European Human Rights Court.

Messenger.ge: EC: International observers are "absolutely necessary" in Abkhazia 2009-02-16

By Temuri Kiguradze Thomas Hammarberg, the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights, has stated that the presence of international missions in ...

Inside Higher Ed: The Liberal Arts, Abroad 2009-02-16

Bard has been involved with an interdisciplinary human rights program in South Africa. And it just announced plans for another partnership with Al-Qud ...

Prague Daily Monitor: Roma write to Obama about rising nationalism in Czech society 2009-02-16

At present a pig farm is on the site of the Lety camp, which has been repeatedly criticised by Romanies and human rights activists. The European Parliament ...

New Europe: Calls for Nordic security cooperation as Arctic melts 2009-02-16

China and the United States have shared a complex relationship over the years, forging strong economic ties but clashing over human rights as well ...

New Europe: Disability in Europe: Improvements changes and proposals from the AER 2009-02-16

As European societies, we are bound by some important values and policies like equality, human rights, sustainable development etc.

Courier Mail: Busy streets are a war zone for motorists and cyclists 2009-02-16

He could no longer work as a human resources officer at Suncorp and there were troubles adjusting to life at home. "It's like having a stranger in the house ...

New Europe: One step closer to Peace; with Water 2009-02-16

Water was at the highest levels of the political agenda last week, the culmination being the Peace with Water conference held in the European Parliament ...

EurActiv: Spectre of Iraq war looms large over EU top jobs race 2009-02-16

There will be always arguments about the rights and wrong of it [of the European politician's positions on the eve of the US-led Iraq offensive].

The New Nation: Media tele-center workshop held in Comilla 2009-02-14

A daylong media tele-center workship: as part of media access and education for Human Rights(MAEHR) was held in Comilla on February 8 at Shailarani Girl ...

Mirror.co.uk: Social workers who snatched four-day-old baby put her up ... 2009-02-14

They asked for a stay of execution on the adoption while their case was heard by the European Court of Human Rights. But it was refused.

BBC News: Genocide expert dies in US crash 2009-02-14

"It is a great loss for the world of human rights, international justice and the whole of humanity," he added. Ms Des Forges had testified as an expert ...

San Francisco Chronicle: Interview with analyst Thomas PM Barnett 2009-02-14

Q: You seem more focused on moving globalization forward than in immediately addressing issues such as environmental concerns or human rights.

Examiner.com: Three Latin American presidents call drug prohibition a failure 2009-02-14

By contrast, the US policy of "massive incarceration of drug users" is described as "questionable both in terms of respect for human rights and ...

International Viewpoint: Central America in the 21st Century 2009-02-14

It has subsequently been established that during the civil war the military or its paramilitary face committed 93% of all human rights violations and 99% ...

Hartford Courant: Groundbreaking civil rights book republished 2009-02-14

AP Associated Press Writer Amid the terror and oppression, civil rights pioneer WEB DuBois published a groundbreaking book in 1924 that challenged ...

The Zimbabwean: Zimbabwe's road ahead 2009-02-14

European and American donors, and international NGOs, have supported civil society groups campaigning for governance reforms and respect for human rights.

Inner City Press: At UN, Chad's Attempt to Re-Rent Peacekeepers' Air Strips Covered ... 2009-02-14

France's support for Deby's regime, despite it human rights violations including recruiting child soldiers, calls into question much of what France says ...

NCR-Iran.org (press release): Rajavi: Our struggle aims to bring democracy and freedom to Iran 2009-02-14

... and human rights in Iran as a necessary precondition for peace and security in the world and for safeguarding the European people's true interests.

Sunday Leader (registration): Jeevan Thiyagarajah and Rishad Bathiudeen 2009-02-14

The government opposed the initiation of an UN office in Sri Lanka to monitor human rights violations. In recent times, the humanitarian agencies working ...

Sunday Times.lk: Brown under Tory fire for Lankan fiasco 2009-02-14

He said both Russia and China would oppose such a move because the Russians wanted to avoid its human rights situation in Chechenya being put on ...

Daily Nation: Rights team offers evidence to ICC 2009-02-14

The state-sponsored human rights group is to furnish the International Criminal Court with evidence it collected during last year's post- election crisis.

Philippine Star: EU is in no rush to wrap up partnership agreement with RP 2009-02-14

The Philippines earlier said the area of political pillar, particularly human rights and its different level of standards with the EU will encounter rough ...

France24: Caracas expels EU official for 'dictator' comment 2009-02-14

"In line with instructions from the electoral power and guaranteeing the customary respect of human rights, European deputy Luis Herrero has been invited ...

Newsweek: The Islamists Show Their Hand 2009-02-14

The nail in the coffin came that same year, when the European Court of Human Rights upheld Turkey's old ban on Islamic headscarves on college campuses.

AsiaNews.it: Fr. Samir: Gagging Fitna and Wilders does not promote dialogue ... 2009-02-14

For some, human rights are being set aside in the West in order to avoid displeasing Muslims; for others, silence is better than provocation.

El Universal: Spain summons Venezuelan Ambassador over eviction of deputy 2009-02-14

... and within the framework of the Constitution of the Republic, and with the usual goal to secure human rights respect, European lawmaker Luis Herrero ...

El Universal: Venezuelan government evicts Spanish deputy at the request ... 2009-02-14

Last September 19, José Miguel Vivanco, a senior member of NGO Human Rights Watch, was evicted from Venezuela, a few hours after he disclosed in Caracas ...

Pacific Free Press: Dam Yankees: Heading North, Buckets in Hand 2009-02-14

They know very well we never gave the colonists any rights over our land and resources. As the caretakers and trustees, we have the duty to protect ...

Sunday Leader (registration): More Review Articles... 2009-02-14

The latest issue to anger animal rights activists and environmentalists, is the decision taken by the Director, Department of Wild Life Conservation (DWLC)

Sunday Herald: No interpreter ... so police asked accused's girlfriend ... 2009-02-14

Language expert Professor Guillermo Makin claimed Strathclyde Police may have breached Mohelnik's rights under article 6 of the European Convention on Hum ...

Cleveland Indy Media: The Neo liberal elite seize their opportunity to increase ... 2009-02-13

Unlike economic, social and cultural rights the committee that deals with civil and political rights, the UN Human Rights Committee, has not devised core ...

Institute for War and Peace Reporting: Mugabe's Daughter in Eye of Student Storm 2009-02-13

A statement from the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, ZLHR, said, "ZLHR is disgusted by the continued use of violence by the police force against ...

Center For American Progress: Idea of the Day: Conduct a Regular Bilateral Dialogue on Hum ... 2009-02-13

The United States and China resumed a bilateral human rights dialogue following the upheaval in Tibet in May 2008 and in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics.

IPS: DEVELOPMENT: Now for a Water Bankruptcy 2009-02-13

We should fight with the same intensity for human rights relating to the environment." The European Union has been eager to promote privatisation in po ...

Prospects for Peace: Israeli Elections: A clarifying moment for Israel and the Palestinians 2009-02-13

Lieberman is an almost bizarre Israeli twist on the European model of the populist, ethnonationalist, xenophobic, anti-immigrant parties that have done so ...

EurasiaNet: KAZAKHSTAN: ASTANA IS INCREASINGLY WILLING TO ADDRESS TORTURE ISSUE 2009-02-13

Kazakhstani human rights activists involved in a project to tackle torture in three Central Asian states have given a cautious welcome to Astana' ...

Telegraph.co.uk: Civil servants don't need Labour's sleaze 2009-02-13

I imagine, indeed, that we have reached the stage where it would be considered a breach of the candidate's human rights were he or she not to be given ...

Reuters: Rights groups accuse Turkmenistan over freedoms 2009-02-13

"While President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov reversed some policies of his predecessor, he has still to live up to his promises of human rights reform," ...

JURIST: UK prosecutors not charging Met officers in De Menezes killing 2009-02-13

An application has already been lodged [BBC report] with the European Court of Human Rights [official website] concerning prosecutions in cases where ...

Patriotic Vanguard: Black History Month-Featuring the UAO of Chicago 2009-02-13

Civil wars ,mass repression of peoples' rights and bad economic policies were the main reasons advanced by all who found themselves in Chicago.

Examiner.com: Britain makes the US look good as it spirals down the police state ... 2009-02-13

The European Court of Human Rights ruled last summer that the UK government went too far with its years-long wiretapping of civil rights groups.

24dash: Tesco urged to 'end plight' of migrant workers 2009-02-13

Last year the Equality and Human Rights Commission announced an examination of the UK's multi-billion pound meat industry for evidence of employment abuse ...

Daily Mirror: To Win the War and Lose the Peace 2009-02-13

In August 2008 Sri Lanka lost its seat in the United Nation's Human Rights Council and has since turned down several requests of the United Nations Hum ...

NewsTalk650: Saskatoon Couple Still Looking For Answers In Son's Death 2009-02-13

Bob and Lynda MacPherson are once again asking the European Court of Human Rights to get to the bottom of an incident which claimed the life of their son.

KTAR.com: Jet crash lands at London City airport 2009-02-13

Alison Des Forges, who was among the first human rights activists to highlight the... Jack Cover, who invented the Taser stun gun now used by thousands ...

El Universal: Dissenters talk to Euro-deputies about political violence 2009-02-13

Mayor of Chacao Municipality Emilio Graterón gave the European legislators other examples of human rights violations or abuses against political right ...

JURIST: Turkey's conviction of Kurdish MP shows government intention ... 2009-02-13

Kerim Yildiz and Saniye Karakas [Executive Director and Legal Assistant, Kurdish Human Rights Project]: "Although it represents a concerning violation ...

Ethiopian Review: President Obama lets CIA keep controversial renditions tool 2009-02-13

"Under limited circumstances, there is a legitimate place" for renditions, said Tom Malinowski, the Washington advocacy director for Human Rights Watch.

Forward: Jewish Leaders Ease Up Campaign Against UNRWA 2009-02-13

The letter came after meetings held on Capitol Hill with Israeli human rights groups and with John Ging, director of UNRWA's Gaza operation.

Armenian Reporter: Armenia's Ombudsperson: "I do not feel that we learned our le ... 2009-02-13

In a report issued soon after the bloody clashes of March 1, the Office of the Human Rights Defender or Ombudsperson was critical of the actions of ...

EU2009.cz: Alexandr Vondra responded to your questions in on-line European chat 2009-02-13

Medium-sized or small countries in the Presidency role; Russia-EU relations; upcoming EU-China summit and the issue of human rights ê these and other topic ...

The Local: "Opposing Israeli violence is not anti-Semitism' 2009-02-13

Richard Falk, the United Nations Special Reporter for human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, said the blockade subjected "an entire hum ...

Expatica Germany: 13/02/2009Press groups condemn EU commission's spying 'smear' 2009-02-13

In 2007, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg condemned Belgium for failing to uphold Tillack's rights. Last month, a Belgian court closed ...

African Press Agency: People with disabilities influence gov't to ratify UN convention 2009-02-13

At the end of the exercise they found that the majority of women lacked understanding on their human rights and that there was need for the implementati ...

Transitions Online: Kazakhstan in the Hot Seat 2009-02-13

It looks as though the pressure on Kazakhstan to pay heed to human rights just might be starting to pay off. In less than a year Kazakhstan will begin ...

Transitions Online: Time to Dismantle the Bloc 2009-02-13

... it should also continue to work with organizations like the OSCE and the Council of Europe to encourage democratic human rights and free-market reform ...

Guernsey Press and Star: Brecqhou owners gain Lords hearing 2009-02-13

... island's chief judge and president of Chief Pleas was in breach of article six of the European Convention of Human Rights - the right to a fair trial.

The Local: Norwegian group joins case against Sweden's wiretapping law 2009-02-13

A lawyers' organization from Norway has submitted a petition supporting a case pending in the European Court of Human Rights which challenges Sweden' ...

MaximsNews Network: UNFPA's THORAYA AHMED OBAID WELCOMES RESTORATION OF US FUNDING ... 2009-02-13

Ms. Obaid stated at a press conference at UN headquarters that the new US funds will help improve the health and human rights of women, especially in ...

Ansa news in English: Italy 'may take Guantanamo inmates' 2009-02-13

The US has cleared several members of China's ethnic minority Uighurs but it has been unable to repatriate them because of human rights concerns.

Marin Independent-Journal: In Corte Madera, president No. 39 plugs book No. 23 2009-02-13

Andrew Marshall of San Geronimo, who serves on the Marin Human Rights Commission, said, "I grew up in the south and I grew up in segregation.

A1plus: NCTR FURTHER STEPS DEPEND ON CC DECISION 2009-02-13

"A1+'s case wouldn't have reached the European Court of Human Rights and a violation of Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights wouldn't ...

Financial Times: MDC arrest hits Zimbabwe unity hopes 2009-02-13

Mr Tsvangirai has been unable to secure the release from Harare's high-security prison of about 30 MDC activists and human-rights workers, although he ...

Columbia City Paper: No end to wars in sight 2009-02-13

As for Guantanamo Bay: shuttering the controversial prison, where detainees were denied their legal rights, does not necessarily end illegal judicial ...

Inter Press Service: POLITICS: Latin American Leaders Say 'No' to US Drug War 2009-02-13

The report calls the US policy of massive incarceration of drug users questionable, both in terms of respect for human rights and its efficiency.

Center for Research on Globalization: State Secrets and Deceit: Obama Embraces CIA Torture 2009-02-13

Represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, Anthony D. Romero, ACLU Executive Director said: Eric Holder's Justice Department stood up in court today ...

Center for Research on Globalization: 'No vacancy' for Gitmo inmates at Hotel EU 2009-02-13

Meanwhile, human rights activists don't agree. They say with a special relationship comes special responsibility. Chris Chang, an investigator on ...

Amnesty International USA: Turkmenistan fails to keep human rights promises 2009-02-13

In February 2007, a new government came to power in Turkmenistan, promising to uphold human rights. Two years on, politically motivated harassment ...

BBC News: Can Tsvangirai men Zimbabwe's basket-case? 2009-02-13

First, the EU would want to see "tangible signs of respect for human rights, the rule of law, and macro-economic stabilisation", it said in a statement.

Tico Times: EU-Central America Trade Talks Still Sticky 2009-02-13

By Patrick Fitzgerald The sixth round of negotiations between the European Union and Central America have both parties on "a good track" toward a final ...

Daily Mail: Darling makes us wait an extra month for the budget 2009-02-13

The idea of what he called a " clawback' immediately raised legal concerns, with some experts warning that it would be a breach of human rights legislation.

The Australian: Lady Michele Renouf: mistress of reinvention 2009-02-13

British police had used a European Union arrest warrant, issued by Germany, to pluck Toben from a plane transiting through Heathrow last year.

Taiwan Journal: Democracy through the looking glass 2009-02-13

Human rights organizations have put Taiwan on notice. Foreign governments are watching with interest. And the press has made insinuations entirely ...

TamilSydney.com: United Nationas Intervention needed to stop Genocide in Sri Lank ... 2009-02-13

The human rights situation in Sri Lanka is atrocious. Abductions, disappearances and murders are very common. Sri Lanka has the second highest number ...

Australia.TO: "Solidity or Wind?" What's on the menu in the bill of rights debate? 2009-02-13

Well partly because it feels like only yesterday that the Human Rights Act (HRA), which incorporated the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) into UK ...

Today's Zaman: Women's groups insist on 'gender equality' in new commission 2009-02-13

The proposal was prepared in accordance with the standards of the European Union and the European Human Rights Commission. However, a few female deputie ...

Lebanon: Part II: How serious is the EU about supporting democracy ... - Daily Star 2009-02-12

... the European Initiative on Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) cooperates directly with Lebanese civil society and is able to fund NGOs without ...

guardian.co.uk: Sri Lanka civil war refugees to be housed in 'welfare villages' 2009-02-12

In December, Human Rights Watch criticised the government's treatment of the fleeing civilians, saying it was arbitrarily detaining them in camps that ...

Independent: The eternal female: Worship of the mother goddess 2009-02-12

Women and men had equal rights. Wall paintings from the palaces of Knossos and Phaistos show that women were able to express themselves freely.

OneWorld.net: Canada Slammed on Treatment of Native People 2009-02-12

Prior to the meeting, several groups comprising indigenous organizations and civil society networks had filed complains against Canada's human rights record ...

PR-Inside.com News: OSCE extends mandate of monitors in Georgia 2009-02-12

It also works on human rights, economic, environmental, good governance and media freedom issues. Bakoyannis and other OSCE diplomats said that a decisi ...

International Herald Tribune: You're under arrest, Mr. President 2009-02-12

Amnesty International and an alliance of human rights organizations, undeterred by British reluctance to detain Pinochet, worked concertedly with Spanish ...

AZG Armenian Daily: RADIO LIBERTY (RFE/RL) BETRAYS ITS IDEALS 2009-02-12

The plaintiffs, two foreign female employees are suing RFE/RL for violations of their labor, civil and human (national equality) rights, resulting from ...

eGov monitor: Commission announces assistance of õ149 million to Egypt ... 2009-02-12

Finally, õ17 million will be focused on civil and political rights, women and child rights and environmental rights, supporting both Government of Egypt ...

EU2009.cz: Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the EU on ... 2009-02-12

The EU also continues to support initiatives of civil society organisations promoting children's rights in armed conflict. "The Candidate Countries Croatia* ...

Telegraph.co.uk: Patrick Finucane: An inconvenient truth? 2009-02-12

In July 2003 the European Court of Human Rights ruled that "the proceedings following the death of Patrick Finucane failed to provide a prompt and effective ...

Zee News: Text of President's address to Parliament 2009-02-12

Through the Scheduled Tribes and Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, historical injustice to tribes and traditional forest ...

African Press Agency: Morocco to host int'l conference on war crimes in Israel 2009-02-12

This conference will also record the attendance of Palestinian human rights activists as well as European and Arab doctors who visited this Palestini ...

EurasiaNet: TURKMENISTAN RETAINS REPUTATION AS TORTURE INC. 2009-02-12

"The list of human rights violations is long: clampdown on dissent, unfair trials, internal exile, enforced disappearances all continue two years after ...

MSNBC: BIOTECTID: European Patent Office Decided to Grant a Patent for ... 2009-02-12

Now we have valid national rights in more than 20 member states of the European patent treaty." EP 1645 is a fragment of a monoclonal antibody which bind ...

Xinhua: China refutes Lithuanian councilors' comments on "invading Tibet" 2009-02-12

"The abolition of feudal serfdom, the same as the abolition of feudal serfdom in European countries, is of great importance to global human rights history.

Fars News Agency: Envoy: Removal of MKO from EU Blacklist Wrong 2009-02-12

A May 2005 Human Rights Watch report accused the MKO of running prison camps in Iraq and committing human rights violations. According to the Human Right ...

Hürriyet: EU training for forces on human rights 2009-02-12

The opening ceremony for the project to "increase the knowledge of gendarmerie staff on European human rights' standards" was held at the joint headquarter ...

The Punch: Nigeria expects more looted funds from Switzerland êYar'Adua 2009-02-12

He also praised the commitment of Switzerland to the promotion of universal human rights and called for the enhancement of the current bilateral ...

La Segunda: Government rejects Mapuche request for asylum in Switzerland 2009-02-12

... Mapuche girl Remultray Cadin is "unfounded" since Human Rights are respected in Chile and the nation's inhabitants are not persecuted for their ideas.

The GC Advocate: On the Future of Gaza 2009-02-12

Richard Falk, UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur on the occupied territories, called for protective action for the Palestinians against " ...

St.Petersburg Times.ru: Kadyrov Invites Exile Back To Chechnya 2009-02-12

Last month, a Chechen political refugee in Austria who attempted to sue Kadyrov in the European Court of Human Rights was gunned down in broad daylight ...

St.Petersburg Times.ru: Austria Investigated Chechen Leader 2009-02-12

The case raises new questions about Kadyrov, whom human rights groups have accused of gross human rights violations for years, and threatens to create ...

New York Times: 4 Years After Black History Panel's Birth, Its Work Is Still Deferred 2009-02-12

Currently, schools are required to cover slavery, including the Underground Railroad and the freedom trail, as part of instruction in human rights issue ...

Prague Post: An end to embassies 2009-02-12

People in the Middle East found it difficult to accept the Bush administration's proclamations of its commitment to democracy and human rights ...

APA: European Court receives over 3000 applications concerning ... 2009-02-12

... the Court had also received over 3000 applications concerning those hostilities", said the European Court of Human Rights in its annual report.

ITAR-TASS: Abkhazia consents to prolongation of UN mission 2009-02-12

... commitments to cooperation in security, non-use of force, protection of human rights and compliance with the Medvedev-Sarkozy accords," the letter said.

Georgiandaily: Georgia, Russia Agree to More OSCE Monitoring in South Ossetia 2009-02-12

... in a move condemned by the US and many European countries. The OSCE monitoring began in August. Other OSCE staff members, including human rights ...

Xinhua: SADC, AU call for removal of sanctions against Zimbabwe 2009-02-12

The EU has indicated that the sanctions will remain until the Government "shows progress" in improving respect for human rights.

Czech Happenings: Four Burmese families arrive in Prague to get asylum 2009-02-12

The Czech Republic decided to offer aid to Burmese refugees in reaction to the violations of human rights by the authoritarian military regime in Burma ...

TamilCanadian.com: Sri-Lanka Defies Ceasefire Call and No Proposal for Tamil' ... 2009-02-12

It is committing serious Human Rights violation of the Kashmir Muslims with the massive 200000 strong army stationed there. Further the Congress government ...

Spero News: Asians enslaved in the new Russia 2009-02-12

In a report published yesterday, Human Rights Watch denounces the systematic discrimination against these workers, often motivated in part by racial hatred ...

Financial Mirror: Cyprus Government to act on Olgac's confession 2009-02-12

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the Republic of Cyprus' fourth interstate application has asked Turkey to cooperate fully in the investigati ...